Carlos García Juliá, convicted of the Atocha bloodbath, Falange candidate for the Bilbao metropolis council

Carlos García Juliá, an ultra-rightist sentenced to 193 years in jail for the homicide of 5 labor attorneys, and 4 different tried murders, within the workplace on Calle Atocha in Madrid on January 24, 1977, is the candidate for mayor of Bilbao for Spanish Phalanx of the JONS.

After serving simply 14 years in jail, García Juliá obtained provisional freedom and a allow to journey to Paraguay for work, on the situation that he seem on the Spanish embassy. He violated the order and was declared a fugitive from justice in 1996.

The now candidate remained on the run for twenty-four years utilizing false identities till he was arrested in Brazil, which extradited him to Spain in February 2020.

After being launched, he declared: “It would be the victims who must forgive me. I already requested for forgiveness a very long time in the past.”

At the age of 68, García Juliá has determined to guide the listing of the ultra-right get together within the Biscayan capital for the elections on May 28.

The probabilities of the success of his candidacy are nearly nil. In the 2019 elections, Fe de las JONS obtained 41 votes.

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