Ignacio Uría Mendizábal

Ignacio Uría Mendizábal (4 January 1938 – 3 December 2008) was a Spanish Basque businessman[1] and head of construction company, Altuna y Uría.[2]

Ignacio Uría Mendizábal
Born(1938-01-04)January 4, 1938
DiedDecember 3, 2008(2008-12-03) (aged 70)
Cause of deathBallistic trauma
OccupationBusinessman
Known forVictim of assassination

Death

Uría was shot dead on 3 December 2008 outside a restaurant.[3] The attack was blamed on ETA. He had received threats from ETA. Uría had been working on a high-speed train route between the Basque Country and Madrid. ETA threatened several companies and their workers involved in the train project as it viewed such construction as an imposition on the Basque Country by the Spanish and French governments.

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