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"Murcia has never forgotten the victims of terrorism and we are not willing to give up our moral obligation to dignify their memory forever."
This said the Mayor, Miguel Angel House, in commemorating the fifteenth anniversary of the murder of Miguel Angel Blanco, "one of the most painful dates in our recent history."
House, who has presided over the ceremony in the garden named councilor in Ermua Bacons Bridge, recalled that "the abduction and subsequent murder made us experience moments of great distress and outrage and left a tear deep inside all the Spanish. "
"We have continued, 'said the Mayor, but we have very present figure of Michelangelo and leading to their vile murder to our society."
15 years later, Murcia has joined 40 other Spanish cities to renew their commitment to the memory of all victims of ETA.
"It has been fifteen years without Miguel Angel Blanco and today we reiterate our determination to keep alive his memory and hundreds of Spanish who paid with their lives the right to live in peace and not let their sacrifice be in vain.
The memory of the victims of terrorism is a tribute that belongs to us all Spanish well, "he assured House.
The Mayor recalled that in 2000, the City of Murcia hosted the ceremony of the III Prize awarded Coexistence Foundation Miguel Angel Blanco Former Prime Minister, D.
Adolfo Suarez, while in 2007, held another memorial for mayor killed by ETA on the occasion of its tenth anniversary.
The permanent reminder of Murcia to Miguel Angel Blanco is also reflected in the number of streets, squares and gardens that bear the name of a councilor in various parts of the municipality, including in Santiago El Mayor Neighborhood Progress, Valladolises, Los Garres , Monteagudo, Cobatillas, Lobosillo or Bacons Bridge.
The event was attended, besides the Mayor, other members of the Corporation, Senator Mary Joseph Nicholas, President of the Municipal Board of Bacons Bridge, Enrique Cano, representatives of the Association of Victims of Terrorism and residents of the hamlet.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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