Isaías Carrasco (1964 – March 7, 2008) was a
Basque politician, affiliated with the
PSE. He was shot dead when he left his house in
Tolosa de Mondragón
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on March 7, 2008, two days ahead of
general elections in Spain General elections in Spain are the Elections in Spain, elections in which the citizens of Spain choose members of the Congress of Deputies and of the Senate of Spain, Senate, the two chambers of the Cortes Generales that represent the Spanish people ...
by Beñat Aginagalde, a member of
ETA.
The electoral campaign was suspended on the part of the politicians, in response to the murder of councilman Carrasco. He was shot in the presence of his wife and daughter. According to sources of the investigation, a disguised gunman approached him from behind and shot him three times; once in the nape of the neck and twice in the chest. The emergency services transferred him to the hospital in very serious condition. Shortly after the 14:00 local time (13:00 UTC) the Basque Department of Interior confirmed his death.
Carrasco placed sixth in the electoral lists of the PSE-EE in the municipal elections of 2007. Four socialist legislators were chosen and the municipal government of Mondragón was handed over to
Basque Nationalist Action (ANV, whose activities were suspended in February 2008 by judge
Baltasar Garzón for a supposed violation of the 2003 Parties Law). Carrasco had resigned to run; prior to the campaign he worked in a public company and did not hold any public office.
References
1964 births
2008 deaths
Assassinated Spanish politicians
Deaths by firearm in Spain
People murdered in Spain
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