Morghur the Sealgave on Nostr: Nah, far from mafia. They had a strong political cause that was the independence of ...

Nah, far from mafia. They had a strong political cause that was the independence of Basque Country. During the second republic government allowed Catalonia, Galicia and Basque Country autonomy and self rule in certain matters but with the Dictatorship, that went out of the window.

And so they went the terrorist route during the dictatorship, hitting government bigwigs and extorting all sorts of rich people in Aragón. They were extremely hated in all of Spain except in Basque country, where they had a booming propaganda machine and all political names backed them