Jean Pierre Cherid
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Jean Pierre Cherid (died on March 19, 1984 in Biarritz, France [1]) was a far right French activist, who first became a member of the OAS during the Algerian War (1954-1962), and then belonged to the Spanish GAL death squad (he had already been a key figure of the Batallón Vasco Español, BVE death squad [2]). A former French paratrooper, he took part in the 1978 assassination of Argala, an etarra who had participated to the 1973 assassination of Franco's Prime minister Luis Carrero Blanco. Cherid died in 1984 in an explosion which happened during the manipulation of explosives destined to attempt to assassinate the ETA's executive committee. [3]. Jean Pierre Cherid was also present during the 1976 Montejurra massacre against left-wing Carlists [4]. Former Spanish Interior Minister José Barrionuevo (condemned for his implication in the GAL) ordered that Cherid's widow receive a life pension [5].
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- ^ 36 etarras muertos por sus propias bombas, El Mundo (Spanish)
- ^ Spain's Dirty War Against Basque Militants, in Euskal Herria Journal, (English)
- ^ «Yo maté al asesino de Carrero Blanco», El Mundo, December 21, 2003 (Spanish) (English account of El Mundo article
- ^ MONTEJURRA:LA OPERACIÓN RECONQUISTA Y EL ACTA FUNDACIONAL DE LAS TRAMAS ANTITERRORISTAS (Spanish)
- ^ Un senador de IU dice que Barionuevo pagó la pensión a la viuda del gal Cherid, El País, January 27, 1996 (Spanish)
