The Challenge: ETA

Overview

The story of how the Guardia Civil, a militarized police force, fought for nearly half a century against ETA, a ruthless terrorist gang dedicated to murder, kidnapping, extortion and arms and drug smuggling while cynically demanding independence for the Basque Country in northern Spain.

Episodes

Darkness and Silence

S01E01 Darkness and Silence

October 29, 2020 6.7 58 min
Terrorist gang ETA is born in the Basque Country, in northern Spain, during General Franco's dictatorship (1939-75), as a movement that is supposedly fighting for freedom. All begins in 1968 with the first murder, that...
The Escalation of ETA

S01E02 The Escalation of ETA

October 29, 2020 58 min
With Franco's death, many political prisoners are released; some are true victims of the dictatorship, others are mere murderers, like the Etarras, who will go out and walk a path of death; like Jesus María...
Fire and Lead

S01E03 Fire and Lead

October 29, 2020 58 min
The escalation of ETA reaches an unusual level: car bombs that kill dozens of people, especially guardias civiles. Their aim is to force the government to recognize the independence of the Basque Country. And to...
Path to Negotiation

S01E04 Path to Negotiation

October 29, 2020 58 min
The State agrees to negotiate with ETA, although its leaders have no intention of giving in to anything and continue to put dead people on the table. Especially in view of the year '92, the...
Total War

S01E05 Total War

October 29, 2020 58 min
The new ETA leadership is even more bloodthirsty than the previous one. One of its main decisions is the attempted assassination of José María Aznar, the right-wing candidate for the presidency of the government. Kidnappings...
The Beginning of the End

S01E06 The Beginning of the End

October 29, 2020 58 min
The assassination of Miguel Ángel Blanco will raise society against ETA. The State is fighting back by outlawing its political arm and getting the sentences upheld by the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The...
Check ETA

S01E07 Check ETA

October 29, 2020 58 min
ETA is back on the ropes, but it is a dangerous injured animal that will try to blow up the financial center of Madrid. However, a terrorist action, which has nothing to do with the...
Only the Pain Remains

S01E08 Only the Pain Remains

October 29, 2020 58 min
ETA is finished. Even so, it is trying to resume its pressure on the State, which is once again negotiating with its representatives. But the die is cast. The leader of the gang, Txeroki, falls...

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