ETA is born during Franco's dictatorship as a Basque movement fighting for freedom; however, after Franco's death and with democracy established, ETA continues to commit terrorist attacks.

With the death of Franco, political prisoners are freed; many of the ETA's terrorists walk out and take the path of death.

The escalation of ETA terrorist acts reaches an unusual level, including car bombs that kill dozens of people, especially Civil Guardsmen.

The state agrees to negotiate with the ETA, although its leaders have no intention of giving up and new corpses continue to resurface.

ETA's new leadership is even more bloodthirsty than the previous one; one of its main decisions is the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate.

On July 10, 1997, Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped by the ETA, which demands that imprisoned terrorists be transported closer to Basque Country prisons; faced with refusal, Miguel Ángel Blanco is assassinated.