The Body of One Victim has Been Recovered

The body of Carlos Alonso Palate, 35 years old, was found yesterday under a mountain of rubble. He had driven a friend to the airpot from Valencia to pick the friend's wife who was flying into Madrid from Ecuador. He was resting in the car from the long trip, when the ETA's explosion went off, killing him, nineteen year old Diego Armando Estacio, and perhaps another person who was supposed to catch a flight to Uruguay. Mr. Palate provided economic support to his disabled mother and his brother who suffers from eye problems. An autopsy found that Mr. Palate suffocated to death under the five stories of rubble that fell on him.

The family of Mr. Estacio saw the explosion as their airplane neared the airport, not realizing that it had taken the life of someone they loved. It has been three years and seven months since ETA took someone's life. On May 30, 2003, a car bomb took the life of two policemen from Navarra. It is believed that Mr. Estacio's car may have been parked ion the third floor next to or near the Reanault Van full of explosives. Mr. Palate was parked on the bottom floor, directly underneath the car bomb. Mr. Palate is considered the 818th victim of ETA campaing of terror that has lasted 40 years.