Overview

• The leave was authorized on June 19 by Judge José Luis Castro under an order citing a very low risk of reoffending and an “excellent” performance in prison programs.
• Parot submitted a 2022 statement to the prison treatment board in which he enumerated his victims and apologized for the pain caused by his terrorist actions.
• The Public Prosecutor's Office supported the request, marking a shift from earlier rejections of Parot’s conditional release bids.
• Parot has been serving a 41-year sentence since 1990 for multiple ETA attacks, including the 1987 Zaragoza barracks bombing that killed 11 people.
• Victims’ families have voiced indignation over the decision, arguing that the severity of Parot’s crimes warrants the full completion of his sentence.