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Miranda de Ebro Fines Two Volunteers €1,400 for Painting Over ‘Gora ETA’ Graffiti

The pair paid €700 after choosing the early-payment reduction instead of appealing.

Overview

  • The mural by the Coordinadora Bajada del Ebro had been defaced before the town’s festival, and two members repainted it to prevent the slogan from being visible during the event.
  • On August 26, two Policía Local patrols—about nine officers—documented the repainting and initiated an administrative sanction.
  • The municipal government, led by a PSOEPodemos coalition, imposed the penalty, which the association says was treated as a grave infraction.
  • The volunteers acknowledge they acted without prior authorization from the town council to alter the mural.
  • The association intends to recover the €700 paid through a solidarity calendar and donation boxes in local shops.