Overview

• Martínez and Fernández, repatriated from Syria in January 2023, admitted to voluntarily joining ISIS alongside their husbands.
• A plea agreement reduced their sentences from an initial six years to three, with additional penalties including a seven-year teaching ban and five years of probation.
• Both women must participate in a mandatory deradicalization program as part of their sentencing terms.
• The Asociación Víctimas del Terrorismo approved the plea deal, reflecting victim advocacy's role in terrorism-related cases.
• The court will now determine whether their time in Syrian detention camps counts toward their sentences and when their prison terms will commence.