Spanish Military in Zorroaga

Stock photo: Soldiers in Donosti

Recently, the town hall of Donosti (Gipuzkoa south basque country) governed by EH Bildu (coalition of pro-independence and leftist political parties) have denounced the presence of spanish military in Zorroaga (a neighborhood of Donosti).

Residents of the neighborhood called to the town hall, worried by the presence of 50 soldiers with machine guns in the streets. The town hall have showed their rejection to the presence of military in Donosti and according to them "any reason" justifies their presence inside the city.

It is not the first time that spanish army makes provocative acts in the Basque Country. Some months ago, they put a spanish flag in Gorbea (a mountain of Bizkaia in south basque country). In other countries like Catalonia, the spanish navy forced catalan fishers to use the spanish flags in their ships.