During a press conference with the families of the dead, the mayor of Azpeitia, Eneko Etxeberria, recalled that sixteen years ago the City Council “unanimously” approved the presentation as a popular accusation. So far the case has been brought by the Territorial Court of Gipuzkoa, but it has been closed four times, the last one in November 2016.

Etxeberria points out that they are not satisfied with the decision and that the judicial path so far has been “bad, modest and a joke”. “Knowing the truth is one of the most basic rights there is. Only by knowing this can justice and reparation be done,” he said.

Miguel Castells, the lawyer of the case, says that the case has no more way to the Territorial Court and that is why they go to the Constitutional Court. Etxeberria and Castells say that they want to exhaust the judicial process of enforcing this right, and that if this court does not accept the appeal, they are considering recourse to the Human Rights Court in Strasbourg.

They insist that they will continue to investigate if the judicial process does not work, exemplifying the narration they have constructed in Vitoria-Gasteiz with the events of March 3: "If justice does not do so with experts, investigations... we will complete the account of what happened in Pasaia with everything that is necessary."