<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Ángel_Blanco" id="mwAVo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Miguel Ángel Blanco">Miguel Ángel Blanco</a>, a member of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Party_(Spain)" id="mwAVs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="People's Party (Spain)">Partido Popular</a> (Spain), is kidnapped (and later murdered) in the Basque city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermua" id="mwAVw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ermua">Ermua</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETA_(separatist_group)" id="mwAV0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ETA (separatist group)">ETA</a> members, sparking widespread protests.