Gibraltar lies exposed by Madrid
The British government's lies about the shoot-to-kill deaths in Gibraltar
have been finally and conclusively exposed by the Spanish police officers
who were forbidden to speak at the Gibraltar inquest. The Madrid
government, which 15 months ago forbade them to testify, is now threatening
that the issue could damage diplomatic relations with London.
The British story at the inquest into the deaths of Sean Savage, Mairead
Farrell and Danny McCann depended on one crucial lie - that the three
Volunteers had not been followed by the Spanish police before they crossed
the border into the colony on the day they were shot, leaving the British
authorities unprepared. The three were shot because their SAS killers
`believed' that there was a bomb in an empty white Renault car which they
had left in a Gibraltar car park and that the three might `detonate' it at
any time.
But senior police officers have finally been allowed by the Madrid
government to tell the truth about the matter. The three were carefully
followed in a complex surveillance operation which was carried on right up
to the border with Gibraltar and the British were kept fully informed.
The British were also told that there was no bomb.
Phoblacht, 25 May, 1989.
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