The family of Guillem Agulló demands the Spanish government recognize him as a victim of far-right terrorism

MadridAt the gates of the November 29th general elections, the family of Guillem Agulló remains waiting for the Spanish government to move to "repair the damage" and to "honor the memory" of the young anti-fascist and pro-independence activist murdered 33 years ago at the hands of the extreme right. In April of this year, the activist's parents and sisters requested that the Ministry of the Interior recognize him as a victim of far-right terrorism. As of now, Fernando Grande-Marlaska's department has only requested two reports, from the Civil Guard and the Castelló Court, to evaluate it. "The first has already spoken out and denies us the right to the distinction," they denounce. At this point, Guillem Agulló's family has sent a letter to Grande-Marlaska and the president of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, to demand that they take the step "before it is too late".

This Wednesday, Guillem Agulló and Carme Salvador, parents of the 18-year-old youth murdered on April 11, 1993, and Betlem Agulló, one of his sisters, made the letter public at an event in Madrid where they received the support of members of Congress from pro-independence groups and the left of the PSOE (ERC, Compromís, IU, Podemos and Més per Mallorca), activists and representatives of other groups. Carme and Betlem read the letter to those present and Guillem stressed that this project “is one of the last ones they had left to claim after 33 years” of fighting to “dignify the memory” of their son. “It has been 33 years of not stopping, of never being able to close the chapter,” the young man's mother explained. Three decades later, the mother confessed, it is still “very hard” to talk publicly about her son, but Guillem Agulló's family has shown themselves determined to continue with the pressure and they will continue to raise their voices at similar events in Catalonia and the Valencian Country to “pressure the authorities” and so that they “become aware of the matter”.

From the outset, the activist's family demands that Sánchez and Marlaska “incorporate independent expert reports that analyze the case with impartiality and rigor”. “We are worried that the decision regarding the recognition will remain in the hands of those who acted with a lack of diligence, were not able to see the far-right background that motivated our son's murder and, in addition, contributed to the impunity of the murderers,” they say in the letter, which recalls that “the Castellón Court did not want to recognize the political motive for the murder, against the criteria of the investigating judge and the public prosecutor's office”. The family's “ordeal”, however, did not end there, but rather the Valencian extreme right still claims the murder of the youth from Burjassot as a “trophy”.

After years of fascist harassment and institutional abandonment, the family of Guillem Agulló now invites the Spanish government to “send a clear and forceful message from Spanish democracy to those who intend to destroy it”. The host of the event, the Valencian sociologist Rafael Xambó, author of the bookThe Murder of Guillem(Rebel Edicions, 2026), has explained that they are aware that the Spanish government has already received the letter to which some 250 figures from the legal, political, media, and cultural spheres have added their signature. Despite the harshness of the situation, the family of Guillem Agulló wanted to make it clear that the far-right “has not won” no matter how much it deprived them of their son and brother. “To dignify the memory of Guillem, we should all be aware that we must end fascism,” claimed the mother of the young man who has become a “symbol” and “reference” for anti-fascism.