Mikel Lejarza Eguía (born 1947 in Areatza, Spain) is a former member of the Spanish intelligence service. During the 1970s, he infiltrated the Basque separatist organisation

ETA Eta ( ; uppercase , lowercase ; ''ē̂ta'' or ''ita'' ) is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the close front unrounded vowel, . Originally denoting the voiceless glottal fricative, , in most dialects of Ancient Greek, it ...

, providing safe houses in Spain to lodge their commandos. His secret service nickname was El Lobo (The Wolf). His long-term infiltration concluded with a major police operation in 1975 which resulted in over 150 arrests. Two of them, after a summary trial, were among the last political prisoners condemned to death and executed under Franco's regime. Those condemned to prison terms were released when

Juan Carlos I Juan Carlos I (; Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until Abdication of Juan Carlos I, his abdic ...

became king some months later. A movie about his life, '' El Lobo'', was made in 2004. His appearance has been surgically altered and, by the time when the film was released, he was still a target for ETA assassins.

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