The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has agreed to analyze the different legal options to respond to the request from Guillem Agulló’s family, which argues that the young Valencian anti-fascist, murdered at the age of 18 by a neo-Nazi group in Montanejos (Castellón) in April 1993, be officially recognized as a victim of terrorism.
The commitment was specified in a meeting in which his parents, Carme Salvador and Guillem Agulló, were present, along with the PSOE’s Secretary of Organization, Rebeca Torró, the Socialist Party’s head of list to the Congress for Valencia, Pilar Bernabé, the PSPV’s general secretary and Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant, and the Minister of Finance, Arcadi España, as the PSPV detailed in a statement.
Sánchez referred to this meeting in a message published on his X account: "Yesterday I spoke with Carme Salvador and Guillem Agulló. More than three decades of pain, of the fight for his son’s memory, and of a dignity that they have never lost. Stories like that of his son Guillem, murdered in April 1993, remind us where hate speech leads and why a democratic society cannot allow that it becomes normalized," Sánchez said.
During the meeting, the head of the Executive heard "firsthand" the account from Guillem’s parents, who for more than thirty years have been "demanding justice and defending the memory of their son." The family reiterated its request that he be recognized as a victim of terrorism, a demand that the Government has promised to study "with the rigor and sensitivity it deserves," according to the PSPV.
Guillem Agulló was murdered on April 11, 1993 in Montanejos, while spending Easter holidays with a group of friends. The young man, who was deeply involved in the anti-fascist movement and in the defense of equality and the fight against racism, was attacked by members of a neo-Nazi group.
The court ruling convicted the perpetrator of the stabbing for homicide—there were five defendants, but only one was ultimately sentenced to 14 years in prison, of which he served four—without recognizing the political nature of the killing, "despite the fact that this had been upheld during the judicial investigation and by the Public Prosecutor’s Office," the PSPV stated.
Since then, the family has maintained a constant battle for institutional recognition and reparation. In a letter addressed to the President of the Government and to the Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, which they have publicized this week at an event in Madris, it requests that the State recognize Guillem "as a victim of terrorism, just as has happened with other victims of violence from the far right".
This request has the backing "of more than 200 individuals and entities" from the cultural sphere, the legal world, political representatives, and associations of terrorism victims. Among the supporters are the Colectivo de Víctimas del Terrorismo (Covite), the Fundación Fernando Buesa, and various figures linked to the defense of human rights and democratic memory.
Forensic reports and Valencian institutions
In the missive, the relatives detail that the Ministry of the Interior has gathered reports from the Guardia Civil and from the Audiencia de Castellón in order to assess the possible recognition. In light of the negative conclusions of the first, they request that "independent" forensic reports be taken into account that would make it possible to review the facts "with impartiality and rigor".
The family also emphasizes that Les Corts Valencianes already condemned the crime through a "unanimous" institutional declaration in which it was recognized that Agulló was murdered for his fight against racism and fascist violence. In 2016, the Valencian Parliament again honored his memory with the creation of awards against xenophobia and racism bearing his name, which were eliminated by PP and Vox in 2024.
According to the PSPV, the meeting with Pedro Sánchez "represents a new step in the assertion of a family that, after more than three decades of pain and struggle, maintains its request for recognition and reparation". It adds that this demand "also constitutes a warning against the normalization of hate speech and a defense of democratic memory so that crimes such as that of Guillem Agulló do not fall into oblivion".