Gladys del Estal Ferreño | |
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Born | Gladys del Estal Ferreño 1956 Caracas, Venezuela |
Died | 3 June 1979 Tudela, Navarre | (aged 23)
Citizenship | Spanish |
Occupation(s) | Software programmer, ecologist |
Known for | Activism, death |
Gladys del Estal Ferreño was an ecologist activist from San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain (Caracas, 1956 - Tudela, 1979). She was killed by a bullet shot at her by the Guardia Civil during a protest in Tudela, Navarre, against the nuclear station construction program for the Basque Country, and the aircraft firing range of Bardenas. She has since become an important icon of the ecologist movement.