# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-miguel-benaran-ordenana
# Generated: 2026-08-16T08:24:25.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-miguel-benaran-ordenana"
name: "José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana"
slug: "jose-miguel-benaran-ordenana"
description: "José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana was a Basque militant and a key figure in the political evolution of the Basque separatist organization Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA). Often known by his nom de guerre Argala (Slim), he took part in the so called Operation Ogre, which consisted in the assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco, Spain's Prime Minister, in 1973. Five years later, he was in turn assassinated by a car bomb in Anglet, French Basque Country, by a group directed by far right members inside the Spanish Navy. This group reportedly received assistance from people such as former OAS member Jean Pierre Cherid, former Triple A Argentine member José María Boccardo and Italian neofascist Mario Ricci, member of Avanguardia Nazionale."
tagline: "High-ranking ETA militant"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Argala_by_burugorri.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
birthDate: "1949-03-07"
deathDate: "1978-12-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.97
  momentum:             2.678200692041522
  historical:           8.931904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Be%C3%B1aran_Orde%C3%B1ana"
    title: "José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Argala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Miguel_Be%C3%B1aran_Argala"
    title: "Jose Miguel Beñaran Argala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Be%C3%B1ar%C3%A1n_Orde%C3%B1ana"
    title: "José Miguel Beñarán Ordeñana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Be%C3%B1aran"
    title: "José Miguel Beñaran"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BD%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%A5_%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%AC_%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Խոսե Միգել Բենյարան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Miguel_Be%C3%B1aran_Orde%C3%B1ana"
    title: "José Miguel Beñaran Ordeñana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Беньяран, Хосе Мигель"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xose_Migel_Benyaran"
    title: "Xose Migel Benyaran"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2984424"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump