# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mikel-zabaltza-garate
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:43:20.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mikel-zabaltza-garate"
name: "Mikel Zabaltza Garate"
slug: "mikel-zabaltza-garate"
description: "Mikel Zabalza Garate, also known as Mikel Zabaltza Garate, was a Basque bus driver, and employee of the San Sebastian Municipal Trolley Service. In 1985, he appeared dead in the river Bidasoa. After 35 years of inaction by the Spanish tribunals, it was concluded that Zabalza died as result of torture inflicted on him by Civil Guard operatives at the headquarters of Intxaurrondo in San Sebastián."
tagline: "Basque bus driver, murdered by the Spanish Civil Guard"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mikel-Zabalza-frontal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
birthDate: "1952"
deathDate: "1985-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.28
  momentum:             2.519083969465649
  historical:           4.423616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miquel_Zabalza"
    title: "Miquel Zabalza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikel_Zabalza_Garate"
    title: "Mikel Zabalza Garate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikel_Zabalza_Garate"
    title: "Mikel Zabalza Garate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikel_Zabalza"
    title: "Mikel Zabalza"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikel_Zabalza_Garate"
    title: "Mikel Zabalza Garate"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16518377"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump