El secuestro y asesinato de Miguel Ángel Blanco Historical milestone · Ermua, Durangaldea, Bizkaia Image of Ermua, not of the place itself. In July 1997 the Ermua town councillor Miguel Ángel Blanco was kidnapped and murdered by ETA, a crime that sparked a massive social mobilisation known as the "spirit of Ermua". julio de 1997 Photo: Francisco Jesús Ayus… (CC BY-SA 3.0) What to see and do in Ermua