In 2001, the police informed him that they had found information on him among documents seized from an ETA commando arrested in Eibar. They had been tracing his movements for some time. The police advised him not to live in Eibar. He moved with his family to San Sebastian.

In August 2000 the Ertzaintza (Regional Police Force) found information about him and his home among documents seized from ETA's Bizkaia Commando. The police assigned him a bodyguard immediately. On November 7, 2001 ETA murdered his colleague José María Lidón. Since then, he has not been able to dispense with the police escort.

Manoli Uranga is a council member of Beasain by the PSE-EE. She join CC.OO. in 1976. When her membership became known, she started to become the victim of the first attacks from the radical nationalist environment. On February 23, 2009, her house was attacked with paint cans. On december 2009, a group of 16 hooded people, wearing T-shirts from declared terrorist organisations, kneel in front of her house and shout pro-ETA slogans, accusing her of being responsible for the arrests of ETA members.