and Unai Fanorekin. Barrena and Urrutia were arrested on 4 February 2008 on the orders of judge Baltasar Garzón for "supporting the activity of an illegal political party". Barrena was released on 3 February 2010 after paying a bail of €50,000. Barrena was co-spokesperson for Sortu from 2012 to 2016. In April 2019 he was chosen by EH Bildu to be its leading candidate at the 2019 European Parliament election in Spain following the resignation of Josu Juaristi. He contested the election as an Ahora Repúblicas electoral alliance candidate in Spain and was elected to the European Parliament. He left the European Parliament in September 2022. Electoral history References External links 1965 births Ahora Repúblicas MEPs Basque prisoners and detainees Basque translators Batasuna politicians EH Bildu MEPs Euskal Herritarrok politicians Herri Batasuna politicians Living people Members of the 5th Parliament of Navarre MEPs for Spain 2019–2024 Municipal councillors in Navarre Politicians from Navarre People from Pamplona Prisoners and detainees of Spain Sortu MEPs