 On February 12, 1998, he presented himself in front of Baltasar Garzón, after being accused of several street violence acts during 1997.He was shortly released but later accused of taking part in a molotov attack against an Ertzaintza police station in Amorebieta.In 2000 he was arrested after attacking a concessionaire in Iurreta and a bank and Guardia Civil barracks in Galdakao, in which a policeman was wounded.