Officers from the Basque police force, Ertzaintza, have today removed photographs from the railings outside a bank in Mondragón, Guipuzcoa, after receiving an order from the Public Prosecutor of the country's High Court.

The officers went to the bank in Calle Maalako Errabala, where the photos were on show, and unscrewed the aluminium board being used to display the pictures, which included ETA prisoners like Unai Parot, José Ignacio Gaztañaga, José Gabriel Urizar, María Asunción Arana and Eugenio Barrutiabengoa, amongst others.

The court order came from Public Prosecutor, Vicente González Mota, who had reacted to information provided by members of parliament for the Basque Country about the existence of the photographs. 

The Public Prosecutor's office decided that displaying the photos was tantamount to inciting terrorism and therefore ordered them to be removed.

Last Saturday, the anniversary of the assassination of ex-PSE/EE MP Isaías Carrasco, the Secretary General of the Basque Socialists, Patxi López, made reference to the photos being displayed outside the Banco Guipuzcoano, calling it a 'wall of shame' and promising to do away with it.