FUNDACIÓN VÍCTIMAS DEL TERRORISMO 93 - ENGLISH

42 ` Lucía Jiménez, president of the Canary Islands Association of Victims of Terrorism, ACAVITE, together with the rector of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPG), Lluís Serra, participated in the opening of the 2025-2026 academic year last September, as part of the Talk and Exhibition "Rolando 2:15-2:45. 50 years since the first ETA massacre". Law professors Laura Miraut, Tirso and Darío actively participated in the successful completion of this pioneering initiative in Gran Canaria, and for the first time, at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. ` The president of ACAVITE, Jiménez, spoke before an audience of more than 200 students from the Faculty of Law and Legal Sciences of the ULPGC, where they also displayed their Interest in learning about the 300 forgotten and unprotected Canarian victims of terrorism perpetrated by the Polisario Front, Mpaiac, jihadist terrorism, and Grapo, respectively. ` Interest and anticipation among ULPGC university students to learn more details about the Canarian victims of terrorism. The anticipation of the attending students and the university community to learn more facts and testimonies from the victims, added to the public request of the founder- president of ACAVITE to Rector Serra to create the Chair of Victims of Terrorism and Human Rights, a request that was satisfactorily accepted for implementation. On Saturday, 20 December, Lucía Jiménez González left us. She was a courageous, committed and generous woman who dedicated her life to mem- ory and justice. President of the Canary Islands Association of Victims of Terrorism (Acavite) since its creation in 2004, Lucía was much more than a spokesperson: she was the heart of a cause that fought to give a voice to those who had been silenced. She holds a degree in Journalism, Communication, and Philosophy and Literature from the University of La Laguna . A journalist and univer- sity professor, she always worked with the conviction that truth and dignity are essential pillars. Her commitment stemmed from a personal tragedy: her father was one of the 281 victims of the Polisario Front attacks, after being seri- ously injured in 1976 in themines of Fos Bucraa, in Western Sahara. That loss marked her life and became the force that drove her to fight for reparation and recognition for so many forgotten families. Lucia not only presided over Acavite, but also turned it into a place of hope and justice for orphans, widows and im- mediate family members. Her doctoral thesis , presented in 2021, is now a de- tailed study of this silenced chapter of the Spanish Transition, a work that reflects her determination to ensure that history is not written without the victims. Those who knew her know that Lucía was light, courage andwords. Her legacy is immense: the certainty thatmemory is the first step towards justice. Nowwe bid her farewell with gratitude and with the promise to follow in her footsteps. Rest in peace, Lucía. Your voice will live on in every just cause. Lucía Jiménez González CANARY ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF VICTIMS OF TERRORISM ASSOCIATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS