Career
Afterwards, Cherid appeared in Spain in 1976. He was one of the far-right mercenaries hired by Spanish secret services to take part in the 1976 Montejurra massacre against left-wing Carlist Party. This time, however, no organization claimed responsibility for the killing.
In 1979, he led a squad that attempted unsuccessfully to murder an ETA activist, Txomin, in Biarritz.
Some months later, his squad murdered another ETA activist, Enrique Álvarez, "Korta", in Bayonne. On December 31, 1980, Cherid killed ETA member José Martín Sagardía in Biarritz.
This time, the BVE claimed responsibility for the assassination. Cherid died on March 19, 1984 in an explosion which happened during the manipulation of explosives destined to attempt to assassinate the ETA"s executive committee.
An authorization belonging to the Guardia Civil information services was found among his remains.
In 1996, during the Spanish Parliament special commission on the dirty war, it was revealed that Cherid"s family applied for a pension from the Spanish Ministry of Interior. Álvaro Martínez Sevilla, Spanish United Left senator claimed that former Spanish Interior Minister José Barrionuevo (later condemned for his implication in a kidnapping carried out by the GAL) ordered that Cherid"s widow receive a life pension. Minister official denied having done southern
According to the testimony of an Italian neofascist, Cherid managed a house outside Barcelona where death squads tortured kidnapped people on behalf of the Spanish intelligence services.
