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Being accidentally injured during an Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia attack in Madrid, on December 29, 1980, he was interested what the group"s purposes were, he found and interviewed ASALA members. In 1982 his "Louisiana Bomba" book was published, supporting the Armenian cause. The book reissued several times also in English translation.
The plan was to go to see a movie by Woody Allen and then to have a dinner at a restaurant.
lieutenant was the end of the year. When Jose Antonio put down the headset two bombs exploded in the nearby headquarters of airlines Swissair and Trans World Airlines was.
Nobody died but among the 9 injured was Jose Antonio. As soon as he was released from the hospital, Jose Antonio wanted to know who made that attack.
Still in the hospital, where he struggled to save both his legs, he started to read books and materials about the case and the history of the Armenians.
Combining therapy recovery with the detailed study of a nation, in 1982 he found and met the leaders of ASALA in Lebanon. Militants were covered their faces with balaclavas and never left the Kalashnikov throughout the day. The Spanish journalist, relied on his cane, gave a gift, a book by Martin Luther King, to the leader of the Armenian group, to think about the path they have chosen.
Soon after the incident, "Louisiana Bomba" was released, telling the personal experience of a Spanish journalist and the tragic story of survival of a whole nation.
