Shortly before 10:00, eight people were arrested in Portugalete. The Ertzaintza said the four men, aged 28 to 54, and four women, aged 34 to 38, were all Spanish nationals. They faced allegations including public disorder, along with alleged assaults on officers and serious resistance.
By 10:00 on 11 November, during the first ten hours of the general strike, police across Euskadi had arrested 13 people, eight men and five women, and identified about 100. The figures were provisional. Disruptions cut access roads serving businesses and industrial estates, affecting traffic. The arrests in Euskadi are separate from the Madrid teachers’ strike reported elsewhere.
The general strike took place across Hego Euskal Herria, with access to decent housing and improved wages among the demands. Naiz reported that the main call came from the majority Basque trade-union movement. UGT and CCOO issued a separate call.
One of the eight people arrested in Portugalete was a 30-year-old man who had previously been investigated by the Ertzaintza on three occasions. The arrests there involved alleged public disorder, assaults on officers and serious resistance.
In Donostia, a 32-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly trying to assault officers as they attempted to identify her. The Department of Security said she had previously been arrested twice for assaulting officers.
Police also detained a 31-year-old Spanish man in Agurain at about 05:30. He was accused of public disorder and resistance after trying to set fire to tyres to make a barricade. The Ertzaintza had investigated him four times before.
At 07:30 in Zamudio, a 52-year-old Spanish man was arrested for allegedly assaulting an officer who required medical attention. Later, at about 09:40, two Spanish men aged 29 and 31 were arrested in Vitoria-Gasteiz over alleged public disorder after shops were damaged.
The Ertzaintza’s figures cover its operations in Euskadi through 10:00. Naiz reported at least 14 arrests across the broader Hego Euskal Herria strike area. A separate early national tally put arrests at 31: 18 in areas policed by the National Police and Civil Guard, with 13 in Euskadi.
