1980 Orio ambush

1980 Orio ambush
Part of the Basque conflict
Date 13 July 1980 Location Orio, Spain
Belligerents
ETA	Spain Civil Guard
Strength
5-8	8+
Casualties and losses
2 killed	2 killed

The 1980 Orio ambush was a gun and grenade attack by the Basque separatist organisation ETA which occurred on 13 July 1980 near the Basque town of Orio. The targets were a convoy of civil guards who had just finished their shift guarding the nearby munitions factory. Two civil guards were killed and three injured, while two ETA members were killed after the civil guards starting the new shift came to the assistance of their colleagues.