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Pay or die

2026 · 1 season

A sober, tense recounting of a real kidnapping and decades of extortion, gripping through testimony rather than spectacle.

Created by
Ricardo Sanz Ramos
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Starring
María Luisa Guibert, Kepa Pikabea, Antonio Alcocer Gabaldón
Overview
On March 21, 1983, at 9:00 a.m., two terrorists kidnapped businessman Jesús Guibert from the garage of his company in Azkoitia (Gipuzkoa). He was held captive in a cave for nearly three weeks by his two abductors. Guibert was released after a payment of 200 million pesetas. ETA continued to extort him until the collection of these extortion payments ceased in 2011. ETA’s systematic extortion in the Basque Country and Navarre—the so-called "revolutionary tax"—was a criminal phenomenon unique in Europe.

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Created by
Ricardo Sanz Ramos
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Starring
María Luisa Guibert, Kepa Pikabea, Antonio Alcocer Gabaldón
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    • crime
    • power
    • freedom
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    • countryside
    • small town
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    • true story
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    • Language mild
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    Genres
    documentary, drama
    Created by
    Ricardo Sanz Ramos
    Starring
    María Luisa Guibert, Kepa Pikabea, Antonio Alcocer Gabaldón, Carlos Bueren, Enrique Molina
    Length
    1 seasons, 3 episodes, 45 min each
    Network
    Movistar Plus
    Country
    Spain
    Languages
    Basque, Spanish

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