Emiliano Revilla is a Spanish industrialist who was kidnapped by the Basque separatist group ETA in 1988.
[5] The Houston Chronicle reported that Revilla was freed by his captors after a payment of $12 million.
[1] They reported that his family had been able to pay his captors, even though the government had announced they would not allow any payments to the kidnappers.
During his eight months of captivity Revilla was provided paper, paints, brushes and pencils, for drawing and painting—activities he hadn't pursued since childhood.
Gonzalo Boye, one of the men convicted of his kidnapping, maintained his innocence, and earned a law degree while in prison.