In 1997 the Spanish Audiencia Nacional court finished its trial, which resulted in convictions and imprisonment of several individuals related to the GAL, including civil servants up to the highest levels of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) government, such as former Homeland Minister José Barrionuevo.
Godine 1997. španjolski Audiencia Nacional sud završio je svoja ​​ispitivanja, što je dovelo do zatvora za nekoliko pojedinaca vezanih za GAL, uključujući i državne službenike i do najviših razina u PSOE vlasti, kao što su bivše domovine ministar José Barrionuevo.