 On Wednesday 7 June, British authorities confirmed to his family that Echeverria had been among the eight victims of the attack.The family identified him the next day and began the process of repatriation.On 10 June his body was transferred to Spain by military airplane and was received with honours by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and María Dolores de Cospedal, Minister of Defence, at Torrejón Air Base (Madrid).