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Spain Says ETA Leader Caught in France
And so it goes...
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Spain Says ETA Leader Caught in France
Reuters, 28 Feb 2010
The leader of armed Basque separatists ETA was caught on Sunday in northern France, the Spanish Interior Ministry said, in what was the latest blow to a group weakened by hundreds of arrests. Ibon Gogeascoechea, on the run since 1997, was caught along with two other senior ETA rebels in a joint Spanish-French raid near the small town of Cahan in Normandy, the ministry said.
He was wanted for a plot to attack the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao during a visit by Spain's King Juan Carlos.
Security forces believe ETA, which wants independence for the Basque Country and has killed more than 850 people, has been severely weakened by hundreds of arrests in recent years.
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http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/...a.html?_r=1&hp
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