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Scotland to extradite Basque separatist to France
January 7, 2013 by Peter Snyder
A Scottish court on Monday granted a request to extradite an alleged member of the Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) to France. Benat Atorrasagasti Ordonez, who had relocated to Scotland in 2001, was sentenced in absentia by a French court in 2008 to five years imprisonment on.... [more]
Suspected Basque ETA leader arrested in France
October 28, 2012 by Cynthia Miley
The French police, the French Central Directorate of Interior Intelligence (DCRI) and the Spanish Civil Guard arrested Isaskun Lesaka, one of the three suspected leaders of the Basque separatist movement Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), early on Sunday. Lesaka and another member of the ETA were.... [more]
Member of Basque separatist group ETA arrested in Scotland
July 15, 2012 by Jaimie Cremeans
Scottish police on Friday arrested Benat Atorrasagasti Ordonez, a member of the Basque separatist movement Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) who has been wanted by Spain authorities since 2001. Ordonez was a "carrier" for ETA between 1996 and 2001, responsible for transporting people and materials.... [more]
Spain court sentences ETA leader to 105 years for ordering murder
November 7, 2011 by Jamie Davis
A Spanish court on Friday sentenced a former military leader of the Basque separatist group ETA, Francisco Javier Garcia Gatzelu, alias Txapote, to 105 years in prison for ordering the murder of Socialist politician Fernando Buesa and his bodyguard Jorge Diez in 2000. The two men were killed in.... [more]
ETA prisoners call for end to separatist violence in Spain
September 24, 2011 by Julia Zebley
The Collective of Basque Political Prisoners (EPPK) on Friday released a statement supporting the 2010 Guernica agreement and called for the Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) to commit to a permanent truce. The EPPK is comprised of 700 Spanish and French prisoners, of varying levels of leadership in the.... [more]
Spain court sentences former Basque separatist leader for terrorism
September 16, 2011 by Alexandra Malatesta
The Spanish National Court on Thursday sentenced a former Basque separatist to 10 years in prison for terrorism and trying to resurrect a banned political wing of Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA). The court found that Arnaldo Otegi acted on orders from ETA to create an organization that would replace.... [more]
Spain denies legal status to new Basque political party
March 24, 2011 by LaToya Sawyer
The Spanish Supreme Court on Wednesday denied legal status to new political party, Sortu, in response to the government's concerns that its links to the Basque separatist group ETA had not been completely severed. ETA is an organization committed to fighting for full nationhood of the Basque.... [more]
Basque separatist leader arrested [this day at law]
February 28, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On February 28, 2010, the Spanish Interior Ministry announced that it had taken into custody the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA, Ibon Gogeascoechea Arronategui, along with two other people who are believed to be senior members of the group. Gogeascoechea had been sought by.... [more]
France court sentences Basque separatist leader to 20 years
December 17, 2010 by Jaclyn Belczyk
A French court on Friday sentenced former Basque separatist leader Mikel Albizu Iriarte to 20 years in prison. Iriarte, also known as "Antza," was the leader of ETA, an organization blamed for the deaths of 829 people. Iriarte's partner Soledad Iparragirre Genetxea, also known as "Anboto," was.... [more]
France court sentences Basque separatist leader in absentia
December 1, 2010 by Sarah Miley
A French appeals court on Wednesday sentenced former Basque separatist leader, Jose Antonio Urrutikoetxea, to seven years in prison for association with a terrorist organization. Urrutikoetxea is a former member of the Basque regional parliament and led the ETA until 2006. He was convicted and.... [more]
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