Tuesday, November 18, 2008

"Txeroki" alleged military leader of ETA, transferred to Paris

A woman arrested with him Monday in Cauterets (Hautes-Pyrenees), Leire Lopez Zurutuza, suspected by Madrid to have been part of ETA commandos, was also transferred.

At the end of their custody, they will be brought before a magistrate Friday terrorism. "Txeroki" will be investigated, "at least for complicity" in the investigation into the murder of two Spanish Civil Guards in Capbreton (Landes) on 1 December 2007.

His arrest is seen by Spain as the hardest blow dealt to ETA since the arrest of Francisco Javier Lopez Pena, presented as a historic leader of the Spanish Basque organization in Bordeaux in May.

The double murder of Capbreton should apply to Aspiazu to be tried in France, previously asked Madrid to be tried in Spain for other cases, before being returned to France, declared a door - word of Spanish CPPO Monday.

The specialists believe that Basque separatism "Txeroki" took the lead in military operations ETA in 2003 and has been behind many violent movement since then.

He prepared a project including an attack against King Juan Carlos in Majorca in 2004. According to Spanish media, he ordered the car bombing in December 2006 at Madrid airport, which had two deaths, and had torpedoed peace negotiations with the Spanish government.



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