Senior Eta Leader 'Responsible For Terror Group's Killer Squads' Arrested In France -- The Telegraph
The woman alleged to be the leader of the ETA Basque terrorist movement's killer squads was arrested Sunday along with her boyfriend and number two in the heart of the Macon wine producing region of central France.
The couple were detained in the early hours at a hotel in the city of Macon itself, some 43 miles north of Lyons, in a joint operation by French counter-terrorist intelligence officers and Spain's paramilitary Civil Guard. Both Izaskun Lesaka and her lover Joseba Iturbe were armed but put-up no resistance when a French National Police swat squad burst into their room.
The pair are considered by Spanish counter-terrorist intelligence to be right at the top of ETA's current hierarchy and decision makers. As such they would have been behind the announcement a year ago that the Basque terror movement, which has killed more than 800 people over the past four decades, had abandoned violence - its so-called "armed struggle" in support of independence for the northern Spanish region.
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More News On The Arrest Of Senior ETA Leader
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French police arrest suspected head of ETA -- Reuters
Spain: French police arrest top Basque ETA leader -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
Police: Top ETA leader arrested in France -- UPI
France arrests 'top ETA leader' -- Al Jazeera
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