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Spain arrests two ETA suspects

Agence France-PresseJune 11, 2013 09:30
Spanish police detained two suspected ETA commandos in a pre-dawn raid Tuesday, striking a new blow against the already-weakened network of the armed Basque group, the government said. The pair -- Jon Lizarribar Lasarte, born 1976, and Ruben Gelbentzu Gonzalez, born 1974 -- are accused of taking part in four attacks in 2002, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The attacks were directed against the University of Navarra, the department store El Corte Ingles of Zaragoza and two companies from the neighbouring province of Navarra, it said.

Basque peace group dissolves, says it's no longer needed

June 1, 2013 15:00
BILBAO (Reuters) - A peace movement set up 28 years ago to counter the violence of the Basque militant group ETA formally dissolved on Saturday, saying that it had achieved its objective now that ETA has laid down its arms. Three hundred people congregated for a minute's silence in Bilbao's Circular Square, the scene of A Gesture for Peace's first protest, when 200 people gathered in silence to protest the murder of four people by ETA in 1985.

Six ETA members arrested in France

Agence France-PresseMay 7, 2013 06:16
France said Tuesday it had arrested six alleged members of ETA, as authorities continue to hunt down those who belong to the Basque separatist group over a year after it ended all armed activity. The arrests come after a suspected top commander of ETA -- considered a terrorist group by the European Union and the United States -- got a life sentence in April for the 2007 murder of two Spanish police officers in France. According to an interior ministry statement, the six were arrested in different parts of France on Tuesday morning.

Six ETA members arrested in France

Agence France-PresseMay 7, 2013 04:00
France said Tuesday it had arrested six members of ETA, as authorities continue to hunt down those who belong to the Basque separatist group over a year after it ended all armed activity. The arrests come after a suspected top commander of ETA -- considered a terrorist group by the European Union and United States -- got a life sentence in April for the 2007 murder of two Spanish police officers in France. According to an interior ministry statement, the six were arrested in different parts of France on Tuesday morning, and five of them were already on wanted lists.

France sentences ETA members for murdering Spanish officers

Agencia EFEApril 25, 2013 18:32
Paris, Apr 25 (EFE).- A French court passed sentence Thursday against two members of the Basque terrorist group ETA for the killings of two Spanish Civil Guard officers in southwestern France. Mikel Carrera Sarobe was sentenced to life and will have to serve at least 22 years, while Saioa Sanchez Iturregui received a term of 28 years and will not become eligible for release until 2031. Civil Guardsmen Raul Centeno and Fernando Trapero were gunned down in the line of duty on Dec. 1, 2007, in the southwestern French town of Capbreton.

ETA killer sentenced to life in France

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 17:15
A suspected top commander of the Basque separatist group ETA received a life sentence Thursday for the 2007 murder of two Spanish police officers in southwestern France. A Paris court said Mikel Kabikoitz Carrera Sarobe, 40, should spend at least 22 years in prison for firing the three shots that killed Raul Centeno Bayon and Fernando Trapero Blazquez in their vehicle while on assignment in the French town of Capbreton near the Spanish border.

ETA killer sentenced to life in France

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 17:00
A suspected top commander of the Basque separatist group ETA received a life sentence Thursday for the 2007 murder of two Spanish police officers in southwestern France. A Paris court said Mikel Kabikoitz Carrera Sarobe, 40, should spend at least 22 years in prison for firing the three shots that killed Raul Centeno Bayon and Fernando Trapero Blazquez in their vehicle while on assignment in the French town of Capbreton near the Spanish border.

Two ETA members sentenced to jail in France

Agence France-PresseApril 23, 2013 14:48
Two members of the Basque separatist group ETA were sentenced to jail terms Tuesday by a French court on a number of weapons and stealing charges. Aitzol Iriondo Yarza, 36 and considered one of the interim military leaders of ETA, was given a nine-year term by the Paris judge, while his accomplice, Eneko Zarrabeitia-Salterain, 31, received seven years. They were convicted of possessing arms and explosives, stolen vehicles and stolen vehicle licence plates. spe/mba/rmb/gk

Family of suspected ETA boss says death was 'assassination'

April 7, 2013 13:26
The death of the late suspected leader of Basque separatist group ETA in a Paris hospital last weekend was actually a "political assassination", his family claimed at a press conference in Bilbao on Sunday. Javier Lopez Pena, who used the alias Thierry, died on March 30 officially after a stroke, but he "was doing fine" when his family visited him, his brother Juanma said. Lopez Pena "did not die of a stroke and did not suffer a brain haemorrhage" -- his death was a "political assassination", his brother said.

ETA suspects on trial for Spanish police killings

April 2, 2013 09:31
Three alleged members of Basque separatist group ETA including a suspected top commander went on trial Tuesday for the 2007 murder of two Spanish police officers in southwestern France. Mikel Kabikoitz Carrera Sarobe, 40, an alleged ETA military chief known as "Ata", Saoia Sanchez Iturregui, 31, and Asier Bengoa Lopez de Armentia, 37, appeared in a Paris court on charges of killing the two police. A defence request for the opening of the trial to be delayed was rejected by the court.
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