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(AGI) - Paris, 17 Nov. - French police and Spanish Civilian Guard agents arrested Mikel Garikoitz Aspiaziu Rubina, alias "Txeroki" at dawn in the south of France, considered the military leader of the Eta. "Txeroki" was arrested together with a woman not far from the ski resort of Cauterets and the Pyrenean town of Lourdes.
When arrested, "Txeroli" - considered responsible for the assassination of magistrate José María Lidón in November of 2001, and two civilian guard soldiers in Capbreton in early December 2007 - and his partner were both well armed.
Spanish police believe Aspiazu, a hardliner who reportedly took over Eta's military operations in late 2003, has been connected to all the major Eta operations in the last five years.
"This arrest shows again the resolute commitment of the French police and gendarmerie in the fight against all forms of terrorism and illustrates once again the excellent cooperation between France and Spain in the fight against Basque terrorism," the interior ministry said.
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ETA, which initiated its fight for independence of the Basque Country in northern Spain in the late years of the dictatorship of Francisco Franco in the 1960s, has killed more than 800 people in four decades. Polls indicate most Basques do not want independence.(AGI) - Paris, 17 Nov. - French police and Spanish Civilian Guard agents arrested... more
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