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Suspected new ETA military chief arrested in France
AFP - Tuesday, December 9
PARIS (AFP) - - French anti-terrorism police on Monday arrested three suspected ETA militants including one man identified as the Basque separatist group's new military chief, officials said.
The three men were carrying several revolvers and fake documents when they were seized on a street in the village of Gerde in southwest France around 6:00 pm (1700 GMT).
While officials said they were verifying the identities of the three men, the interior ministry said in a statement that one of them "had already been identified as the alleged successor to Txeroki as ETA military chief."
Miguel de Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina, known as "Txeroki" or Cherokee, was arrested on November 17 in the French Pyrenees spa resort of Cauterets and charged with terrorism offenses.
Txeroki's arrest was the biggest blow against ETA since the group's presumed leader, Javier Lopez Pena, was detained along with three other suspected members of the group in France in May.
French police moved in on the three men in Gerde after receiving a tip-off from domestic intelligence services.
Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie telephoned her Spanish counterpart Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba to inform him of the arrests that she said showed France's "resolute commitment in the fight against Basque terrorism."
France and Spain have stepped up cooperation to crack down on ETA since a special accord was signed in January 2008 allowing Spanish agents to operate freely in southwestern France.
ETA has been waging a 40-year campaign for an independent Basque homeland which has killed more than 820 people.
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A French policeman walks in the streets of the southwestern town of Cauterets where Garikoitz Aspiazu, aka Txeroki, one of the suspected leaders of Basque separatist group ETA was arrested in November 2008. French anti-terrorism police on Monday arrested three suspected ETA militants including one man identified as the Basque separatist group's new military chief, officials said.
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