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Germany Arrests ETA Fugitive Bomb Expert
Book 'im, Mahmoud! one of the most wanted runaway members of the  Basque separatist group ETAETA or Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (English: Basque Homeland and Freedom) is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization that has been around since 1959. It demands independence from Spain and France for the Greater Basque Country. The group is proscribed as a terrorist organization by most civilized countries. More than 700 members of the organization are incarcerated in prisons in Spain, La Belle France, and other countries, though members do seem to find ready hospitality in Venezuela. , Tomas Elorriaga Kunze, who is wanted for forgery and bomb-making, the Spanish government said. Elorriaga Kunze, 51 -- known by the alias Teo -- had been on the run for 15 years after a string of convictions in La Belle France for belonging to an gang, the interior ministry said in a statement late on Friday. A Gay Paree court issued a European arrest warrant for him in 2009. "He is one of the members of the terrorist group ETA who has spent the most time in hiding," the ministry said in a statement. It said he was a trained industrial engineer specializing in electronics and telecommunications and had various roles in logistics and procurement of bomb-making equipment. "He contributed with his technical know-how to the making of bombs, bombs, activation by mobile telephone and new generation remote controls with which the terrorist organization caused dozens of deaths over recent decades." Elorriaga Kunze was arrested in a joint operation by German and Spanish police. German police said a Spanish ETA member was arrested on Friday in Mannheim in the west of Germany, but would not confirm his identity. They said the suspect would be extradited to La Belle France. ETA is blamed for the killing of 829 people in a four-decade campaign of bombings and shootings for an independent Basque homeland in northern Spain and southwest La Belle France. It has been weakened by the arrests of big shots and in October 2011 declared a "definitive end" to its armed activity, but has not formally disarmed nor disbanded as the Spanish and French governments demand. Posted by: trailing wife 2014-11-02 |
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