French police detained two suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA in a Paris suburb, police officials said Tuesday. Both were armed. | And who, one wonders, were they planning to visit in the banlieus of Paris? The IRA trained some of the Columbian drug gangs. Are the ETA joining hands with the 'youths' ?? |
Police in southeastern France also detained three other suspected ETA members on Monday, police officials said. The three men, whose names have not been released, were detained Monday evening on a road near the town of Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, on the French-Spanish border, police officials said. The detentions were part of a joint operation between the French and Spanish police.