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Europe
Spain Sentences ETA Member to 29 Years for Killing
2014-06-17
[Ynet] A Madrid court incarcerated
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a member of armed Basque separatist group ETA
ETA 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.
for 29 years on Monday for the killing of a Spanish soldier in 1995.

Juan Ramon Carasatorre Aldaz, 52, was sentenced to 29 years for the killing of infantry brigadier Mariano de Juan Santamaria, who was shot in the head on April 10, 1995, in the northern city of San Sebastian, the court said in a ruling Monday.

Two other ETA members, including the outlawed group's former military wing chief Javier Garcia Gaztelu, known as "Txapote", have already been sentenced for taking part in the same crime.

Carasatorre Aldaz was tossed in the clink
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in southwestern La Belle France in December 2001 and transferred to Spain in November 2010 for trial over the killing of Juan Santamaria.
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