Police suspect the Basque terrorist group ETA robbed material from at least three factories in France last year. The most recent robbery took place in late December, when ETA is believed to have stolen nearly 1.3 tons of aluminum powder in the l'Eure region near Normandy. The suspected robbery follows two others in separate parts of France, according to Le Monde newspaper, in its edition dated Wednesday. One robbery in April involved a chemical substance used to make fertilizers but also explosives, the newspaper reported. Another in October involved the robbery of ink and papers police believe could have been used to make false documents. Police believe ETA uses France as a base to regroup and hire new recruits. Today, experts believe ETA is now at one of its lowest points in history, weakened in part by the arrests and imprisonment of its top commandos. But some also warn that ETA has been weakened before but has always managed to rise again.