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Alleged ETA leader held in France

FRENCH police arrested the suspected leader of Basque separatist group ETA, as part of cross-border raids, Spain’s interior ministry said yesterday.

Mon, 20 Apr, 2009 - 01:00

He was among nine alleged ETA members arrested in recent days.

Jurdan Martitegi Lizaso, 28, was arrested on Friday in the small village of Montauriol in southeast France, the ministry said.

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