France Holds ETA Military Chief

Main entrance of the National Gendarmerie office in Perpignan, southern France. French police have arrested the military chief of ETA, Jurdan Martitegi, along with at least two other members of the Basque independence movement. Photo by EPA/BGNES

A man described as the military leader of the Basque separatist group ETA has been captured in south-western France, BBC reported, citing Spanish government sources.

Jurdan Martitegi was detained with two other suspected ETA members near Perpignan in a joint Franco-Spanish security operation.

Another six suspected ETA members were detained in Bilbao and other cities.
The news comes just over a week since the arrest in Paris of another top ETA suspect, Ekaitz Sirvent Auzmendi.

Martitegi is the third suspected ETA military chief to be detained by the French security forces in the past five months.

ETA is blamed for the deaths of more than 820 people in its 40-year campaign for an independent Basque nation.

 

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