Basque Military Chief Nabbed in France

'Txeroki' had hand in ETA violence the past five years, say investigators

By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 17, 2008 4:04 AM CST

(Newser) – A military leader of the Basque separatist organization ETA linked to police murders and the 2006 Madrid airport bomb attack has been busted in France, reports the Times of London. The man, who goes by the nom de guerre of Txeroki, was arrested in a small town in the Pyrenees. Investigators say he has had a hand in all major ETA operations in the last 5 years.

Gendarmes patrol the area where Garikoitz Asiazu Rubina, suspected leader of the military wing of banned Basque group ETA, was arrested in Cauterets, along the Spanish border, today. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

One of two members of the armed Basque group ETA is escorted by masked police officers as they leave the police station of Tarascon sur Ariege in southwestern France after arrests last week. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

Hooded police officers control the area where Garikoitz Asiazu Rubina, suspected leader of the military wing of banned Basque group ETA, was arrested in Cauterets, along the Spanish border, today. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)

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