14/01/2010

12:11
Spain/France/Terrorism: two ETA members remain in jail

According to judicial sources, Iñaki Iribarren Galbete (photo) and Eider Uruburu Zabaleta, two ETA members who were arrested Saturday in the proximity of Clermot Ferrand, were indicted for terrorism and the illegal possession of arms and jailed yesterday.

The Spanish ministry of interior said that Galbete and Zabaleta were members of ETA’s “military logistics unit”.

Last Saturday Portuguese police detained Iratxe Yáñez Ortiz de Barrón, one of the most wanted ETA figures, with several false documents, electronic devices and a sum of 10,000€ in his car. On the same day, Garikoitz García Arrieta, also an ETA-member was arrested by the Spanish police. Bomb making materials, 10 kilograms of explosives, two firearms, false plates and false documents were found in his van.