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| Spain requests extradition of ETA suspect from Venezuela |
| 2010-10-30 |
| (KUNA) - -Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said that his country has requested the extradition from Venezuela of a suspected activist of the snuffy Basque separatist group ETA. Rubalcaba Said on a Press conference here today, that Spanish judge Eloy Velasco wants to question Cubillas, whom he suspects of promoting cooperation between ETA and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Venezuela. The government decided to file the request despite Caracas' refusal so far to hand over Arturo Cubillas, an official at the Venezuelan Agriculture Ministry. The Spanish National Court said earlier that two ETA suspects who were nabbed in Spain recently claimed to have received weapons training overseen by Cubillas in Venezuela. The case has created tension between Madrid and Venezuela, who denies protecting ETA. Caracas has promised to investigate the allegations against Cubillas. ETA has killed some 850 people since 1968 in its fight for Basque independence in northern Spain and southern France. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 and the SPANISH CIVIL WAR RAGES ON...... |
| Posted by: 746 2010-10-30 21:45 |