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| The suspected political leader of the Basque separatist movement, Eta, has been arrested in a joint Spanish-French operation, Spanish authorities said. | The suspected political leader of the Basque separatist movement, Eta, has been arrested in a joint Spanish-French operation, Spanish authorities said. |
| Javier Lopez Pena, alias "Thierry", was arrested with three other Eta suspects in a late-night raid in the south-west French city of Bordeaux. | Javier Lopez Pena, alias "Thierry", was arrested with three other Eta suspects in a late-night raid in the south-west French city of Bordeaux. |
| Eta is blamed for the deaths of more than 820 people in its 40-year campaign for an independent Basque nation. | Eta is blamed for the deaths of more than 820 people in its 40-year campaign for an independent Basque nation. |
| The group announced a ceasefire in 2006 but formally ended it last June. | The group announced a ceasefire in 2006 but formally ended it last June. |
| The group said it carried out Monday's powerful car bomb attack in Bilbao, the economic capital of Spain's Basque region. | The group said it carried out Monday's powerful car bomb attack in Bilbao, the economic capital of Spain's Basque region. |
| The attack came on the eve of a meeting between Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero and the premier of the Basque region, Juan Jose Ibarretxe in which Mr Zapatero again rejected a Basque sovereignty plan. | |
| Eta has also been blamed for a bomb attack on 14 May that killed one policeman and injured four other people outside a police barracks in Legutiano, near the Basque regional capital Vitoria. | |
| Ceasefire ends | Ceasefire ends |
| The other three people arrested were named as Ainhoa Ozaeta Mendiondo, Igor Suberbiola and Jon Salaberria. | The other three people arrested were named as Ainhoa Ozaeta Mendiondo, Igor Suberbiola and Jon Salaberria. |
| Spanish police said Mr Lopez Pena was one of the major movers behind the abandonment of Eta's ceasefire last year. | Spanish police said Mr Lopez Pena was one of the major movers behind the abandonment of Eta's ceasefire last year. |
| He is accused of being involved in the December 2006 car bombing at Madrid's airport that killed two people, an attack that signalled the ending of the ceasefire. | |
| Spanish media said Ms Ozaeta was the masked woman who made the official announcement in a June 2007 Eta video. | |
| Mr Salaberria is an ex-regional legislator of the banned Eta political wing Batasuna. | Mr Salaberria is an ex-regional legislator of the banned Eta political wing Batasuna. |