Basque separatist group leader nabbed in France

[WorldNews]

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The most senior ETA leader still at large was arrested Saturday in southwest France, Spanish authorities said, dealing another major blow to the embattled Basque separatist group. Mikel Irastorza, 41, was found in a home in the French town of Ascain, in the Pyrenees region bordering Spain, the interior ministry said in a statement. On Friday French authorities opened a preliminary investigation into alleged criminal association with a terrorist organisation.

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