The man suspected of being the new military chief of the Basque separatist group Eta has been arrested in France, police say. He was arrested along with two others near Gerde in south-west France, carrying guns and fake identity papers, French police said. Spain's interior ministry said one of those held was Aitzol Irionda, thought to be Eta's new military chief. The arrests follow last week's murder of a businessman in the Basque region. It was the first attack linked to Eta since the arrest of its former military head, Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina, also known as "Txeroki", last month.
The man suspected of being the new military chief of the Basque separatist group Eta has been arrested in France, police say.
He was arrested along with two others near Gerde in south-west France, carrying guns and fake identity papers, French police said.
Spain's interior ministry said one of those held was Aitzol Irionda, thought to be Eta's new military chief.
The arrests follow last week's murder of a businessman in the Basque region.
It was the first attack linked to Eta since the arrest of its former military head, Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina, also known as "Txeroki", last month.
