Suspect in plot against Spanish leader arrested
By the CNN Wire Staff
July 4, 2012 -- Updated 1523 GMT (2323 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- French police arrested Juan Maria Mugica Dorronsoro
- He is a member of the Basque separatist movement ETA
- He is wanted in Spain for a plot to attack a former prime minister with missiles
(CNN) -- French police have arrested a member of the Basque separatist movement ETA in southwestern France, the Spanish government said Wednesday.
Juan Maria Mugica Dorronsoro is wanted in Spain, where he is accused of plotting a missile attack against former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar in 2001.
Mugica had fled when Spanish Civil Guards were on an anti-terror operation in Lizarza, in Spain's northern Basque region, in January 2010, the Spanish Interior Ministry said. At that time, the Civil Guards broke up an ETA supply and transport cell, which had been ordered in 2001 to attack Aznar with missiles, the ministry note said.
Hope, skepticism after ETA announcement
What's behind ETA announcement?
Mugica was arrested near the city of Pau in southwestern France.
Listed as a terrorist organization by Spain, the United States and the European Union, ETA is blamed for more than 800 deaths in its decades-long fight for an independent Basque state that it wants carved out of sections of northern Spain and southwestern France.
Last year, ETA announced "a definitive cessation of its armed activity," raising hopes that decades of separatist violence may finally be over.
Spain's conservative government has stepped up arrests since winning elections in November. The Popular Party of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has long maintained a tough line against ETA.
Part of complete coverage on
February 6, 2013 -- Updated 1526 GMT (2326 HKT)
Advocates say the exam includes unnecessarily invasive and irrelevant procedures -- like a so-called "two finger" test.
February 6, 2013 -- Updated 0009 GMT (0809 HKT)
Supplies of food, clothing and fuel are running short in Damascus and people are going hungry as the civil war drags on.
February 6, 2013 -- Updated 1801 GMT (0201 HKT)
Supporters of Richard III want a reconstruction of his head to bring a human aspect to a leader portrayed as a murderous villain.
February 5, 2013 -- Updated 1548 GMT (2348 HKT)
Robert Fowler spent 130 days held hostage by the same al Qaeda group that was behind the Algeria massacre. He shares his experience.
February 6, 2013 -- Updated 0507 GMT (1307 HKT)
As "We are the World" plays, a video shows what looks like a nuclear attack on the U.S. Jim Clancy reports on a bizarre video from North Korea.
The relationship is, once again, cold enough to make Obama's much-trumpeted "reset" in Russian-U.S. relations seem thoroughly off the rails.
Ten years on, what do you think the Iraq war has changed in you, and in your country? Send us your thoughts and experiences.
February 5, 2013 -- Updated 1215 GMT (2015 HKT)
Musician Daniela Mercury has sold more than 12 million albums worldwide over a career span of nearly 30 years.
Photojournalist Alison Wright travelled the world to capture its many faces in her latest book, "Face to Face: Portraits of the Human Spirit."
February 6, 2013 -- Updated 0006 GMT (0806 HKT)
Europol claims 380 soccer matches, including top level ones, were fixed - as the scandal widens, CNN's Dan Rivers looks at how it's done.
February 6, 2013 -- Updated 1237 GMT (2037 HKT)
That galaxy far, far away is apparently bigger than first thought. The "Star Wars" franchise will get two spinoff movies, Disney announced.
February 8, 2013 -- Updated 0718 GMT (1518 HKT)
It's an essential part of any trip, an activity we all take part in. Yet almost none of us are any good at it. Souvenir buying is too often an obligatory slog.
Today's five most popular stories
© 2013 Cable News Network. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
|