MADRID, Spain. (NOTIMEX) .- The Civil Guard Spanish arrested 16 persons for participation as lawyers and activists in the so-called ‘front prisons’ of ETA, which is given by disrupted the financial arrangements for the network that controlled ETA prisoners .
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that the detainees 12 are the so-called ‘collective of lawyers’ those who are accused of money laundering and defrauding Hacienda one million 300 thousand euros (almost a million and a half dollars) received by the legal aid ETA prisoners.
In addition, the other four detainees are the Herrira group (dedicated to defending ETA prisoners and is banned by the Spanish justice) and to make cash work in this organization and pay the lawyers.
The operation called ‘Mate’ supposed ‘to maintain the rule of law action against the alleged illegal activities of the group of lawyers ETA and of those who managed the finances of the group and Herrira ‘.
The group disbanded consists of lawyers who practiced’ following the guidelines of ETA, putting their interests of their clients, and reported to the direction of the organization of each of the prisoners, all to prevent any internal dissent ‘.
The operation performed at locations in the communities of Basque Country, Navarra (both in northern Spain) and Madrid, was completed with log homes and places where it is presumed that the detainees performed various activities.
The detainees, who will be made available to the Spanish National Court, are charged with the alleged crimes of membership of a terrorist organization, . and 12 of them money laundering offenses and against the Treasury
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