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January 12, 2015 • 10:22
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The Spanish security forces today arrested 16 people linked to ETA environment, including 12 lawyers for prisoners Basque armed group.
In addition to having arrested 12 lawyers environment ETA, Spanish authorities arrested four members of Herrira, collective linked to prisoners and suspended by the Spanish Justice.
The operation involved the postponement of a scheduled macro trial today in Madrid against the leadership of several organizations linked to the radical Basque independence left as Batasuna, which once was the political wing of ETA and is now outlawed. Three of those arrested were lawyers of the accused in the case.
For the Spanish Ministry of Interior, the operation is “the dismantling of the financial arrangements” that supported the group of lawyers armed group, like ” the disappearance of the structure used by ETA to keep the will of prisoners under the direction of the band. ”
Defendants to integrate terrorist group
Those arrested are accused of belonging to a terrorist band. The lawyers were also accused the alleged crimes of money laundering and fraud against the Spanish Treasury for failing to declare more than 1.3 MILLON euros during the years 2012 and 2013 from the jurífica assistance to members EPPK group that supports ETA prisoners.
As reported Interior, these expenses were borne by Herrira. Four of those arrested were treasurers of the organization. Three lawyers were arrested in Madrid, where he had traveled to defend several of the 35 defendants in the trial scheduled today at the National Court. The defense of the accused requested an adjournment and the room agreed to postpone the start.
The searches and arrests were also carried out at various points of the Basque Country, including a law firm in Bilbao and several “tavernas Herrico” social centers of radical Basque independence left.
The operation takes place two days after some 75,000 people, police figures Bilbao, took to the streets in this city in northern Spain to demand an end to the dispersion of the ETA prisoners and their return to the Basque Country.
From BILDU, the Basque separatist party left that now rules in several municipalities in the region of the country Vasco, described the operation “police set” and denounced his “political nature”.
A year ago, the Spanish security forces arrested eight people allegedly linked to the group of lawyers ETA. The controversial operation, which had some bugs, shot tension in the Basque country shortly after inmates armed group recognized the damage caused during half a century of attacks in which over 800 people died.
CP (dpa, afp)
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