ETA Member Arrested in England

The Basque separatist had been on the run since 1995

Reason Staff | 11.16.2012 8:44 AM

(Reuters) - British police arrested a suspected member of Basque separatist group ETA in the northern English city of Liverpool on Friday, Spain's Interior Ministry said in a statement.

It identified the man as 46-year-old Raul Sanchez Fuentes Villota and said he was linked to a series of murders and had been on the run since 1995. He was living in Britain using false documentation, it said.

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ETA Member Arrested in England

The Basque separatist had been on the run since 1995

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