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Suspects Arrested for Madrid Airport Bombing

by Jordan Yerman | January 9, 2008 at 05:11 am

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Two suspects in the 2006 Madrid airport bombing have been arrested; they are alleged members of the Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA; "Basque Homeland and Freedom")

The Spanish government says two men arrested in the Basque Country are suspected of carrying out the deadly 2006 Madrid airport bombing.

The blast in a car park killed two Ecuadoreans and wrecked peace talks with the Basque separatist group Eta[sic].

Martin Sarasola and Igor Portu were arrested on Sunday.

Los dos presuntos etarras detenidos el pasado domingo en Guipúzcoa formaban parte del comando que llevó a cabo el atentado que en diciembre de 2006 se cobró la vida de dos personas en el aeropuerto madrileño de Barajas, informó el miércoles el ministro del Interior, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba.

Igor Portu y Martín Saraola eran miembros no fichados de la banda armada y junto a otros dos varones - Mikel San Sebastian y Joseba Iturbide - integraban un comando de ETA que llevaba actuando desde 2001 y que ha sido responsable de algunas de las acciones más importantes de la banda en los últimos años, dijo Rubalcaba en rueda de prensa en Madrid.

"Se trataba de un comando especial, tras su desarticulación ETA no tiene ni fábrica de bombas ni comando especial", dijo Rubalcaba.

"Ha sido una operación brillante y muy importante de la Guardia Civil", añadió.

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Brian A Kennedy

at 05:32 on January 9th, 2008

jordan, thanks for getting this story out so quickly. It will now show up on the home page for four hours. If new developments justify it, I'll renew this flag for another cycle.

patgarcia

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at 06:40 on January 9th, 2008

jordan, Thanks for posting this good story! I also enjoyed reading in spanish!

Barry Artiste

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at 09:39 on January 9th, 2008

jordan, interesting read on an ongoing issue on Basque terrorists for close to 50 years. It seems these Basque separatists enjoy creating Chaos to get into the media for a tiny parcel of land a few centuries ago, yet no one remembers where it is, or can even find it on a map.