Raul Fuentes arrested by british police and Iñaki Imaz by french police

According to spanish interior minister, Raul Fuentes has been arrested today by british police in Liverpool. In the police operation, british secret services have colaborated with police. Raul Fuentes is from Bilbo (Bizkaia south basque country) and he was in hiding since 1995.

Spanish media have said that he is linked with ETA and he would have participated in some attacks in Madrid. On 1991, he was arrested in Barakaldo (Bizkaia south basque country) after the arrest of 3 militants of ETA that were trying to put a bomb under a spanish policeman car. They did not found evidences and after 4 years imprisoned (preventive detention) he achieved freedom on 1995.

Iñaki Imaz

Yesterday, Iñaki Imaz was arrested by french police in Hendaia (Lapurdi north basque country). "Audiencia Nacional" (spanish special court) ordered his arrest on 2007. According to the spanish tribunal, Iñaki Imaz was member of ETA political structure. French police also arrested him on 6 of August when he was walking with her son (a child), he denounced that french police used guns in front of his young son. After that arrest, french police set him free but they forced him to go to police headquarters weekly.

Yesterday he was arrested when he was going to go to police headquarters. After the arrest, he has been delivered to spain.