Basque police arrest two ETA suspects after truce

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Basque police arrest two ETA suspects after truce:

Posted By: Mark Smith

BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) - Basque police arrested two people suspected of having links to ETA on Monday, the Basque Interior Ministry said, days after the armed separatist group declared a permanent ceasefire.

After ETA announced its truce, politicians insisted that the judiciary and police would continue to crack down on the group that has waged a 38-year violent campaign to carve an independent state out of the Basque Country in northern Spain and southwest France.

The Basque Interior Ministry said the two people arrested were suspected of being involved in an attack on the local police force, the Ertzaintza, in September 2003, which seriously wounded two policemen.

One of the people arrested was also suspected of links to street violence.

Arkaitz Otazua, an ETA member, was killed in the 2003 attack when ETA members ambushed the car the two police were in. The two remaining ETA men escaped but were detained in July 2004.

Monday's arrests are the first moves against ETA since the ceasefire was announced on Wednesday.

The next test for Spain's reaction to the truce comes this Wednesday when Arnaldo Otegi, the leader of Batasuna, a political party banned for its links to ETA, appears before a judge and is expected to be jailed for breaking bail terms.

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and opposition leader Mariano Rajoy are due to meet on Tuesday to consider whether to start peace talks with ETA.

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