Captured Basque to Be Questioned
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The alleged top leader of the Basque guerrilla group ETA was flown to Paris for questioning after his arrest in the French Basque town of Bidart, judicial sources said. Ignacio Gracia Arregui, wanted on four international arrest warrants, was captured with a female companion and child Friday in an operation by French and Spanish authorities, backed by French anti-terrorist police. He is suspected of masterminding a failed assassination attempt against Spain’s King Juan Carlos in 1995.
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