ETA leader captured in France
02/04/2004 - 15:31:44A Basque terror leader, wanted for seven killings and a kidnapping, has been captured in south-east France.
Felix Ignacio Esparza Luri, ETA’s logistics chief, was caught in a joint French-Spanish police operation outside the city of Dax, said Spanish Interior Minister Angel Acebes.
“He was one of the members of the terrorist organisation we were most interested in arresting,” said Acebes.
Police said Esparza Luri, 41, was in charge of sneaking explosives and stolen vehicles across the border from France, long used by ETA as a haven, into Spain for attacks.
Spanish officials have said recently that ETA is against the ropes, and cite the number of people killed in its attacks last year – three – compared to 23 in 2000 and 15 in 2001.
