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| Spain arrests 'Eta police killer' | Spain arrests 'Eta police killer' |
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| A suspected member of the Basque separatist group Eta has been arrested at Madrid airport after being deported from Mexico. | A suspected member of the Basque separatist group Eta has been arrested at Madrid airport after being deported from Mexico. |
| Juan Manuel Inciarte, 55, is suspected of having killed six people - five of them policeman, the sixth the pregnant wife of one of the officers. | Juan Manuel Inciarte, 55, is suspected of having killed six people - five of them policeman, the sixth the pregnant wife of one of the officers. |
| Mr Inciarte had been living in Mexico illegally, officials said. | Mr Inciarte had been living in Mexico illegally, officials said. |
| Eta is blamed for more than 820 deaths during its campaign for an independent homeland in Spain's Basque region. | Eta is blamed for more than 820 deaths during its campaign for an independent homeland in Spain's Basque region. |
| Last week was the 50th anniversary of Eta's founding. The group was blamed for two attacks in the run-up to the anniversary. | Last week was the 50th anniversary of Eta's founding. The group was blamed for two attacks in the run-up to the anniversary. |
| The first was a massive bomb attack on a Civil Guards barracks in Burgos, northern Spain, that destroyed some of the building, injured dozens of people, but caused no fatalities. | |
| The second was a bomb attack on a Civil Guards building on the island of Majorca, which killed two officers. | The second was a bomb attack on a Civil Guards building on the island of Majorca, which killed two officers. |
| There have been no arrests in connection with those attacks. | |
| 1980s campaign | |
| Mr Inciarte had reportedly been identified by an anonymous informant in Mexico City. | |
| The Mexican authorities then put him on a plane to Spain, where the police were waiting. | |
| In a detailed statement, Spain's interior ministry said the suspect was wanted in connection with the murders of five police officers and a pregnant woman between 1983 and 1985. | |
| He was also wanted over two further attacks on police stations. | |
| All the attacks were attributed to Eta at the height of the group's campaign of violence. | |
| A warrant was issued for Mr Inciarte's arrest in 1991, though by then he was thought to be living in Nicaragua. | |
| Eta called a short-lived ceasefire in 2006, but broke it in December of that year with a fatal car bomb attack at Madrid airport. |