Word: albizu
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...Nationalist Campaign being carried on by Sr. Albizu Campos, Porto Rican, whose object it is to raise moral power in Latin American republics in behalf of the independence of Porto Rico. He has begun a series of conferences in behalf of our cause, and has established committees with that purpose...
...largely dormant outside the Basque Country since March 11, when Islamic radicals set off bombs on four Madrid-bound commuter trains, killing 191 and injuring thousands. The organization has also been gutted by more than 200 arrests over the past two years, including that of presumed leader Mikel "Antza" Albizu in France in October. "They are in the worst situation in their history," Spanish Attorney General Cándido Conde-Pumpido said last week. So why revive the violence now? ETA wants to prove it is still operational despite the string of defeats and the deepened revulsion toward terror since...
...week Spanish forces arrested five ETA members after Oct. 3 sweeps netted 18 Basque militants, and found enormous caches of arms, munitions and nearly a ton of explosives. Investigators say the most significant arrests in the joint operations in northern Spain and southwestern France were those of Mikel (Antza) Albizu Iriarte and his companion Soledad Iparragirre (Anboto). Antza is alleged to head ETA's political underground wing; Anboto allegedly assumed leadership of ETA's commando forces, and was responsible for several killings, according to Spanish...