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Stories of torture and casual brutality by police in the Basque country are endless. Xavier Arzallus, head of the moderate Basque Nationalist Party, cites the case of one of his party members whose home was raided by the Guardia Civil. The man was taken into the hills, threatened with a machine gun, then jailed for three days without food, water or sleep, while being tortured. Says Arzallus: "He is so frightened he refuses to bring charges." Another man, who did complain after Guardia Civil members ransacked his apartment building in a futile search for dynamite, claimed that the invaders...
...police in the Basque country can only deepen the sense of alienation. Indeed, some conspiratorially minded Basques already believe that the ETA terrorists and the Spanish police have developed an almost symbiotic relationship, each helping the other to hold back the further progress of democracy in Spain. Says Arzallus: "I am convinced that some sectors in Madrid find ETA's existence convenient...
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