A Spanish court asked again the Spanish government to request the extradition from Venezuela of Arturo Cubillas, an alleged member of Basque separatist group ETA (Basque Homeland and Freedom), after a new charge was filed against him for allegedly being involved in the training of members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The Spanish National Court, the main court in the European country, issued on Wednesday an order "proposing the Spanish government to request the...

International police agency INTERPOL has issued a "code red", its highest level of alert, for the arrest of Víctor Ramón Vargas Salazar, a,member of the FARC who is wanted by the Spanish High Court because of his links with ETA. On their website, INTERPOL lists Vargas Salazar, a 36-year-old Colombian, as wanted for acts for terrorism, and states that the court which issued the arrest warrant which underlies the latest "code red" was 'Nº 6 at the Spanish...

Judge Eloy Velasco, of the Spanish National Court said that Cubillas had a constant, permanent and direct relationship, al least between 2004 and 2008, with the leadership of the Basque terrorist ETA (Basque Homeland and Freedom) and several active members of ETA commands with whom he has coordinated and implemented managerial tasks such as training, improved weaponry, and terrorist techniques. A Spanish judge ordered on Monday the prosecution of ETA member Arturo Cubillas, who was deported...

The United States has taken measures against a possible alliance with Al-Qaeda narco recognizes the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano. Appearing before the National Security Committee of WARC floor, said that "for some time we thought about what would happen if, say al-Qaeda to join the Zetas, one of the drug cartels", without specifying what measures have been taken. In responding to a question from Rep. Texas, Blake Farenthold, the possibility that terrorist...

Spanish police have detained at least 10 people with alleged links to the Basque separatist group ETA just over a week after the group declared a "permanent and general ceasefire." The Spanish interior ministry said most of the arrests were carried out early on Tuesday in the northern region of Navarra after suspects allegedly tried to reactivate the pro-ETA group Ekin. Justice Minister Francisco Caamano said the operation illustrates the government's pursuit of...

A car bomb exploded around 8:30 am. in the community of Carmen in the municipality of Tula. Apparently, there was also a message. The car was abandoned on the road Tepeji - Tula. When Municipal police arrived, it exploded. The attack came the day the mayor of Tula, Rodolfo Paredes Carbajal, gave his second State of the State report. The explosion of a the car bomb left four officers of the investigative police wounded, one of them seriously. The attack occurred after a call was received...

The Spanish Civil Guard confirmed that Iraitz Gesalaga Fernández, aka 'Tximas', visited Venezuela between September 11 and October 11, 2008 to establish, among other things, secure channels between ETA and the members of the armed Basque separatist movement in the South American country, as reported by Spanish newspaper El Mundo. The alleged computer expert of the Basque terrorist group ETA met in Caracas with Arturo Cubillas, the head of security at the National Lands Institute, an...

Itxaso Urtiaga, the girlfriend of alleged ETA’s computer expert Iraitz Guesalaga, was arrested on Tuesday in Zarautz because of her links to Basque separatist group ETA (Photo: Efe) A day after ETA, the armed Basque separatist movement, announced a new ceasefire, the French and Spanish security forces detained the alleged "computer brain" of the Basque armed group, who is suspected of training members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in Venezuela. ...

Muhammad Hussain (real name Antonio Martinez), a 21-year-old naturalized citizen from Mexico, was arrested December 8, 2010 on charges of attempted murder and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction against property used by the United States. His intended target was a military recruiting center. According to a court affidavit and media accounts, he was a frequent visitor to the website of the New York based Islamist group Revolution Muslim, where he viewed videos by Al-Qaeda, including...

Brazil's government is investigating a group of about 20 Brazilians who are suspected of having received training and money from Islamic organizations for terrorist activity in the country, Folha de S. Paulo reported without saying how it obtained the information. They traveled to Iran in 2008 sponsored by Hizbollah and Islamic Jihad to learn how to develop political and armed cells, the Sao Paulo newspaper said, without citing the source. The country's federal police opened an inquiry to...