Spain arrests Basque leader Otegi
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Spanish police arrested the politician [[Wikipedia:es:Arnaldo Otegui|Arnaldo Otegi]], a [[w:Basque|Basque]] leader of the outlawed party [[w:Batasuna|Batasuna]] on Friday, in the northern Basque city of [[w:San Sebastian|San Sebastian]], shortly after the Supreme Court, in Madrid, upheld a lower-court's conviction of him last year for "glorifying terrorism" at a memorial in December 2003 for a dead [[w:ETA|ETA]] leader.

His arrest comes three days after ETA announced the end of its 15-month unilateral cease-fire. During this cease-fire, Otegi was claimed as a key interlocutor in potential peace talks, but if the government and courts appeared to take a soft-glove approach toward Otegi during the cease-fire, the mood quickly shifted following ETA's announcement in a statement Tuesday that it was ready to resume attacks "on all fronts."

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/08/spain.arrest/index.html
|title= Spain arrests ETA-linked lawmaker
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|pub=CNN
|date=June 8, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.gara.net/azkenak/06/22721/es/La/Policia/espanola/detiene/Arnaldo/Otegi/encarcela/Martutene
|title= La Policía española detiene a Arnaldo Otegi y lo encarcela en Martutene
|author=
|pub=Gara
|date=June 8, 2007}}

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Spanish police arrested the politician Arnaldo Otegi, a Basque leader of the outlawed party Batasuna on Friday, in the northern Basque city of San Sebastian, shortly after the Supreme Court, in Madrid, upheld a lower-court's conviction of him last year for "glorifying terrorism" at a memorial in December 2003 for a dead ETA leader.

His arrest comes three days after ETA announced the end of its 15-month unilateral cease-fire. During this cease-fire, Otegi was claimed as a key interlocutor in potential peace talks, but if the government and courts appeared to take a soft-glove approach toward Otegi during the cease-fire, the mood quickly shifted following ETA's announcement in a statement Tuesday that it was ready to resume attacks "on all fronts."
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