Computer Programmer For Basque Terrorist Group Arrested In France
January 11 2011
Spanish police have arrested a top computer programmer for the Basque separatist group ETA in France, CNN reports, citing Spain's Interior Ministry.
Tuesday's arrest came a day after the group declared a permanent general and verifiable halt to violence.
The unnamed suspect has been accused of designing the computer codes that operatives used to communicate, the ministry said.
The programmer may have also helped Colombian FARC rebels with computer issues, although that is...
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