Basque Leader Allegedly Tied to ETA Is Freed
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The most prominent member of an outlawed pro-independence Basque party was released from jail on $500,000 bail.
Arnaldo Otegi, leader of the Batasuna party, which is seen as the political wing of the armed separatist group ETA, was jailed Thursday by a Spanish judge who accused him of being a leader of the militant group.
The arrest of Otegi, 47, followed a court hearing on Wednesday, hours after a car bomb blamed on ETA injured 52 people in Madrid. It was the sixth blast blamed on ETA since Spain offered peace talks if the group renounced violence.
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