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Extradition of ETA suspect from Cuba

October 18, 2011

Via AFP: Spain will request the extradition from Cuba of an alleged member of the Basque terrorist group ETA who allegedly sought explosives training from Colombian rebel group FARC. Venezuelan authorities detained Jose Ignacio Echarte and two other suspected ETA members in August after the boat they were in ran aground on the Venezuelan island of Los [...]

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Cuban intelligence freely operates in Venezuela

November 30, 2010

The deployment of the Cuban Intelligence Services (CuIS) in Venezuela is so deep that they enjoy “direct access” to President Hugo Chávez and often provide information not shared with the local intelligence services, as indicated by cables sent from the U.S. Embassy in Caracas to the State Department, reports El País, in its review of Sunday’s Wikileaks [...]

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ETA terrorist in Cuba sought for extradition

November 3, 2010

Spanish National Court Judge Eloy Velasco has asked the Spanish government to begin an extradition proceeding for  alleged ETA terrorist José Ángel Urtiaga, who lives in Cuba, joining the judicial process against ETA member Arturo Cubillas, who is under investigation for ties with the FARC in Colombia. [EFE]

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State sponsor of terrorism

August 5, 2010

The U.S. State Department’s Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism released today its annual Country Reports on Terrorism for 2009. Here is the report’s entry for Cuba (pgs. 191 and 192): The Cuban government and official media publicly condemned acts of terrorism by al-Qa‘ida and affiliates, while at the same time remaining critical of the [...]

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ETA protected by Cuban regime

June 13, 2010

Alberto Pérez Giménez comments in today’s ABC (one of Spain’s national newspapers) about Jorge Masetti’s history with Latin American terrorist groups trained in Havana. And also, how Vilma Espín (Raúl Castro’s deceased wife) served as hostess at dinner parties with “Basque fighters” in attendance. ETA, per Pérez Giménez, remains under the protection of the Cuban regime. [...]

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FARC moves freely in Cuba and Venezuela

May 19, 2010

Colombia’s intelligence service, Administrative Department of Security—DAS  (Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad—DAS), produced a secret report revealing the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—FARC’s movements in various foreign countries, reports El Espectador. The report presents evidence that the FARC moves freely in Cuba and Venezuela with precise information on guerrilla camps and supposed alliances to export the Bolivarian project [...]

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