A Basque separatist convicted of killing 25 people has been Global Media Forum in Bonn wraps up second day ...
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The release of Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos has sparked outrage in Spain. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero spoke of his "contempt" for the former ETA militant, but said his government had to respect the law. De Juana Chaos was sentenced to more than 3,000 years in 1987, but under the penal code then in force, the maximum term he could serve was 30 years. He qualified for early release in 2004 but was given a further term for threatening behaviour. ETA has killed more than 800 in four decades of an armed struggle for independence in ancient Basque territories straddling the border between Spain and France.
(Deutsche Welle)
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