Spain police crack ETA's "most active" cell

Nine people suspected to be responsible for the May car bombing that killed a Civil Guard were arrested in pre-dawn raids. MADRID - Civil guards on Tuesday dismantled one of ETA's "most active" terrorist cells, arresting nine people in pre-dawn raids in the Basque Country, Galicia and Andalusia, the Interior Ministry said. The so-called Vizcaya cell is believed to have been behind most of the attacks carried out by the Basque terrorist group since it formally ended a ceasefire in June 2006, including a car bombing of a Civil Guard barracks in May that killed one officer and injured four other people. "We can't say this is the only ETA unit, but it was the most active, most dynamic and the most wanted one since the end of the ceasefire," Interior Minister Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba told reporters. The cell was allegedly led by... [read full story]