ETA detainees in Venezuela were in Spanish flag boat
Source: eluniversal
The three suspected members of the Basque armed separatist group ETA arrived on Thursday in Los Roques Island and tried to enter illegally. Elena Bárcena Argüelles, Francisco Javier Pérez Lekue and José Ignacio Etxarte Urbieta came from Haiti in a Spanish flag sailboat named "Silver Clouds" that ran aground on Los Roques Island, off the Venezuelan coast, reported sources of the National Armed Forces (FAN).
Venezuelan authorities also arrested Sadir Allyn, a Haitian citizen, and Carlos Méndes, a national from Cape Verde.
According to sources of the Coast Guard Command of the Venezuelan Navy, detainees arrived in Los Roques aboard a boat having mechanical problems. When they received support from the authorities and were requested their documentation, the Venezuelan officers found that the boat had entered illegally.
The case was reported to the Public Prosecutor 8th with National Authority in Migration Matters. According to the authorities, detainees would be taken to the Coast Guard Command in the port of La Guaira.
Spanish newspaper El País reported that the three suspected members of ETA fear extradition to Spain.
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The three suspected members of the Basque armed separatist group ETA arrived on Thursday in Los Roques Island and tried to enter illegally. Elena Bárcena Argüelles, Francisco Javier Pérez Lekue and José Ignacio Etxarte Urbieta came from Haiti in a Spanish flag sailboat named "Silver Clouds" that ran aground on Los Roques Island, off the Venezuelan coast, reported sources of the National Armed Forces (FAN).
Venezuelan authorities also arrested Sadir Allyn, a Haitian citizen, and Carlos Méndes, a national from Cape Verde.
According to sources of the Coast Guard Command of the Venezuelan Navy, detainees arrived in Los Roques aboard a boat having mechanical problems. When they received support from the authorities and were requested their documentation, the Venezuelan officers found that the boat had entered illegally.
The case was reported to the Public Prosecutor 8th with National Authority in Migration Matters. According to the authorities, detainees would be taken to the Coast Guard Command in the port of La Guaira.
Spanish newspaper El País reported that the three suspected members of ETA fear extradition to Spain.
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