A Basque separatist convicted of killing 25 people has been freed from jail in Spain after serving 21 years.
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 Affectionate Chavez offers to hug Spain's king ...
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Eta 'political leader' arrested ... then in force, the maximum term he could serve was 30 years. ETA has killed more than 800 people 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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