United States Announces Sanctions against Past ETA Leader

December 27, 2011

The United States has announced the inclusion of a past leader of the armed Basque organization ETA, José Antonio Urrutikoetxea, alias “Josu Ternera,” on its terrorism blacklist, freezing any assets he may have in the United States.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

United States Announces Sanctions against Past ETA Leader

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