Kafkian Process

Seems like after eight years of investigation by Baltasar Garzón and his heir Fernando Grande-Marlaska, the Spanish State does not have a solid case against those arrested accused of belonging to a ring in charge of collecting the so called "revolutionary tax".

One of them has been released, so, why was she arrested in the first place?

The answer is simple, to create roadblocks for the peace process.

This is the note by EITb:

Basque detainee release without testifying

Police operation

06/22/2006

Association in defence of the Basque prisoners' rights, Askatasuna, reported that one of the detainees who was arrested last Tuesday in Biarritz, was released without testifying in Paris before the magistrate Laurence Le Vert. Izaskun Gatxegi is wife of Eloy Uriarte, one of the 12 arrested in the police operation.

Three of the seven arrested last Tuesday in Lapurdi in an operation against the ETA's extortion apparatus, Julen Madariaga, Jose Antonio Cau and Cristina Larrañaga, are being transferred today from Bayonne to Paris. There, they will give evidence before the judge after testifying at the antiterrorism section of the Criminal Investigation Department, for their possible trial.

On his part, the Spanish National High Court judge, Fernando Grande Marlaska, will take statements from Ramon Sagarzazu, Jean Pierre Harocarene, Iñaki Aristizabal, Joseba Elosua and Karmelo Lukin, arrested in the Basque province of Gipuzkoa and Santa Pola, in southeastern Spain. Jean Pierre Harocarene will be the first to testify at 5:30 p.m.

Habeas Corpus

The National High Court denied the writ of habeas corpus requested for the detainee Ramon Sagarzazu. His lawyers requested it on the grounds of "serious hearth problems." The defence of Iñaki Aristizabal also filled a petition on the same grounds, but received no reply.

The operation against ETA's alleged extortion apparatus was the result of investigations ordered by the judge Fernando Grande Marlaska and the French magistrate Laurence Le Vert.

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