ETA

Also known as: Basque Country and Freedom, Basque Homeland and Liberty, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna
Based in SpainDefunct1959-2018SourcesETA (separatist group)

ETA was an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization active in Spain and France from 1959 to 2018. Founded during Francoist Spain by Basque nationalist students, it evolved into a clandestine paramilitary group conducting assassinations, bombings, and kidnappings. The group killed over 800 people and was classified as a terrorist organization by multiple countries. It announced a definitive end to armed activity in 2011 and formally dissolved in 2018.

CRIMENET has extracted 37 linkages for this organization, including 25 cooperative ties across 13 organizations, 7 conflicts across 3 organizations, 5 other connections and footprints in 5 countries.

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ETA received funding and weapons from associates of Radovan Karadzic within the Republika Srpska.
Sources: ETA (separatist group)
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ColombiaPresence
ETA members received training from FARC in Colombia and held meetings there.
Sources: ETA (separatist group)
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ETA purchased weapons in the then Czechoslovak Republic.
Sources: ETA (separatist group)
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FrancePresence
ETA was active in France, with members imprisoned there and operations conducted.
Sources: ETA (separatist group)
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United StatesOperations
ETA performed a car bomb assassination in Madrid in September 1985, killing an American citizen.
Sources: ETA (separatist group)