Spain downplays claims of Venezuela's links with ETA (3rd Roundup) [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Spain downplays claims of Venezuela's links with ETA (3rd Roundup)
Oct 5, 2010, 19:14 GMT

Madrid/Caracas - Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba late Tuesday downplayed earlier allegations that the Venezuelan government had links with the militant Basque separatist group ETA.

The move comes as part of a rapid round of tit-for-tat accusations which are threatening to derail relations between Spain and Venezuela.

There were reasons to believe detained ETA suspects Xabier Atristain and Juan Carlos Besance - who have claimed to have received weapons training in Venezuela, Rubalcaba said.

However, there was no evidence whatsoever of the Venezuelan government being involved in the training, the minister stressed.

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