24/09/2008

'Twist' Revealed As Interpol Seek ETA Member In Dublin

The International Police have been asked to find a convicted ETA member in Dublin, after it emerged he'd been living in the city in recent weeks.

A Spanish judge made the request to Interpol to arrest Inaki de Juana Chaos at a Dublin address, which in a surprising twist revealed by an Irish Newspaper, has been revealed to be the address of James Monaghan who was one of the 'Colombia Three'.

The 52-year-old was sentenced to 3,000 years in prison for a series of 25 murders in the 1980s.

He was released from prison after 21 years on August 3rd and is reported to have flown to Ireland the next day.

Gardaí are believed to have been aware of Mr De Juana Chaos's presence in Ireland following a tip off from the Spanish authorities via Interpol, and he has been under surveillance in Dublin.

It is also understood the wanted man has spent time in Belfast and that the PSNI has also been tracking his movements there.

Mr De Juana Chaos is now wanted for the crime of "terrorism apologist" after writing a letter of support for the Basque Separatist Group.

(DW)

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