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One of the most high-profile leaders of Basque separatist group Eta has been handed to the Spanish authorities after serving a jail term in France.
Jose Javier Arizcuren Ruiz, known by the nickname Kantauri, is accused of involvement in 15 killings, and plotting an attack on the Spanish king.
He was arrested in France in 1999 and jailed for links to a terrorist group.
During his prison term, he was handed temporarily to Spain, where he was sentenced to 72 years in jail.
He is now expected to remain in prison in Spain to serve that sentence.
Spanish police said on Tuesday that Arizcuren Ruiz helped plan a foiled 1985 assassination attempt on King Juan Carlos, and a later car-bomb attack on Jose Maria Aznar, the opposition leader who went on to become prime minister.
Eta has not killed anyone since May 2003 and is presently on a ceasefire.
However, it has warned the peace process could founder if its members continue to come under pressure from the authorities.
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