The Ertzaintza arrests two 'abertzales' radicals for terrorism with data from civil guards stationed in Euskadi

The Ertzaintza has arrested two members of the radical organization Jardun because they had information from civil guards stationed in the Basque Country and for a "possible location" of explosive material. The two arrested had been identified on September 26 at a police checkpoint in Eskoriatza (Guipúzcoa) when they were accompanied by an Irish citizen. The arrested couple, aged 34 and 22, have "relevant antecedents", as reported by the Basque Police.

The Ertzaintza is holding detainees at the Irún police station for their links to terrorism crimes. The radical coordinator Aske - of which the Jardun group is a part - has also confirmed on her social networks these two arrests, which she interprets as a consequence of a "criminalization campaign" of the media. However, the arrest of the two accused of terrorism occurred when they, accompanied by a lawyer, appeared at the Irún police station.

The two detainees had been identified on the 26th in Eskoriatza at an Ertzaintza checkpoint in which "material" that included "information on security forces and bodies" was found. Among this data was information on civil guards stationed in the Basque Country. Furthermore, according to the note issued by the Ertzaintza, "the possible location of a place with material, presumably weapons and explosives," was also detected.

The Ertzaintza, which maintains an open investigation directed by the National Court, has not revealed whether the two detainees have confessed to the existence of a 'denhouse' with weapons and explosives. Jardun has so far carried out the most violent confrontations against the Ertzaintza, the National Police and the Civil Guard in both the Basque Country and Navarra. Members of this group that demands amnesty for all ETA prisoners have been detected in the serious clashes with the Ertzaintza on October 12, 2025 in Vitoria when they tried to boycott a Falange event. The Basque Police made 17 arrests among which were followers of this violent group with strong involvement also among the radical followers of the Basque football teams.

The arrest of these two young people accused of terrorism occurs just two days before the fifteenth anniversary of ETA's announcement of the permanent ceasefire to which it was forced by pressure from the State Security Forces (FSE).

PNV RESPONSE

The PNV has expressed its "absolute concern" about the arrest of two people accused of an alleged crime of terrorism in Irun (Gipuzkoa) which, if confirmed, "takes us back to times past" that were believed to be "overcome", and has called on Basque society not to take "not even a step back in the preservation of peace".

In a subsequent statement, the sovereigntist party has assured that, if these events, which are being investigated by the National Court, are confirmed, we would be faced with "conduct that takes us back to past times that we believed to be over."

For this reason, he has called on Basque society as a whole to "not take a step back in preserving peace." "Peace, freedom and coexistence have cost Basque society too much to return to situations that we thought were over," he said.