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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Thursday there would be "no impunity" for ETA's crimes even though the Basque separatist group has committed to fully disbanding after more than four decades of violence. Earlier on Thursday, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Thursday there would be "no impunity" for ETA's crimes even though the Basque separatist group has committed to fully disbanding after more than four decades of violence. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

"Whatever ETA does or says, it won't find any loophole for impunity," Rajoy said. “There is nothing that can justify so much pain and so much cruelty.”



Eta, which stands for “Basque homeland and freedom”, was founded as a cultural organisation in 1959, but began its armed struggle the following decade in an attempt to establish an independent Basque state in northern Spain and southern France.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy reminds a crowd to remember the 853 victims of the conflict and reaffirms that there will be no impunity for the violence perpetrated by ETA during its 60-year history.