Founded in 1958 during Gen. Francisco Franco's dictatorship, the group wanted to carve out an independent Basque country straddling northern Spain and southwest France. In the 1980s, news bulletins in Spain and across the world regularly showed grisly footage of the latest ETA attack. In 2011, with its public support in the Basque country ebbing, ETA declared a "definitive ceasefire." The Spanish government, meanwhile, said the pursuit of ETA members who committed crimes doesn't end here. "The conflict did not begin with ETA and it will not cease with the end of ETA's journey," it said.

Source: ABC News May 03, 2018 12:45 UTC