08/18/2008
Spain's public prosecutor asked a Spanish judge on Monday to summon one of ETA's most notorious members to find out whether he broke laws banning the praise of terrorism just hours after he was released from more than two decades in jail.
Inaki de Juana served 21 years for offences including the murder of 25 people in a wave of car bombings and shootings in Madrid carried out by the armed Basque group in the mid-1980s.
Some weeks ago, a Spanish judge began a preliminary investigation and asked police for details of the ceremony marking the release of de Juana in view of "signs of the possible committing of the offence of praising terrorism".
De Juana did not attend the ceremony but a message was read out in his name.
De Juana was originally condemned to 3,000 years imprisonment but when he was jailed the maximum sentence permissible under Spanish law was 20 years.
He was first due for release after 18 years in jail in 2005, but served a further three after being found guilty of praising terrorism and of threatening behaviour.
The government has said there was no legal reason for de Juana to remain in jail but has vowed to watch him closely to ensure he abides by the law.
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