252:, known as "Antza", and their child. Although they were in possession of false papers and refused to answer questions, police were able to identify the pair by examining their fingerprints. The operation led to the arrest of twenty ETA members, captured in a series of seven raids which also permitted the seizure of a large cache of weapons, which included 900 lb (410 kg) of explosives, grenade launchers, and two Russian made
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Iparraguirre is understood to have joined ETA's Madrid commando unit in the early 1990s and documents discovered by police in 1992 suggest that she was in charge of ETA's "legal commandos" (i.e. those without police records). Police sources of the time describe her as "elegant and good looking",
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