In fact, agents who participated in the operation

Consulted by el confidencial digital did not explain the reason for this situation to journalists. They harshly criticize the leak since this information can endanger both the arrests and the safety of the members of the security forces and corps. It must be remembered that grande-marlaska himself continues to investigate a leak to tve that caused the flight of batasuna lawyer joseba agudo, who was going to be arrested while crossing the spanish-french border – see news -. The cameras then arrived before the police themselves. But the most serious thing, according to the anti-terrorist fight sources consulted by ecd , was another leak that occurred a few days ago to the pro-eta environment . Last wednesday the 18th, the pro amnesty movement published the following message on its website: “the pro amnesty movement has learned of information that has appeared among the repressive apparatus of the spanish state. According to this information, in the coming days there will be a police operation in euskal herria .” this note was echoed by all pro-eta media and websites, including the gara newspaper.



Well, when the police showed up yesterday at the home of four of those responsible for segi , they were no longer there. The operatives attribute their escape to this information from the pro-eta media and add that a few days ago they had already abandoned their Special Database respective residences, alerted by imminent arrests.The engine that is still missing has been sent for repair to a factory in germany . It is expected to receive it in the first months of 2010 . Afterwards it will be assembled and all that remains is to deliver it to the navy. The delivery is expected to take place between the months of march and april of next year, when the bpe definitively leaves the navantia shipyards in ferrol bound for rota , the ship's final base. Navantia's initial deadlines anticipated that the bpe would be ready for delivery last spring , but various setbacks - such as an engine breakdown - have delayed the process for a year . A period that coincides exactly with the deadlines they managed in defense, as announced in this confidential report in october 2008.The army already has around thirty of these devices, many of which have been assigned to afghanistan to increase the effectiveness of patrol missions in the spanish operational area. However, the air force did not yet have this type of unmanned aircraft.









Defense already announced last spring that the possibility of “increasing surveillance , reconnaissance and intelligence capacity through the acquisition of uavs” was being considered, although it was not explicitly mentioned what type or model was of interest. The model chosen in the end was the raven b –'cuervo-, the same as the one operated by the army. A few weeks ago, one of these devices made the news after afghan insurgents captured it after landing. At the moment, his whereabouts are unknown, although it is known that the taliban have asked for a ransom, which some estimate at 6,800 euros. The winning company was alfa bravo servicios aeronáuticos sl , distributor in spain of the american manufacturer aerovironment . The head of the contracting and economic management unit of the air force appears as the contractor. The raven mini-uav closely resembles a model airplane . They are launched by hand, without the need for a catapult (like its older 'brother', the searcher uav) and are equipped with infrared scopes and high-resolution video cameras with night vision. It is managed from the ground by an operator.