**One of the top leaders of the Basque separatist group Eta has been arrested in north-western France, the Spanish interior ministry has said.**Ibon Gogeascotxea was arrested with two other suspected Eta members in a joint French and Spanish operation.
A militant group fighting for an independent Basque homeland, Eta has been blamed for more than 820 deaths during its campaign in Spain.
Eta called a short-lived truce in 2006, but broke it in December of that year.