The French intelligence revealed news of ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna) - a Basque group for "Basque Homeland and Freedom", previous 2004 plan to bomb the plane carrying King Juan Carlos. The plans state that this was to be done with use of surface to air missile, according to an article. The plans, found by French security on property close to the Spanish border in southern France, according to an article, also contained plans targeting the prime minister and his cabinet. The materials were said to not have progressed to "planning stages" according to statement provided by Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba to AP the plans never made it to planning stages. According to another article, it was said by the Spanish publication, El Correo, that the authorities on the case "consider that the information gathering phase was very advanced." When they arrived at the location, they found CDs that contained the information which proved the plans, along with leftovers from an fired missile. There was also a previous threat in 1995 the police arrested three ETA hit men who had set up a rifle on a tripod in attempts to shoot the King on his yacht in Balearic, the capital of Palma.
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