The Basque separatist group ETA has announced and broken other cease-fires . A new cease-fire is expected to take effect at midnight local time in the northern Spanish region of Catalonia on Monday after a meeting between Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and his Catalan counterpart, Carles Puigdemon@@ Officials have said that in recent years , ETA has become weaker and more isolated from its traditional base of popular support . About 800 ETA convicts or suspects are being held in prisons , officials say .
The Basque separatist group ETA has announced and broken other cease-fires . A new cease-fire is expected to take effect at midnight local time in the northern Spanish region of Catalonia on Monday after a meeting between Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy and his Catalan counterpart, Carles Puigdemon@@ About 800 ETA convicts or suspects are being held in prisons , officials say .