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Ben Makuch

US leader of global neo-Nazi terrorist group signals retribution for arrests

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The Spanish national police detain a suspect in the province of Castellón, on 1 December 2025. Photograph: Spanish National Police/AFP/Getty Images

After Spanish police and Europol’s counter-terrorism section arrested three suspected members of the Base – a globally proscribed neo-Nazi terrorist group – in the eastern province of Castellón, its American leader living in Russia was defiant and signaled further actions.

In a text message to the Guardian, Rinaldo Nazzaro called the arrests another “example of political persecution” by world governments that are “further justifying our resistance to its hegemonic rule by any means necessary”.

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