A suspected Basque separatist arrested in Belfast is to challenge attempts to have him extradited back to Spain.
Arturo Arteaga, 32, was detained in the Falls Road area of west Belfast this morning under a European Arrest Warrant.
No details of his alleged offences were revealed during the brief hearing at Belfast's Laganside Court before Recorder Tom Burgess.
A defence barrister told the judge his client would be fighting the extradition.
The extradition warrant issued by the Spanish authorities is reported to accuse him of membership of Segi, a youth organisation banned in 2001 in a series of clampdowns on Basque cultural and societal organisations.
The court was told he has been living in Northern Ireland for up to four years, and had established a tourism business catering for continental Europeans.
His barrister, Sean Devine, presented a flyer as proof of its operation.
But Stephen Ritchie, for the Spanish authorities seeking the extradition, appeared to cast doubt on the business venture.
He said: 'Records available to police shows this man has claimed state benefit. They are not aware of any business being conducted by him.'
As the wanted man sat in the dock, with friends and supporters in the public gallery, Judge Burgess asked if he was willing to return to Spain.
Mr Devine told him: 'He does not consent.'
Proceedings against him come as another Basque separatist faces extradition for allegedly glorified terrorism in a separate case.
Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos has been told he will be sent from Northern Ireland to face prosecution in Spain unless they can overcome a legal bar to having the procedure halted.
Mr De Juana Chaos, who has served a prison sentence for involvement in 25 murders, is being sought over the contents of a letter read out at a rally in San Sebastian last August.
He faces the possibility of a two year jail sentence if convicted of the public justification of terrorist actions which caused humiliation and intensified the grief of victims and their relatives.
