US embassy cable - 04MADRID3077

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MADRID 003077 
 
SIPDIS 
 
VISAS VIPER 
 
DEPT FOR CA/VO/L/C AND INR/IC/TIPOFF 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CVIS, KVPR, PTER, ASEC, CMGT, PINR, PREL, SP 
(ALTUNA IJURCO, HAYMAR ET AL) 
SUBJECT:  VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION 
 
 
1.   POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING 
  NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER 
  PROCEDURES: 
 
2.   DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 7, 2004 REPORTED THAT 
  THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE 
  SPANISH COUNTERTERRORISM POLICE AS THE SUSPECTED 
  MEMBERS OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ETA THAT COULD BE 
  PREPARING TERRORIST ATTACKS IN SOME TOURIST AREAS OF 
  SPAIN. THE POLICE HAVE PUBLISHED AND DISTRIBUTED THE 
  PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ALLEGED SUSPECTS. 
 
3.   NAME: ALTUNA IJURCO, HAYMAR 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: SEP. 2, 1976, IBARRA, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
-    WANTED FOR TERRORIST RELATED CRIMES.  AT THE 
BEGINNING OF JULY 2004, HE WAS IDENTIFIED BY POLICE 
WHEN TRAVELING ON A TRAIN TO VALENCIA AND AFTERWARDS HE 
SHOWED A FALSE IDENTIFICATION CARD. HOWEVER, HE MANAGED 
TO ESCAPE. 
 
4.   NAME: MENDIZABAL MUGICA, IDOIA 
 
  -    ALIAS: "ILARGI" 
-    GENDER: FEMALE 
-    DPOB: JUNE 19, 1977, LAZKAO, VIZCAYA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
-    IN 1998, SHE WAS ARRESTED AND RECEIVED A SENTENCE 
FOR THROWING MOLOTOV COCKTAILS AGAINST A BASQUE POLICE 
OFFICER'S HOUSE. SHE SERVED IN PRISON FOR FIVE MONTHS 
AND WAS CONDITIONALY RELEASED.  ACCORDING TO BASQUE 
POLICE, IN 2001, SHE JOINED THE ETA'S "COMMANDO 
VIZCAYA" AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER UNTIL 2003.  THIS COMMANDO 
IS ALLEGEDLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MURDER IN BILBAO, 
SPAIN OF SPANISH JUDGE JOSE MARIA LIDON. 
 
5.    NAME: RIPOLL ESTARTA, INIGO 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: AUG. 3, 1975, BILBAO, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
-    IN 2002, HE RENTED AN APARTMENT, WHICH WAS USED AS 
A SAFE HOUSE BY OTHER ETA'S ACTIVIST MEMBERS. IN 2003, 
HE FLED TO FRANCE.  ON JULY 10, 2003 THE SPANISH 
NATIONAL COURT ISSUED A WARRANT OF ARREST FOR INIGO 
RIPOLL FOR MEMBERSHIP IN A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. 
 
6.   NAME: LOPEZ MONGE, ANA 
 
  -    GENDER: FEMALE 
-    DPOB: FEB. 18, 1971, BILBAO, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
-    THE SPANISH COURT ISSUED A WARRANT OF ARREST FOR 
LOPEZ MONGE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. 
HER TERRORIST CURRICULUM IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF EMILIO 
RIPOLL'S IN PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH, MAINLY BASED ON 
LOGISTICS. 
 
7.   NAME: SUBERVIOLA ZUMALDE, INIGO 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: MAY 25, 1979, SAN SEBASTIAN, GUIPUZCOA, 
SPAIN 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE UNDER FIRST NAME IGOR 
-    HE WAS ARRESTED ON MARCH 6, 2001 AND ACCUSED OF 
MEMBERSHIP IN A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION AND OF 
ORGANIZING STREET VIOLENCE.  AT THAT TIME HE WAS A 
LEADERSHIP MEMBER OF THE OUTLAWED YOUTH BASQUE RADICAL 
NATIONALIST ORGANIZATION "HAIKA", RESPONSIBLE FOR 
NUMEROUS EPISODIES OF STREET VIOLENCE AND ALLEGEDLY 
PART OF ETA'S NETWORK. SUBERVIOLA WAS LATER RELEASED ON 
A EUROS 30,000 BAIL AND FLED.  THE SPANISH NATIONAL 
COURT THEN ISSUED A WARRANT OF ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT 
ON INIGO SUBERVIOLA. 
 
8.   NAME: GARMENDIA MARIN, OIHANA 
 
  -    GENDER: FEMALE 
-    DPOB: JUNE 26, 1976, BARAKALDO, VIZCAYA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
-    ON MAY 5TH AND 27TH, 2003, THE SPANISH NATIONAL 
COURT ISSUED TWO WARRANT OF ARREST FOR GARMENDIA, FOR 
MEMBERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH A TERRORIST 
ORGANIZATION. SPANISH POLICE BELIEVE GARMENDIA WAS AT 
SOME POINT PART OF ETA'S RECRUITMENT NETWORK. 
 
MANZANARES