US embassy cable - 04MADRID3639

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Identifier:	04MADRID3639
Wikileaks:	View 04MADRID3639 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Madrid
Created:	2004-09-23 09:24:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS MADRID 003639 
 
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 () 
SUBJECT:  VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION 
 
1.   POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING 
  NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS. 
 
2.   SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF SEP. 20, 2004 REPORTED 
  THAT FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED ETA 
  TERRORISTS IN A POLICE ROAD BLOCK IN MONTAUBAN, FRANCE. 
  THE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARMED AND DRIVING A STOLEN CAR 
  WITH FALSE LICENSE PLATES. DURING THE ARREST, THE 
  SUSPECTS ADMITTED TO BEING MEMBERS OF ETA AND ATTEMPTED 
  TO BURN A NOTE BOOK, THE CONTENTS OF WHICH ARE NOW 
  BEING ANALYZED BY POLICE.  BOTH ARE WANTED IN SPAIN FOR 
  TERRORIST RELATED CRIMES. 
 
3.   NAME: ORBE SEVILLANO, ZIGOR 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: SEP. 22, 1975, BASAURI, VIZCAYA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
-    THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT ISSUED TWO 
INTERNATIONAL WARRANT OF ARREST FOR ZIGOR ORBE, FOR HIS 
PARTICIPATION IN ETA TERRORIST ATTACKS IN SPAIN. 
 
4.   NAME: ESPARZA ORTEGA, JOSEBA 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: MAR. 22, 1979, PAMPLONA, NAVARRA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
-    ESPARZA HAS SEVERAL PENDING INDICTMENTS FOR STREET 
VIOLENCE RELATED TO TERRORISM.  HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER 
OF "JARRAI", A YOUTH BASQUE RADICAL ORGANIZATION LINKED 
TO ETA'S NETWORK. 
 
ARGYROS