US embassy cable - 04MADRID3889

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Identifier:	04MADRID3889
Wikileaks:	View 04MADRID3889 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Madrid
Created:	2004-10-05 14:36:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS MADRID 003889 
 
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 
(GOTI ARANGUREN, JOSE ANGEL ET AL) 
SUBJECT:  VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION 
 
1.   POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND 
  INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER 
  PROCEDURES: 
 
2.   THE SPANISH DAILY NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS" ON SEPTEMBER 
  30, 2004, REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE 
  (SNP) ARRESTED FIVE SUSPECTED ETA MEMBERS IN VIZCAYA 
  AND LEON, SPAIN.  THE ARRESTED ARE ALLEGEDLY MEMBERS OF 
  THE ORGANIZATION LOGISTICS NETWORK.  THE RAIDS WERE 
  CONDUCTED AS A RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION OF THE 
  DOCUMENTS SEIZED DURING THE ARREST OF IBON FERNANDEZ DE 
  IRADI, THE ALLEGED ETA LOGISTICS NETWORK LEADER, IN 
  2002.  ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE FIVE DETAINED ARE PART 
  OF THE ORGANIZATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ASSISTED ETA 
  MEMBERS TO FLEE AND RE-ENTER SPAIN.  DURING THE RAIDS 
  POLICE SEIZED DOCUMENTS, COMPUTER DISCS, DIARIES, NOTE 
  BOOKS, ETC, THE CONTENTS OF WHICH ARE NOW BEING 
  ANALYZED. 
 
3.   NAME: GOTI ARANGUREN, JOSE ANGEL 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: FEB. 15, 1974, BILBAO, VIZCAYA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
 
4.   NAME: ALVAREZ PEREZ, JOSU 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: SEP. 15, 1974, BASAURI, VIZCAYA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
 
5.   NAME: IBARRA URQUIJO, AMAIA 
 
  -    GENDER: FEMALE 
-    DPOB: JUL. 7, 1976, BILBAO, VIZCAYA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
 
6.   NAME: ELEJEAGA ANGULO, OSCAR 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: JUL. 2, 1973, BILBAO, VIZCAYA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
 
7.   NAME: GANUZA MURGUIONDO, FRANCISCO JAVIER 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: OCT. 18, 1969, BILBAO, VIZCAYA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
-    GANUZA WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED IN 1991 AND 1994 
FOR COLLABORATION WITH A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. 
 
8. PRESS REPORTS OF OCT. 3, 2004, INDICATE THAT DURING 
FIRST COURT PROCEEDINGS, THE EXAMINING JUDGE ORDERED 
THE UNCONDITIONAL IMPRISONMENT FOR ALL EXCEPT JOSE 
MANUEL GOTI ARANGUREN, WHO WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RELEASED. 
 
ARGYROS