US embassy cable - 05MADRID467

UNCLAS MADRID 000467 
 
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, 
(ZUBIMENDI IZAGA, ARAITZ ET AL) 
SUBJECT:  VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION 
 
1.   POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING 
  NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER 
  PROCEDURES: 
 
2.   DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" OF JAN. 29, 2005 
  REPORTED THAT THE FRENCH JUDICIAL POLICE ARRESTED THREE 
  MEMBERS OF ETA'S POLITICAL ORGANIZATION NETWORK, WHO 
  WERE AT LARGE.  THE SUSPECTS WERE ALSO SUBJECT TO AN 
  "EURO-WARRANT OF ARREST", FOR TERRORIST RELATED ISSUES. 
 
3.   NAME: ZUBIMENDI IZAGA, ARAITZ 
 
  -    GENDER: FEMALE 
-    DPOB: NOV. 24, 1976, HERNANI, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
-    ZUBIMENDI WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE BASQUE YOUTH 
RADICAL ORGANIZATION "SEGI".  SHE LATER BECAME A MEMBER 
OF THE BASQUE PARLIAMENT FOR "SOZIALISTA ABERTZALEAK 
(SA) A NEW CONSTITUTED RADICAL GROUP TO REPLACE 
OUTLAWED "BATASUNA".  SHE FLED TO FRANCE IN JAN. 2004 
WHEN SPANISH JUDGE BALTASAR GARZON, IN CHARGE OF THE 
INVESTIGATION ON ETA'S POLITICAL AND MILITARY 
CONGLOMERATE, INCLUDED HER IN THREE OF THE ON-GOING 
INDICTMENTS AGAINST THE NETWORK.  IN APRIL 2004, THE 
SPANISH JUDGE ISSUED AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANT OF ARREST 
FOR HER. 
 
4.   NAME: URBULU RENTERIA. IBON 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: MAR. 18, 1968, BILBAO, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
-    URBULU ALSO FLED TO FRANCE UPON BEING INDICTED IN 
SEVERAL INDICTMENTS ON ETA'S POLITICAL NETWORK AND A 
WARRANT OF ARREST WAS ALSO ISSUED ON HIM ON APR. 30, 
2003. 
 
5.   NAME: BERROSTEGIETA EGUIARA, UNAI 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: JAN. 20, 1981, BEJAR, SALAMANCA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
-    THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT ISSUED A WARRANT OF 
ARREST FOR BERROSTEGIETA ON FEB. 2003, AFTER HE AVOIDED 
DETENTION BY FRENCH POLICE DURING AN OPERATION AGAINST 
ETA'S LOGISTICS AND RECRUITMENT NETWORK IN SOUTH 
FRANCE. 
 
MANZANARES