US embassy cable - 05MADRID1831

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Identifier:	05MADRID1831
Wikileaks:	View 05MADRID1831 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Madrid
Created:	2005-05-13 12:02:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS MADRID 001831 
 
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, (MOTO 
NSA, SEVERO) 
SUBJECT:  VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION 
 
1.   POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING 
  NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER 
  PROCEDURES: 
 
2.   NAME: MOTO NSA, SEVERO 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: NOV. 6, 1943, ACOCK, EQUATORIAL GUINEA 
-    POSITIVE 
 
3. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" REPORTED THAT THE 
SPANISH GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER TO CONVENE A 
INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMISSION ON ASYLUM AND POLITICAL 
REFUGEES TO INVESTIGATE AND REVISE THE REFUGEE STATUS 
OF THE EXILED LEADER OF THE "PARTIDO DEL PROGRESO DE 
GUINEA ECUATORIAL", SEVERO MOTO NSA, AFTER HE MADE A 
TRIP ON MARCH 19, 2005 TO CROATIA, WHERE HE REPORTEDLY 
MET WITH ANTE JERCIC, A WELL-KNOWN ARMS MAKER AND 
DEALER.  MOTO MADE SEVERAL DECLARATIONS TO CROATIAN 
PRESS MEDIA THAT THE SPANISH SECRET SERVICE WAS BEHIND 
"A PLOT TO LIQUIDATE HIM".  THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT IS 
AT PRESENT WAITING FOR A CROATIAN GOVERNMENT REPORT ON 
MOTO'S ACTIVITIES IN ZAGREB.  SEVERO MOTO WAS GRANTED 
POLITICAL REFUGEE STATUS IN SPAIN IN 1986.  SINCE THEN 
HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING BEHIND SEVERAL COUP 
D'ETATS AGAINST PRESENT EQUATORIAL GUINEAN DICTATOR 
TEODORO OBIANG, WHO HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY ACCUSED OF 
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. 
 
MANZANARES