US embassy cable - 05MADRID3490

UNCLAS MADRID 003490 
 
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, (AGUIRRE GARCIA, HARRIET 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 PRESS REPORTED OCT. 4, 2005 THAT FRENCH 
  ANTITERRORIST POLICE (DNAT) IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPANISH 
  POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION IN AURILLAC, SOUTH- 
  CENTRAL FRANCE, THAT ENDED IN THE ARREST OF THREE ETA 
  SUSPECTS, ONE OF THEM ALLEGEDLY A HIGH RANKING MEMBER 
  IN ETA'S MILITARY STRUCTURE.  IN THE OPERATION THE 
  POLICE ALSO SEIZED TWO PISTOLS, TWO SHOTGUNS, A "CETME" 
  ASSAULT RIFLE, TWO RIFLES, A GRENADE LAUNCHER, 
  ELECTRONIC SUPPLIES, DEVICES FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF 
  BOMBS, TOOLS FOR STEALING VEHICLES AND VARIOUS 
  DOCUMENTS. 
 
3.   NAME: AGUIRRE GARCIA, HARRIET 
 
  -    ALIAS: "HARRY" AND ALSO "LUKAS" 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: MAR 29, 1979, SAN SEBASTIAN, GUIPUZCOA, 
SPAIN 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
-    HE HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE ETA MEMBER SINCE 1995.  HE 
FLED TO FRANCE IN 2002 AND WAS NOW CONSIDERED TO BE THE 
LIEUTENANT OF ETA'S MILITARY LEADER GARIKOITZ ASPIAZU, 
ALIAS "TXEROKI". IN ADDITION TO OTHER TERRORIST-RELATED 
CRIMES, HE IS ACCUSED OF PARTICIPATING IN THE MURDER OF 
THE DEPUTY MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LASARTE, FROILAN ELESPE 
IN MARCH 2001.  THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT HAD ISSUED 
AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST. 
 
4.   NAME: MENDIZABAL MUGICA, IDOIA 
 
  -    ALIAS: "ILARGI" 
-    GENDER: FEMALE 
-    DPOB: JUNE 19, 1977, LAZKAO, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
-    SPANISH POLICE BELIEVE MENDIZABAL WAS NOW PART OF 
ETA'S MILITARY NETWORK. SHE IS INCLUDED IN MULTIPLE 
INDICTMENTS RELATED TO TERRORISM INCLUDING HER 
PARTICIPATION IN ETA'S BOMBING CAMPAIGN IN TOURIST 
AREAS OF SPAIN, THE CAMPAIGN OF BOMB-LETTERS TO 
JOURNALISTS AND THE PLACING OF A MAGNETIC BOMB ON THE 
CAR OF EDUARDO MADINA, A SPANISH SOCIALIST PARTY YOUTH 
LEADER, WHO WAS SEVERELY INJURED. 
 
5.   NAME: GARMENDIA LACUNZA, ALBERTO 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
-    DPOB: FEB. 13, 1979, LIZARRAGA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: NEGATIVE 
-    GARMENDIA HAS NO PENDING CHARGES IN SPAIN.  HIS 
NAME APPEARED IN DOCUMENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH ETA 
LEADER IBON FERNANDEZ IRADI, WHO WAS ARRESTED IN 
FRANCE. 
 
AGUIRRE