US embassy cable - 05MADRID3601

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Identifier:	05MADRID3601
Wikileaks:	View 05MADRID3601 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Madrid
Created:	2005-10-14 14:50:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED
Tags:	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS MADRID 003601 
 
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, (SILVASANDE, FERNANDO), Visas Viper 
SUBJECT:  VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION 
 
REF: 00 MADRID 04970 
 
1.   POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING 
  NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER 
  PROCEDURES: 
 
2.   DAILY PRESS OF OCT. 7, 2005 REPORTED THAT FRENCH 
  AUTHORITIES AGREED TO THE TEMPORARY EXTRADITION TO 
  SPAIN OF FERNANDO SILVA SANDE, THE ALLEGED LEADER OF 
  SPANISH LEFT-WING TERRORIST ORGANIZATION "GRAPO" 
  (GRUPOS DE RESISTENCIA ANTIFASCISTA PRIMERO DE 
  OCTUBRE), (OCTOBER FIRST ANTI-FASCIST RESISTENCE 
  GROUP). THE GROUP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A TOTAL OF 82 
  MURDERS, THREE KIDNAPPINGS, NUMEROUS MINOR BOMBINGS AND 
  SEVERAL BANK AND ARMORED VEHICLE ROBBERIES).  IN SPAIN, 
  SANDE SERVED AN 11-YEAR SENTENCE AND LATER RESUMED HIS 
  TERRORIST ACTIVITIES.  HE WAS ARRESTED AND SENTENCED 
  AGAIN IN 1990.  IN 1992 HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE FROM A 
  LOCAL PRISON IN GRANADA.  IN 2000 HE WAS ARRESTED IN 
  PARIS AND SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS FOR   TERRORIST 
  ACTIVITIES. 
 
3.   NAME: SILVA SANDE, FERNANDO 
 
  -    GENDER: MALE 
  -    DPOB: MAR. 13, 1954, CARNOTA, LA CORUNA, SPAIN 
-    CLASS: POSITIVE 
-    INDIVIDUAL PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IN REFTEL UNDER 
ERRONEOUS DOB: YEAR 1959.  PLEASE CORRECT. 
 
AGUIRRE