VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

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