VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 001181 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 (ARIETALEANIZ TELLERIA, INAKI 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. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 20, 2005 REPORTED THAT FRENCH AND SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION THAT ENDED IN THE ARREST IN LE CAP D'ADGE, MONTPELLIER, FRANCE OF THE THREE ETA ACTIVISTS MENTIONED BELOW. THE POLICE ALSO SEARCHED THE APARTMENT AND A VEHICLE AND SEIZED A PISTOL GUN, CHEMICALS FOR POSSIBLE USE IN THE MANUFACTURING OF EXPLOSIVES, DOCUMENTS, SEVERAL FRENCH AND SPANISH FALSE LICENSE PLATES AND FALSE SPANISH AND BASQUE POLICE IDENTIFICATION PLATES. ¶3. NAME: ARIETALEANIZ TELLERIA, INAKI - ALIAS: "BIXKAI" - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 37 YEARS OLD, VERGARA, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE - HE WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED IN 1993 ON TERRORIST CHARGES AND RECEIVED A 19 YEAR-SENTENCE. HE FLED TO FRANCE IN 2002 WHILE UNDER CONDITIONAL STATUS. IN 2003 THE SPANISH COURT ISSUED AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST. POLICE INVESTIGATORS HAVE STATED THAT ARIETALEANIZ IS PART OF ETA'S EXTORTION NETWORK. HIS FINGERPRINTS WERE FOUND ON SOME OF THE 700 HUNDRED LETTERS ETA SENT TO ENTERPRENEURS AND BUSINESSMEN. ¶4. NAME: AYMAR ALTUNA, IJURKO - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 1976, IBARRA, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE - HE WAS IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THE TERRORISTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN A BOMBING CAMPAIGN IN THE AREA. ¶5. NAME: ARANALDE IJURKO, AYMAR - GENDER: FEMALE - DPOB: SEP. 1982, IBARRA, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE - POLICE BELIEVE SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ETA'S COMMANDO "ZELATUN-DONOSTI" UNTIL THE END OF 2002. MANZANARES