Identifier
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05MADRID1181
2005-03-29 15:16:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:  

VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

Tags:  CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL 
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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


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