VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 001306

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
(SANCHEZ MENDAZA, JON)
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION



1. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING
NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER
PROCEDURES:


2. SPANISH PRESS OF APRIL 1, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST
OF JON SANCHEZ MENDAZA, AN ALLEGED LEADER OF "KAS -
EKIN", AN OUTLAWED ORGANIZATION OF ETA'S POLITICAL
ORGANIZATION. THE ARREST TOOK PLACE AT HINX, LES
LANDES, FRANCE, AFTER THE INDIVIDUAL HAD AN ACCIDENT
WHEN DRIVING A STOLEN CAR WITH FALSE LICENSE PLATES AND
ATTEMPTED TO FLEE. FRENCH POLICE FOUND SEVERAL SETS OF
FALSE I.D. CARDS IN HIS POSSESSION. SANCHEZ MENDAZA
WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED IN SPAIN ON SEPT. 13,
2000,ALONG WITH LEADERS IN THE ORGANIZATION WHO WERE
INCLUDED IN THE ON-GOING INDICTMENT AGAINST "KAS-EKIN".
THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT ORDERED HIS PROVISIONAL
IMPRISONMENT, AND WAS LATER RELEASED ON A EURO 30,000
BAIL ON DEC. 21, 2001, PENDING TRIAL. SANCHEZ MENDAZA
WAS AT LARGE SINCE AUG. 2004 THAT BROKE HIS LEGAL
CONDITIONAL STATUS.


3. NAME: SANCHEZ MENDAZA, JON

- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: 1970, PAMPLONA, NAVARRA, SPAIN
- CLASS: NEGATIVE

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