VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 001442 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 (IGARRIZ ICETA, MARTA 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 DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 8, 2005 REPORTED THAT AS A RESULT OF RECENT POLICE OPERATIONS CONDUCTED IN FRANCE AND ALSO IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY OF SPAIN, AGAINST ETA OPERATIVE CELLS, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE INDIVIDUALS BELOW, ALL SUSPECTED MEMBERS AND/OR COLLABORATORS OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. SPANISH POLICE BELIEVE THE ARRESTED PROVIDED LOGISTICAL SUPPORT TO OTHER OPERATIVE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. ¶3. NAME: IGARRIZ ICETA, MARTA - GENDER: FEMALE - DPOB: FEB. 28, 1972, SAN SEBASTIAN, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE - ARRESTED IN HERNANI, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN. SHE ALLEGEDLY PROVIDED SAFE-HOUSING TO MEMBERS OF ETA OPERATIVE COMMANDOS. LATER PRESS REPORTS OF APRIL 11, 2005, INDICATE POLICE SEARCHED A HOUSE OWNED BY IGARRIZ'S MOTHER AND FOUND 50 KILOGRAMS OF DINAMITE "TITADYNE", OF THE TYPE STOLEN BY ETA IN FRANCE IN 1999, 14 KILOGRAMS OF CHEMICALS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF EXPLOSIVES, DETONATOR CORD, ELECTRIC DETONATORS, TIMERS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR MAGNETIC BOMBS, TWO MACHINE GUNS "MATT" AND "UZI", AMMUNITION, BLANK CAR LICENSE PLATES, TOOLS AND A RADIO FREQUENCY SCANNER. ¶4. NAME: AZTIRIA ECHEVERRIA, GORKA - ALTERNATE LAST NAME SPELLING: AZTIRIA ETXEBERRIA - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: DEC. 28, 1977, SAN SEBASTIAN, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE - ARRESTED IN MONDRAGON, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN ¶5. NAME: OLABARRIETA CORMENZANA, GAIZKA - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: MAY 21, 1979, SPAIN - CLASS: POSITIVE UNDER CODES - 2A2 - INS APR. 17, 2000; - NCIII - FBI APR. 27, 2000; - P2C - PARIS FEB. 13, 2003. - ARRESTED IN MONDRAGON, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN MANZANARES