VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 001637 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 (ZUBIMENDI IZAGA, ARAIZ) 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. DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 25, 2005 REPORTED THAT ETA SUSPECT ARAIZ ZUBIMENDI IZAGA ARRIVED IN SPAIN ESCORTED BY FRENCH POLICE AND WAS HANDED OVER TO THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES. ZUBIMENDI IZAGA WAS DETAINED ON JAN. 28, 2005, IN CIBOURNE, FRANCE, ON THE BASIS OF A SPANISH NATIONAL COURT INTERNATIONAL ARREST WARRANT. SHE WAS ALSO WANTED BY OTHER SPANISH CIRCUIT COURTS FOR STREET VIOLENCE RELATED TO TERRORISM. SPANISH INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE SHE WAS PRESENTLY AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ETA. PREVIOUSLY, SHE WAS A HIGH RANKING MEMBER OF THE YOUTH BASQUE RADICAL ORGANIZATION "HAIKA" / "SEGI" OUTLAWED BY COURT ORDERS IN 2001 AND 2002 RESPECTIVELY. ¶3. NAME: ZUBIMENDI IZAGA, ARAIZ - GENDER: FEMALE - DPOB: NOV. 24, 1976, HERNANI, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN - CLASS: POSITIVE MANZANARES