VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 001691

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
(ESQUISABEL URTUZAGA, PEIO 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 EL PAIS REPORTED THAT FRENCH POLICE
ARRESTED TWO ALLEGED MEMBERS OF ETA ON APR. 28, 2005.
THE ARREST TOOK PLACE IN CAUSSADE, FRANCE, WHEN THEY
ATTEMPTED TO RECOVER A HANDBAG CONTAINING CLOTHES, A
PISTOL WITH ETA'S ANAGRAM AND FALSE IDENTIFICATION,
WHICH THEY HAD INAVERTENTLY FORGOTTEN IN A SELF SERVICE
LAUNDRY SHOP. ACCORDING TO POLICE INVESTIGATORS ONE OF
THE DETAINEES (ESQUISABEL URTUZAGA) WAS CURRENTLY AN
IMPORTANT MEMBER IN THE ETA'S INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
AND HAD OCUPIED IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN THE MILITARY
STRUCTURES OF THE ORGANIZATION.


3. NAME: ESQUISABEL URTUZAGA, PEDRO

- ALTERNATE NAME SPELLING: ESKIZABEL URTUZAGA, PEIO

- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: JUNE 3, 1962, ORDIZIA, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN
- CLASS: POSITIVE


4. NAME: UGARTEMENDIA ISASA, JOSE MANUEL

- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: OCT. 13, 1960, RENTERIA, GUIPUZCOA
- CLASS: NEGATIVE
- IN SPAIN, UGARTEMENDIA WAS ARRESTED IN 1990 FOR
TERRORIST RELATED CRIMES AND RECEIVED A NINE-YEAR
SENTENCE. HE WAS LATER RELEASED UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
MANZANARES