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