GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IKASSRIEN: SPAIN AGREES TO

C O N F I D E N T I A L MADRID 002132 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR S/WCI AND EUR/WE E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/06/2015 TAGS: PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP SUBJECT: GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IKASSRIEN: SPAIN AGREES TO TERMS OF TRANSFER REF: A. A) STATE 88737 ¶B. B) MADRID 1881 Classified By: Political Counselor Kathy Fitzpatrick; reasons 1.4 (B) a nd (D) ¶1. (C) On June 3, post received note verbale number 67112-Ext-04 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating the Government of Spain's acceptance of USG terms for the transfer to Spain of Guantanamo detainee Lahcen Ikassrien (ref A). Attached to the note verbale was a notification from the Central Examining Court Number Five of the National Court (the judicial entity that requested the extradition of Ikassrien in June 2004) in which Magistrate Santiago Pedraz Gomez acknowledged the USG conditions established in ref A and agreed to abide by those conditions in the Court's investigation of Ikassrien on charges of membership in a terrorist organization, "in conformity with established legislation and within the framework of constitutional guarantees..." ¶2. (C) Please advise on next steps as this case develops. MANZANARES