VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 002970

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
(BOUCHAR, ABDELMAJID)
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

REF: 04 MADRID 01458


1. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING
NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER
PROCEDURES:


2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 18, 2005 REPORTED THE
ARREST IN BELGRADE, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, OF RADICAL
ISLAMIST ABDELMAJID BOUCHAR FOR WHOM SPANISH
AUTHORITIES HAD ISSUED AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANT OF
ARREST FOR HIS ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN THE MADRID
BOMBINGS OF MARCH 11, 2004. BOUCHAR MANAGED TO ESCAPE
ON APRIL 3, 2004, JUST BEFORE A SPANISH POLICE RAID IN
THE OUTSKIRTS OF MADRID.


3. BOUCHAR WAS ARRESTED IN A ROUTINE POLICE SEARCH OF
A TRAIN. HE WAS IN POSSESSION OF A FALSE IRAQI PASSPORT
UNDER THE NAME OF MIDHAT SALAH. FURTHER POLICE CHECKS
INCLUDING CORROBORATION OF FINGERPRINTS WITH INTERPOL
REVEALED HIS TRUE IDENTITY. THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES
WILL REQUEST HIS EXTRADITION.


4. NAME: BOUCHAR, ABDELMAJID

- ALTERNATE LAST NAME SPELLING: BOUCHAD
- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: JAN. 9, 1983, AIT LAHCEN OUALLA, MOROCCO
- CLASS: POSITIVE

AGUIRRE