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