VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 003600 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 SASIAIN RODRIGUEZ ANTXON SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION ¶1. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: ¶2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS REPORTED OCT. 7, 2005, THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES EXTRADITED THE ALLEGED ETA MEMBER ANTXON SASIAIN RODRIGUEZ TO SPAIN ON OCT. 6, 2005. THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT HAD ISSUED AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST IN 1999, FOR HIS PARTICIPATION WITH ETA'S "COMMANDO ARABA" IN NUMEROUS TERRORIST ATTACKS SINCE 1996. SASIAIN WAS ARRESTED IN FRANCE IN NOV. 2001, AND SENTENCED TO SERVE FIVE YEARS FOR TERRORISM AND POSSESSION OF ARMS. ¶3. NAME: SASIAIN RODRIGUEZ, ANTXON - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: MAY 5, 1969, VERGARA, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN - SON OF RAMON AND ANA MARIA - CLASS: POSITIVE AGUIRRE