VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 003601 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 SILVASANDE FERNANDO SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION REF: 00 MADRID 04970 ¶1. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: ¶2. DAILY PRESS OF OCT. 7, 2005 REPORTED THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES AGREED TO THE TEMPORARY EXTRADITION TO SPAIN OF FERNANDO SILVA SANDE, THE ALLEGED LEADER OF SPANISH LEFT-WING TERRORIST ORGANIZATION "GRAPO" (GRUPOS DE RESISTENCIA ANTIFASCISTA PRIMERO DE OCTUBRE),(OCTOBER FIRST ANTI-FASCIST RESISTENCE GROUP). THE GROUP IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A TOTAL OF 82 MURDERS, THREE KIDNAPPINGS, NUMEROUS MINOR BOMBINGS AND SEVERAL BANK AND ARMORED VEHICLE ROBBERIES). IN SPAIN, SANDE SERVED AN 11-YEAR SENTENCE AND LATER RESUMED HIS TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. HE WAS ARRESTED AND SENTENCED AGAIN IN 1990. IN 1992 HE MANAGED TO ESCAPE FROM A LOCAL PRISON IN GRANADA. IN 2000 HE WAS ARRESTED IN PARIS AND SENTENCED TO 10 YEARS FOR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. ¶3. NAME: SILVA SANDE, FERNANDO - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: MAR. 13, 1954, CARNOTA, LA CORUNA, SPAIN - CLASS: POSITIVE - INDIVIDUAL PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IN REFTEL UNDER ERRONEOUS DOB: YEAR 1959. PLEASE CORRECT. AGUIRRE