VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 000467

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
(ZUBIMENDI IZAGA, ARAITZ ET AL)
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION


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


2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" OF JAN. 29, 2005
REPORTED THAT THE FRENCH JUDICIAL POLICE ARRESTED THREE
MEMBERS OF ETA'S POLITICAL ORGANIZATION NETWORK, WHO
WERE AT LARGE. THE SUSPECTS WERE ALSO SUBJECT TO AN
"EURO-WARRANT OF ARREST", FOR TERRORIST RELATED ISSUES.


3. NAME: ZUBIMENDI IZAGA, ARAITZ

- GENDER: FEMALE
- DPOB: NOV. 24, 1976, HERNANI, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN
- CLASS: POSITIVE
- ZUBIMENDI WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE BASQUE YOUTH
RADICAL ORGANIZATION "SEGI". SHE LATER BECAME A MEMBER
OF THE BASQUE PARLIAMENT FOR "SOZIALISTA ABERTZALEAK
(SA) A NEW CONSTITUTED RADICAL GROUP TO REPLACE
OUTLAWED "BATASUNA". SHE FLED TO FRANCE IN JAN. 2004
WHEN SPANISH JUDGE BALTASAR GARZON, IN CHARGE OF THE
INVESTIGATION ON ETA'S POLITICAL AND MILITARY
CONGLOMERATE, INCLUDED HER IN THREE OF THE ON-GOING
INDICTMENTS AGAINST THE NETWORK. IN APRIL 2004, THE
SPANISH JUDGE ISSUED AN INTERNATIONAL WARRANT OF ARREST
FOR HER.


4. NAME: URBULU RENTERIA. IBON

- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: MAR. 18, 1968, BILBAO, SPAIN
- CLASS: POSITIVE
- URBULU ALSO FLED TO FRANCE UPON BEING INDICTED IN
SEVERAL INDICTMENTS ON ETA'S POLITICAL NETWORK AND A
WARRANT OF ARREST WAS ALSO ISSUED ON HIM ON APR. 30,

2003.


5. NAME: BERROSTEGIETA EGUIARA, UNAI

- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: JAN. 20, 1981, BEJAR, SALAMANCA, SPAIN
- CLASS: NEGATIVE
- THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT ISSUED A WARRANT OF
ARREST FOR BERROSTEGIETA ON FEB. 2003, AFTER HE AVOIDED
DETENTION BY FRENCH POLICE DURING AN OPERATION AGAINST
ETA'S LOGISTICS AND RECRUITMENT NETWORK IN SOUTH
FRANCE.

MANZANARES