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