VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 000712 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 (ORBEGOZO ETXARRI, MIKEL 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 OF FEB. 18, 2004 REPORTED THE ARREST OF TWO ETA ACTIVISTS IN VALENCIA, SPAIN. AT THE TIME OF ARREST THEY WERE IN POSSESION OF TWO PISTOL GUNS "BROWNING" AND "SIG SAUER" AND DIVERSE FALSE SPANISH IDENTIFICATION CARDS INCLUDING POLICE AND STUDENT I.D. CARDS. POLICE ALSO SEARCHED THE HOTEL ROOM THEY WERE STAYING AT AND SEIZED A MAGNETIC BOMB PREPARED TO BE USED, AN UNINSTALLED BOMB WITH 350 GRAMS OF DINAMYTE, 25 STICKS OF 100 GRAMS OF EXPLOSIVE, ("TITADYNE" TYPE),EACH, TIMERS AND DETONATOR CORD. POLICE ALSO SEIZED ABUNDANT DOCUMENTS CONTAINING INFORMATION FOR POSSIBLE TERRORIST TARGETS. ¶3. NAME: ORBEGOZO ETXARRI, MIKEL - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JUL 19, 1979, SAN SEBASTIAN, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE ¶4. NAME: MAJARENAS IBARRETA, SARA - GENDER; FEMALE - DPOB: JUNE 29, 1980, SAN SEBASTIAN, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE ¶5. THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT EXAMINING JUDGE DICTATED THEIR UNCONDITIONAL IMPRISONMENT. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF MEMBERSHIP IN A TERRRORIST ORGANIZATION, ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF ARMS AND EXPLOSIVES, CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT TERRORIST ACTS AND POSSESSION OF FALSE OFFICIAL IDENTIFICATION. MANZANARES