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05MADRID979
2005-03-14 16:38:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Madrid
Cable title:  

VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

Tags:  CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL 
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UNCLAS MADRID 000979 

SIPDIS

VISAS VIPER

DEPT FOR CA/VO/L/C AND INR/IC/TIPOFF

REF: 01 MADRID 01224

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
(DANOBEITIA CEBALLOS, OLATZ ET AL)
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION


UNCLAS MADRID 000979

SIPDIS

VISAS VIPER

DEPT FOR CA/VO/L/C AND INR/IC/TIPOFF

REF: 01 MADRID 01224

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
(DANOBEITIA CEBALLOS, OLATZ 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. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF MARCH 5, 2005 REPORTED THAT
THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT PROVISIONALY RELEASED THE
INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW, ALL HIGH RANKING MEMBERS
OF "JARRAI-HAIKA-SEGI" THE OUTLAWED BASQUE RADICAL
NATIONALIST YOUTH ORGANIZATION LINKED TO ETA'S MILITARY
NETWORK. THE ORGANIZATION IS BELIEVED TO BE A SOURCE
FOR NEW YOUNG ETA ACTIVISTS AND RECEIVES DIRECT
INSTRUCTIONS FROM ETA LEADERS TO CARRY OUT ITS "LOW
INTENSITY TERRORISM" I.E. STREET VIOLENCE, SMALL
BOMBINGS AND THE EXTORTION OF LOCAL BUSINESSES. ALL OF
THEM WERE ARRESTED IN MARCH 2001 AND WERE PENDING TRIAL
SINCE THEN. ACCORDING TO SPANISH LAW, THE MAXIMUM
LENGTH OF TIME TO BE IMPRISONED, WHILE PENDING TRIAL,
IS FOUR YEARS. NATIONAL COURT PROSECUTOR HAS REQUESTED
A FOURTEEN-YEAR-SENTENCE IN EACH CASE. PROSECUTOR HAS
MAINTAINED THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS INTEGRATED IN ETA'S
NETWORK, HAS THE SAME OBJECTIVES, HIERARCHICAL
SUBMISSION AND FINANCIAL UNITY. THE SPANISH NATIONAL
COURT IS PRESENTLY PROCEEDING WITH THE TRIAL OF 33
MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP.


3. NAME: DANOBEITIA CEBALLOS, OLATZ

- GENDER: FEMALE
- DPOB: MAY 21, 1976, BILBAO, SPAIN
- CLASS: POSITIVE


4. NAME: CARRO BOADO, OLATZ

- GENDER: FEMALE
- DPOB: APR. 2, 1976, BILBAO, SPAIN
- CLASS: POSITIVE


5. NAME: VITERI IZAGUIRRE, GARAZI

- GENDER: FEMALE
- DPOB: APR. 29, 1976, BIARRITZ, FRANCE
- CLASS: POSITIVE


6. NAME: ECHEBERRIA URIA, GARIKOITZ

- ALTERNATE SPELLING: ETXEBERRIA URIA
- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: APR. 23, 1977, SPAIN
- CLASS: POSITIVE


7. NAME: ORTEGA SUSUNDEGUI, IGOR

- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: MAY 9, 1975, SPAIN
- CLASS: POSITIVE


8. NAME: ELIZARAN AGUILAR, UGAITZ

- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: AUG. 10, 1976, SPAIN
- CLASS: POSITIVE

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