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 MANZANARES