Cablegate: Visas Viper Submission
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UNCLAS MADRID 001637
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, ARAIZ)
SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
1. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING
NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER
PROCEDURES:
2. DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 25, 2005 REPORTED THAT ETA
SUSPECT ARAIZ ZUBIMENDI IZAGA ARRIVED IN SPAIN ESCORTED
BY FRENCH POLICE AND WAS HANDED OVER TO THE SPANISH
AUTHORITIES. ZUBIMENDI IZAGA WAS DETAINED ON JAN. 28,
2005, IN CIBOURNE, FRANCE, ON THE BASIS OF A SPANISH
NATIONAL COURT INTERNATIONAL ARREST WARRANT. SHE WAS
ALSO WANTED BY OTHER SPANISH CIRCUIT COURTS FOR STREET
VIOLENCE RELATED TO TERRORISM. SPANISH INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE SHE WAS PRESENTLY AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ETA.
PREVIOUSLY, SHE WAS A HIGH RANKING MEMBER OF THE YOUTH
BASQUE RADICAL ORGANIZATION "HAIKA" / "SEGI" OUTLAWED
BY COURT ORDERS IN 2001 AND 2002 RESPECTIVELY.
3. NAME: ZUBIMENDI IZAGA, ARAIZ
- GENDER: FEMALE
- DPOB: NOV. 24, 1976, HERNANI, GUIPUZCOA, SPAIN
- CLASS: POSITIVE
MANZANARES