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Cablegate: Visas Viper Submission

This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS MADRID 001829

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 LORAN
GAFOURKADE, GORKA 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 MAY 7, 2005 REPORTED THAT
THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT SENTENCED THE ALLEGED ETA
ACTIVISTS REFERENCED BELOW TO 2,775 YEARS OF PRISON FOR
PLACING A 28 AND A 25 KILOGRAM-BOMBS ON A TRAIN TO
EXPLODE ONCE IT ARRIVED AT MADRID'S CHAMARTIN, RAILWAY
STATION ON CHRISTMAS EVE IN 2003. THEY BOTH MANAGED TO
PLACE A SUITCASE AND A BACKPACK CONTAINING THE BOMBS
AND LATER ABANDONED THE TRAIN. THEY WERE BOTH DETAINED
LATER AND THE BOMBS WERE DEACTIVATED. COURT SUMMARY
REFUSED DEFENSE ALLEGATIONS AND CONCLUDED THAT ALTHOUGH
EXPLOSIVES WERE SET TO EXPLODE AFTER ALL PASSENGERS HAD
LEFT THE TRAIN, THE RISK OF AN PREMATURE EXPLOSION WAS
HIGH AND WOULD HAVE CAUSED A MASSACRE.

3. NAME: LORAN GAFOURKADE, GORKA

- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: 25 YEARS OLD, SPAIN
- CLASS: POSITIVE

4. NAME: ARRUARTE SANTACRUZ, GARIKOITZ

- GENDER: MALE
- DPOB: 26 YEARS OLD, SPAIN
- CLASS: POSITIVE

MANZANARES

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