26 February 2002
Fact Sheet on Treasury Department Freezing Assets of Basque Terrorists
(O'Neill announces action against 21 members of ETA) (870)
The United States has frozen assets of 21 people associated with the
Basque terrorist organization ETA, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill
announced February 26 in remarks to U.S. Customs Service employees in
Jacksonville, Florida.
Following is the text of a Treasury Department fact sheet offering
background on the Spain-based ETA and listing the names of the 21
people identified as specially designated global terrorists (SDGTs)
because of their involvement with ETA:
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U.S. Department of the Treasury
February 26, 2002
Fact Sheet
Designations of Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) Members
"Our crackdown on terrorists is blind to nationality and origin.
Rather, it's a net that is being cast on all terrorist parasites that
threaten our allies and our national security. By taking this action
we join many nations to act forcefully against such terrorists."
-- Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, February 26, 2002
Basque Fatherland and Liberty, also known as Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna,
also known as ETA (hereinafter "ETA"), was founded in 1959 with the
aim of establishing an independent homeland based on Marxist
principles in the northern Spanish provinces of Vizcaya, Guipuzcoa,
Alava, and Navarra and the southwestern French departments of Labourd,
Basse-Navarra, and Soule. Its terrorist activities consist primarily
of bombings and assassinations of Spanish Government officials,
especially security and military forces, politicians, and judicial
figures. ETA finances its activities through kidnappings, robberies,
and extortion. The group has killed more than 800 persons since it
began lethal attacks in the early 1960s. In November 1999, ETA broke
its "unilateral and indefinite" cease-fire and began an assassination
and bombing campaign that killed 23 individuals and wounded scores
more by the end of 2000.
ETA's current strength is unknown, though it may have hundreds of
members, plus supporters. It operates primarily in the Basque
autonomous regions of northern Spain and southwestern France, but also
has bombed Spanish and French interests elsewhere. ETA has received
training at various times in the past in Libya, Lebanon, and
Nicaragua. Some ETA members allegedly have received sanctuary in Cuba
while others reside in South America. ETA also appears to have ties to
the Irish Republican Army through the two groups' legal political
wings.
ETA was designated by the U.S. Government as a Foreign Terrorist
Organization ("FTO") on October 8, 1997, and has been re-designated
every two years, most recently on October 5, 2001. On October 31,
2001, ETA was also designated by the U.S. Government as a Specially
Designated Global Terrorist ("SDGT") under the President's September
23, 2001, Executive Order 13224 blocking property and prohibiting
transactions with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support
terrorism. Based on information provided by the Spanish government,
the Department of the Treasury is designating 21 individuals as
("SDGT") pursuant to Executive Order 13224. The 21 individuals are
members of, assist in, sponsor, or provide financial, material, or
technological support for, or financial or other services to or in
support of ETA's acts of terrorism, and are otherwise believed to be
acting for or on behalf of. These individuals were designated by the
European Union on December 27, 2001, for their involvement in
terrorist acts.1
1 EU Council Common Position of 27 December 2001 on the application of
specific measures to combat terrorism (2001/931/CFSP)
Individuals Designated by the Department of Treasury
February 26, 2002
Abaunza Martinez, Javier
DOB 01 January 1965; POB Guernica (Vizcaya), Spain
D.N.I. 78.865.882
Alberdi Uranga, Itziar
DOB 7 October 1963; POB Durango (Vizcaya), Spain
D.N.I. 78.865.693
Alcalde Linares, Angel
DOB 2 May 1943; POB Portugalete (Vizcaya), Spain
D.N.I. 15.390.353
Albisu Iriarte, Miguel
DOB 7 June 1961; POB San Sebastián (Guizpúcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 15.954.596
Arzallus Tapia, Eusebio
DOB 8 November 1957; POB Regil (Guipúzcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 15.927.207
Elcoro Ayastuy, Paulo
DOB 22 October 1973; POB Vergara (Guipúzcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 15.394.062
Figal Arranz, Antonio Agustín
DOB 2 December 1972; POB Baracaldo (Vizcaya), Spain
D.N.I. 20.172.692
Gogeascoechea Arronategui, Eneko
DOB 29 April 1967; POB Guernica (Vizacaya), Spain
D.N.I. 44.556.097
Goiricelaya Gonzalez, Cristina
DOB 23 December 1967; POB Vergara (Guipúzcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 16.282.556
Iparraguirre Guenechea, Maria Soledad
DOB 25 April 1961; Escoriaza (Guipúzcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 16.255.819
Morcillo Torres, Gracia
DOB 15 March 1967; POB San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 72.439.052
Múgica Goñi, Ainhoa
DOB 27 June 1970; POB San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 34.101.243
Muñoa Ordozgoiti, Aloña
DOB 6 July 1976; POB Segura (Guipúzcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 35.771.259
Narvaez Goñi, Juan Jesús
DOB 23 February 1961; POB Pamplona (Navarra), Spain
D.N.I. 15.841.101
Olarra Guridi, Juan Antonio
DOB 11 September 1967; POB San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 30.084.504
Orbe Sevillano, Zigor
DOB 22 September 1975; POB Basauri (Vizcaya), Spain
D.N.I. 45.622.851
Otegui Unanue, Mikel
DOB 8 October 1972; POB Itsasondo (Guipúzcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 44.132.976
Perez Aramburu, Jon Iñaki
DOB 18 September 1964; POB San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 15.976.521
Saez de Eguilaz Murguiondo, Carlos
DOB 9 December 1963; POB San Sebastián (Guipúzcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 15.962.687
Uranga Artola, Kemen
DOB 25 May 1969; POB Ondarroa (Vizcaya), Spain
D.N.I. 30.627.290
Vila Michelena, Fermín
DOB 12 March 1970; POB Irún (Guipúzcoa), Spain
D.N.I. 15.254.214
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