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E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PGOV SP
SUBJECT: SPANISH JUDGE INDICTS 29 FOR MARCH 11 ATTACKS 
 
 
¶1. (U) On April 11, National Court Judge Juan del Olmo 
released a 1460-page indictment of 29 people for their 
involvement in the March 11,2004 Madrid train bombings that 
killed 191 people.  Press reports say that after two years of 
investigation, the judge found that the local terrorist cell 
consulted with the operators of a terrorist website called 
Global Islamic Media, which had posted a document 
recommending attacks in Spain before the election in order to 
force Spain's withdrawal from Iraq.  He determined that the 
terror attacks were inspired by, but not executed by, Osama 
Bin Laden's network.  He also rejected any links between the 
Basque terrorist group ETA and the March 11 attacks. 
 
¶2. (U) Following are the names of the 29 indictees and an 
informal translation of the charges contained in the 
indictment: 
 
-- Jamal Zougam (DBOP Morocco / 10 MAY 1973) 
Charged as material author of 191 terrorist murders and 1755 
attempted murders, plus one count of belonging to a terrorist 
organization.  The owner of a Madrid (Lavapies) phone shop 
that sold some of the phone cards used by the terrorists to 
attack the trains. 
 
-- Abdelmajid Bouchar (DBOP Morocco / 9 JAN 1983) 
Charged as material author of 191 terrorist murders and 1755 
attempted murders, plus one count of belonging to a terrorist 
organization and another of trafficking, possessing, 
supplying or storing explosives. 
 
-- Jose Emilio Suarez Trashorras (DBOP Spain / 10 DEC 1976) 
Charged with collaborating with a terrorist organization by 
helping the attackers with the theft of dynamite used in the 
train bombings.  Also charged with cooperating in 192 
terrorist murders (the 191 who died on the trains on March 
11, plus one who died on April 3 when the police tried to 
raid the house in Leganes where the terrorists were hiding 
out) and 18 attempted murders (associated with the explosion 
in Leganes).  In addition, charged with trafficking, 
possessing, supplying or storing explosives; another of auto 
theft; falsifying license plates and other documents; and 
drug trafficking.  Formerly a miner in Asturias. 
 
-- Rafa Zouhier (DBOP Morocco / 15 JUN 1979) 
Charged with collaborating with a terrorist organization and 
with trafficking, possessing, supplying, and storing 
explosives. 
 
-- Fouad El Morabit Amghar, Mouhannad Almallah Dabas, and 
Basel Ghalyoun (DBOP Syria 25 FEB 1980) 
Charged with belonging to a terrorist organization. 
 
-- Hamid Ahmidan, Rachid Aglif, Mohamed Bouharrat, Brahim 
Moussaten, Mohamed Moussaten, Saed El Harrak, and Abdelilah 
El Fadoual El Akil 
Charged with collaborating with a terrorist organization and 
with drug trafficking. 
 
-- Antonio Toro Castro, Javier Gonzalez Diaz, Emilio Llano 
Alvarez, Raul Gonzalez Pelaez, Sergio Alvarez Sanchez, 
Antonio Ivan Reis (also Ruiz) Palicio, and Ivan Granados Pena 
Charged with trafficking, transporting, or supplying 
explosives. 
 
-- Carmen Maria Toro Castro 
Charged with trafficking, transporting, or supplying 
explosives.  Also charged with drug trafficking. 
 
-- Otman El Gnaoui (DBOP Morocco 5 APR 1975) 
Charged with collaborating with a terrorist organization; 
trafficking, transporting, supplying or storing explosives; 
vehicle theft; and falsification of official documents. 
 
-- Nasreddine Bousbaa and Mahmoud Slimane Aoun 
Charged with collaborating with a terrorist organization and 
falsification of official documentation. 
 
-- Rabei Osman El Sayed Ahmed (DBOP Egypt / 22 JUL 1971), 
Youssef Belhadj (DBOP Morocco / 27 MAY 1976), and Hassan El 
Haski (DBOP Morocco / 5 AUG 1963) 
Charged with belonging to a terrorist organization and 
conspiracy to commit an attack (191 murders and 1755 
attempted murders). 
 
-- Mohamed Larbi Ben Sellam 
Charged with belonging to a terrorist organization and 
encouraging suicide. 
AGUIRRE