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05KINSHASA123
2005-01-24 15:12:00
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Embassy Kinshasa
Cable title:
APPREHENDING FUGITIVE ICTR INDICTEES
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UNCLAS KINSHASA 000123
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KAWC KJUS CG RW ICTR
SUBJECT: APPREHENDING FUGITIVE ICTR INDICTEES
REF: STATE 11130
UNCLAS KINSHASA 000123
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KAWC KJUS CG RW ICTR
SUBJECT: APPREHENDING FUGITIVE ICTR INDICTEES
REF: STATE 11130
1. (U) Information requested reftel follows.
Status of Rewards for Justice Program
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2. (SBU) Rewards for three informants involved in the May
2004 arrest of indictee Yusuf John Munyakazi are still
pending Department action. (Comment: In 2004 local press
wrote about delays in payout of Rewards-for-Justice rewards
to informants. Those particular issues were resolved, but
the publicity was unhelpful and post wishes to avoid a
repeat. End Comment.)
DRC Needs ICTR Resources, Attention
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3. (SBU) Jallou has declared several times that most indicted
Rwandan genocidaires who are still free are in the DRC. Over
the past two years, five indictees have been arrested in the
DRC and Congo-B and tipsters continue to report many
sightings, including of some of those cited in para 5 of
reftel. However, post has virtually no recent information on
any of them. The ICTR has committed few investigative
resources to tracking individuals in the two countries, and
has broken up experienced tracking teams and reassigned their
personnel. Jallou has yet to make an official visit to
either the DRC or Congo-B to develop a working relationship.
Also, the ICTR has not developed any operational protocols
with MONUC, although MONUC has assisted with arrests and
transport of indictees at post's request.
4. (SBU) COMMENT: In our assessment, if the level of
professional, skilled attention in the area is not elevated,
the ICTR will make little or no progress toward arresting
those indictees still at large. END COMMENT.
MEECE
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KAWC KJUS CG RW ICTR
SUBJECT: APPREHENDING FUGITIVE ICTR INDICTEES
REF: STATE 11130
1. (U) Information requested reftel follows.
Status of Rewards for Justice Program
--------------
2. (SBU) Rewards for three informants involved in the May
2004 arrest of indictee Yusuf John Munyakazi are still
pending Department action. (Comment: In 2004 local press
wrote about delays in payout of Rewards-for-Justice rewards
to informants. Those particular issues were resolved, but
the publicity was unhelpful and post wishes to avoid a
repeat. End Comment.)
DRC Needs ICTR Resources, Attention
--------------
3. (SBU) Jallou has declared several times that most indicted
Rwandan genocidaires who are still free are in the DRC. Over
the past two years, five indictees have been arrested in the
DRC and Congo-B and tipsters continue to report many
sightings, including of some of those cited in para 5 of
reftel. However, post has virtually no recent information on
any of them. The ICTR has committed few investigative
resources to tracking individuals in the two countries, and
has broken up experienced tracking teams and reassigned their
personnel. Jallou has yet to make an official visit to
either the DRC or Congo-B to develop a working relationship.
Also, the ICTR has not developed any operational protocols
with MONUC, although MONUC has assisted with arrests and
transport of indictees at post's request.
4. (SBU) COMMENT: In our assessment, if the level of
professional, skilled attention in the area is not elevated,
the ICTR will make little or no progress toward arresting
those indictees still at large. END COMMENT.
MEECE