SECOND DIPNOTE RE DEATH OF PERUVIAN CONTRACTOR IN

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 LIMA 005286

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DEPT FOR WHA/AND, L/PM, PM, DS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV MARR PE
SUBJECT: SECOND DIPNOTE RE DEATH OF PERUVIAN CONTRACTOR IN
AFGHANISTAN

REF: LIMA 5231


1. On 12/12, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry presented the
Embassy with a second diplomatic note, dated 12/9,
requesting information regarding the death in Afghanistan of
Peruvian citizen Martin Jara. In this instance, the note
inquires about the relationship between the USG and the
companies that provide it with security services in places
like Afghanistan. The note also requests urgent attention
to this matter, pointing out that Mr. Jara's family has
received no information about the circumstances of his
death, nor are they aware of the location of his remains.
An informal translation of the diplomatic note is contained
in paragraph 2. Embassy requests guidance from the
Department on how to respond to this diplomatic note.


2. (Begin text of dipnote)

Note Re (SCP) No. 6-3/464

(Complimentary Opening) and wishes to refer to its Note No.
6-3/458, dated December 5, 2005, regarding the death of
Peruvian citizen MARTIN JARA HICHARD, who was working in
Afghanistan as a security guard.

With reference to the contents of the aforementioned Note,
the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Secretariat of Peruvian
Communities Abroad wishes to advise that on Wednesday,
December 7, 2005, 3D Global Solutions Inc. issued a press
release which says verbatim:

3D Global Solutions brings the following to the attention of
the public:

-- Up to today, Wednesday, December 7, 2005, the State
Department of the United States of America, which is
responsible for the investigation designed to clarify the
circumstances and causes of death of Mr. Martin Jara Hichard
has not complied with its obligation to inform us of the
pertinent results.

-- Due to the foregoing, we wish to state for the record
that it is impossible for us to continue providing
information on this matter, until we have the official
results of the referenced investigation.

-- Likewise, we wish to make it clear that the company with
which Mr. Jara Hichard signed a services contract for
providing security guard services in the city of Kabul was
MVN Inc., a company with which we are subcontractors.

-- Considering the difficult moments that the family of the
deceased is going through, we urge the Ministry of External
Relations of Peru to use its good offices with the
Department of State of the United States in order that they
should issue the official results of the aforementioned
investigation as quickly as possible.

-- Finally, we wish to inform that Dr. Jose Herrera Robles
is the Lawyer we have hired in Peru, and is not, as has been
purported in some sectors of the media, our company's legal
officer.

In view of the above, and taking into account that the
aforementioned Press Release affirms that the Department of
State is in charge of carrying out the appropriate
investigations, the Ministry of Foreign Relations,
Secretariat of Peruvian Communities Abroad would like to

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request that an answer to the following questions be
provided:

-- What is the relationship existing between the Department
of State and/or the Department of Defense and the companies
that are hiring personnel in Third World countries to work
as security agents?

-- Does this relationship incorporate ethical criteria,
including, inter alia, a verification of the treatment these
persons receive in the regions where they are sent to work?;
and

-- What are the responsibilities of the Department of State
and/or Department of Defense regarding the individuals who
enter into these contracts?

In that regard, the Ministry of Foreign Relations,
Secretariat of Peruvian Communities Abroad wishes to state

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that it requires that a response be sent as soon as
possible, in view of the fact that from a strictly
humanitarian point of view it is unfair that, to this date,
Mr. Jara's family does not have any information about the
circumstances and causes of his death and, what is even more
important, does not even know the place where his body is
being kept nor when it will be repatriated.

(Complimentary Closing)

Lima, December 9, 2005

(End text of dipnote)


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