REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING

UNCLAS PANAMA 000955 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN TOM PIERCE, WHA/PPC CLARK LYNN, DRL JEANETTE DAVIS AND INR JENNA BEN-YEHUDA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS SUBJECT: REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING ¶1. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department transmit the results to Embassy and U.S. Southern Command. National Police (PNP),East Metropolitan Zone, Daniel Samuel Lopez, 27 December 1964, 8-237-87. National Police (PNP),Arraijan Police Zone, Guillermo Antonio Valdez Zamora, 11 November 1965, 8-243-409. National Police (PNP),Riverine Unit (Unidad de Mantenimiento y Operaciones Fluviales (UMOF)),Cristian Enrique Hayer Alvarado, 15 November 1964, 8-232-779. National Police (PNP),Director's Chief of Security (Jefe de la Escolta del Director),Javier Anibal Castillo Morales, 25 April 1963, 8-226-2415. National Police (PNP),Darien Kuna Yala (DARKUN),Victor Alexis Olmedo Vernanza, 28 July 1966, 8-266-97. National Police (PNP),Center of Superior Education, Training Directorate (Centro de Ensenanza Superior, Direccion Docencia),Eliseo Aguirre Quintero, 24 October 1965, 8-243-394. National Police (PNP),Director of Human Resources (Director de Recursos Humanos),Demostenes Alberto Batista Samudio, 30 April 1965, 4-148-379. National Police (PNP),Chief of Riot Control Unit (Jefe de la Unidad de Control de Multitudes),Frank Alexis Abrego, 16 January 1963, 8-236-1213. National Police (PNP),Chief of Chiriqui Police Zone (Jefe de la Zona de Polica de Chirqui),Luciano Franco Gomez, 26 June 1962, 4-138-2170. National Police (PNP),Planning Directorate (Direccion de Planeamiento),Diana Elisa Aponte de Munoz, 31 March 1961, 8-227-220. National Police (PNP),Chief of Metropolitan Police Zone (Jefe de la Zona de Policia Metropolitana),Roberto Antonio Joudry Montero, 18 January 1962, 8-260-1214. National Police (PNP),Chief of Colon Police Zone (Jefe de la Zona de Policia de Colon),Humberto Brid Bocanegra, 6 October 1963, 8-260-1014. National Police (PNP),Directorate of Transit Operations (Direccion de Operaciones de Transito),Berado Garcia Pitti, 24 December 1961, 8-225-1608. National Air Service (SAN),Intelligence, Luis Eduardo Ruiz Estribi, 17 December 1965, 8-305-05. National Air Service (SAN),Pilot, Hever Antonio Guerra Martinez, 2 March 1965, PE-10-255. National Air Service (SAN),Helicopter Squadron, Bolivar Heberto Pena Rodriguez, 25 September 1976, 4-702-157. Institutional Protective Service (SPI),Presidential Guard, Mario Ramos Ocana, 28 June 1958, 6-50-716. ¶2. (U) Embassy is currently conducting its own review and has thus far found no credible information that the aforementioned person(s)/unit(s) has been involved in gross human rights violations. Embassy thanks the Department in advance for its timely consideration of the response to this matter. MCMULLEN