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