REPATRIATION REQUEST FOR COLONEL REYES, SALVADORAN

UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 002896 SIPDIS STATE PASS WHA//CEN DESK OFFICER PAUL DEGLER AND PM/ISO SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV MARR CA SUBJECT: REPATRIATION REQUEST FOR COLONEL REYES, SALVADORAN MILITARY OFFICER HOSPITALIZED AT BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, TX ¶1. (U) Col Juan Hector Reyes was granted Secretary of the Army Designee Status on 21 Oct 05. Col Reyes arrived Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) via U.S. sponsored MEDEVAC on or about 22 2000L Oct 2005. ¶2. (SBU) Col Reyes is currently in a comatose state and BAMC Doctors report Col Reyes condition to be terminal, consistent with brain death, with an unlikely probability of recovery. BAMC Doctors report Col Reyes will likely pass away in the near future, even while connected to life support equipment. ¶3. (SBU) In the event Col Reyes passes, I request repatriation of his remains back to El Salvador via the most expeditious means possible. Expeditious return will enable the Government of El Salvador to prepare the remains for burial locally. ¶4. (U) I also request authorization for the spouse, Mrs. Ana Evelyn Reyes, to accompany remains to El Salvador. Mrs. Reyes accompanied her husband to BAMC on the sponsored MEDEVAC. ¶5. (U) I strongly recommend U.S. government concurrence with this request. Barclay