DEMARCHE DELIVERED - NO SAFE HAVEN FOR ALEMAN (EL

C O N F I D E N T I A L SAN SALVADOR 003225

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 10 YEARS
TAGS: KCRM ES SAFE HEAVEN
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - NO SAFE HAVEN FOR ALEMAN (EL
SALVADOR)

REF: A. SECSTATE 197220


B. 04 SANSALVADOR 003231


1. (C) On November 9, 2005, PolOff delivered unclassified
Reftel talking points to Jorge Santibanez, GOES Director of
Migration. Santibanez relayed that the Minister of
Governance would have to declare Aleman and his family
members as persona non grata in order to deny the Aleman
family physical access to El Salvador. He also desired to
consult with the Foreign Ministry relative to the legality of
denying entry to Central Americans under the region's new
open borders policy (Ref B). If the Ministries of Governance
and Foreign Relations agree, Santibanez will order migration
officials at the airport and at all land borders to deny
entry to the Aleman family. He asked for two weeks to review
our request.


2. (C) On the same day, PolOff delivered unclassified Reftel
talking points to Rolando Monroy, Director of the Financial
Investigations Unit in the Attorney General's office. Monroy
advised that Nicaragua had made a similar request to freeze
assets about two years ago. He was not immediately aware if
any assets were found in El Salvador, or if any were seized.
He relayed that the Attorney General's office would be
willing to take such action under the No Safe Haven policy.
He asked for two weeks to find the results of the
investigation started at the request of Nicaragua. (Septel).
Barclay