Identifier
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05SANSALVADOR3479
2005-12-15 13:40:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy San Salvador
Cable title:  

EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR

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UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 003479 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR KCRM KJUS ES INL
SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR
NOVEMBER 2005

REF: SANSALVADOR 03364

UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 003479

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: SNAR KCRM KJUS ES INL
SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR
NOVEMBER 2005

REF: SANSALVADOR 03364


1. (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in
November 2005. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics
refer to the month of November 2005.

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ILEA
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2. (U) From November 14 to 18, FBI instructors taught Crime
Scene Management techniques to 12 police officers each from
El Salvador, Costa Rica, and Panama. The course is
particularly valuable for solving crimes in which witnesses
are too afraid to come forward with information. On November
30, the National Legislature of El Salvador ratified the ILEA
treaty to create ILEA San Salvador (See Reftel A).

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NARCOTICS INTERDICTION
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3. (U) Operations: Officers of the Anti-Narcotics Police
(DAN) at the INL-constructed vehicle inspection facility in
El Amatillo inspected 280 cars, 385 passenger buses, and 252
commercial freight trucks. In all operations throughout the
country, the INL-supported DAN seized eight metric tons (MT)
of marijuana, four MT of cocaine, and four MT of heroin, as
well as arresting 61 individuals for trafficking offenses.



4. (U) Training: INL funded the travel of the DAN Director
and a DAN investigator to Guatemala to attend an
International Drug Enforcement Conference (Mini-IDEC)
sponsored by DEA.

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MONEY LAUNDERING
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5. (U) Operations: The INL-supported Financial
Investigations Unit (FIU) received 10 Suspicious Activities
Reports, opened 3 new investigations, and identified and
removed 326 false dollar-denominated bills from circulation.
No convictions for money laundering were realized.


6. (U) Training: INL funded the travel of the Director of El
Salvador's interagency working group on terrorism (GRITE) to
Buenos Aires to attend a terrorism financing working shop
sponsored by the OAS.

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HUMAN SMUGGLING/TRAFFICKING AND TRANSIT SECURITY
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7. (U) Operations: The INL-supported Border Police
(Fronteras) arrested 31 individuals for human smuggling; no
arrests were realized for trafficking in persons. Police
operations rescued 22 minors in the process of being
smuggled. No convictions for trafficking were realized. The
Attorney General's office did, however, win its first
conviction for smuggling. (Septel).

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ORGANIZED CRIME, RULE OF LAW, AND DEMAND REDUCTION
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8. (U) Organized Crime: In November, the PNC arrested 897
individuals for gang-related criminal activity. Of these
arrests, 20 percent of the cases were dismissed for lack of
evidence, 65 percent are incarcerated awaiting trial, and 15
percent were assigned alternative sentencing (community
service). 29 gang members were killed due to gang-related
violence. Both arrests and gang member deaths were down
significantly for the month of November.


9. (U) Demand Reduction: The INL-supported NGO PREVEE
provided instruction on detecting and preventing substance
abuse in the workplace to 474 police supervisors.
Barclay