VETTING REQUEST: LESS-THAN-LETHAL TRAINING NO. 3

UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 000043 SIPDIS SIPDIS WHA/CAR FOR ANTHONY BEAVER WHA/PPC FOR MICHAEL BORDERS AND CHARLOTTE ROE INL FOR MICHELE GREENSTEIN AND BOB BROWN DRL FOR JENNIE MUNOZ E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR MASS PGOV PHUM HA SUBJECT: VETTING REQUEST: LESS-THAN-LETHAL TRAINING NO. 3 ¶1. This is an action request for WHA/CAR. See para 2-4. ¶2. Post requests Department initiate review of available human rights reports/files and other sources for the following members of the Haitian National Police for credible information of gross human rights violations. These individuals are being vetted pursuant to the Leahy Amendment to the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act (FOAA). The training to be provided is less-than-lethal training for members of the HNP UDMO crowd control unit to take place at the Police Academy in Port-au-Prince from 23-27 January 2006. Post requests reply NLT 23 January 2006. NAME:CLEOMERE, FRANCIS DPOB:15-05-1961 ID:95-02-07-00510 RANK:B2 UNIT:UDMO NAME:CANTAVE, YVON DPOB:03-12-1970 ID:95-03-15-00778 RANK:B1 UNIT:UDMO NAME:GARCONVIL, RONEL DPOB:30-04-1972 ID:95-02-08-00717 RANK:B1 UNIT:UDMO NAME:FAVERDIEU, JEAN LUXONNE DPOB:08-10-1971 ID:11-PP-0568 RANK:A4 UNIT:UDMO NAME:ALEXANDRE, EXECHIEL DPOB:19-05-1971 ID:11-PP-0689 RANK:A3 UNIT:UDMO NAME:COMA, BENITO DPOB:16-09-1970 ID:A3 RANK:11-PP-01364 UNIT:UDMO NAME:EXUME, JEAN EDWIN DPOB:01-09-1976 ID:95-05-02-01543 RANK:A3 UNIT:UDMO NAME:JEAN, MACION DPOB:21-01-1976 ID:11-PP-0671 RANK:A3 UNIT:UDMO NAME:JEAN, MILHOMME DPOB:06-12-1971 ID:11-PP-0824 RANK:A3 UNIT:UDMO NAME:PAUL, LUXON DPOB:24-11-1971 ID:95-08-08-04232 RANK:A3 UNIT:UDMO NAME:SULNORD, JOB DPOB:20-09-1973 ID:11-PP-0386 RANK:A3 UNIT:UDMO NAME:SAINT-FORT, JEAN BRIERE DPOB:23-04-1969 ID:95-08-02-03781 RANK:A3 UNIT:UDMO NAME:CARNOLD, ETIENNE DPOB:07-07-1971 ID:95-08-10-04438 RANK:A2 UNIT:UDMO NAME:CEAN, LUCIEN DPOB:20-01-1974 ID:03-14-02-05976 RANK:A1 UNIT:UDMO NAME:DOMINIQUE, DANIEL DPOB:13-02-1979 ID:03-14-05-06244 RANK:A1 UNIT:UDMO NAME:CATOR, WILGUEL DPOB:29-04-1970 ID:98-10-05-05298 RANK:A1 UNIT:UDMO NAME:PLYMOUTH, GARY DPOB:20-04-1979 ID:03-14-09-06627 RANK:A1 UNIT:UDMO NAME:JEAN BAPTISTE, LOUVIO DPOB:15-03-1974 ID:A1 RANK:A1 UNIT:UDMO NAME:MESALON, WILHEMSON DPOB:14-10-1978 ID:04-15-07-07228 RANK:A1 UNIT:UDMO NAME:JOSEPH, EMMANUEL DPOB:26-07-1976 ID:03-14-01-05927 RANK:A1 UNIT:UDMO ¶3. Post has already completed its own vetting and found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by these individuals. ¶4. Only upon completion of departmental review and post's receipt of authorizing cable will we provide the requisite human rights verification statement for this training. CARNEY