CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 001760 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI SUBJECT: CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE REF: A. COMSOCSOUTH 071600Z NOV 05 ¶B. 05 STATE 83724 ¶1. This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. ¶2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check of the following Chilean candidates who have been nominated for training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Please transmit the results of such, including information not strictly covered by the Leahy Amendment, to Embassy. ¶3. The proposed training is the International Terrorism and Human Rights Conference, which will take place in Bogota, Colombia, U.S. Southern Command J5 Human Rights Section, September 11 through September 16, 2006. The names and identifying information of the proposed candidates appear in the following format: Name, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national identification number. a. Felipe Simonsohn, Lawyer with the Ministry of Interior, 28 Jun 1978, Santiago, 18273744-5 b. Hector Jose Munoz Montecinos, Lawyer with the Ministry of Interior, 30 Jul 1943, Santiago, 4483292-5 ¶4. Embassy is conducting its own review and has not found credible information that the candidates have been involved in gross human rights violations. KELLY