CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 002076 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 SECURITY ASSISTANCE MANAGEMENT-FOREIGN PURCHASER COURSE ¶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 in the U.S., 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 Security Assistance Management-Foreign Purchaser Course, which will take place at the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management, Wright Patterson Airforce Base, Ohio, 22 October through 3 November, 2006. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidate appears in the following format: Name, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national identification number. a. Major (O-4) Carlos CRAWFORD Saes, Chilean Air Force Logistics Command, 17-Nov-1967, Santiago CHILE, 10.272.495-k b. Captain (O-3) Mauricio BOBADILLA Chamorro, Chilean Air Force Logistics Command, 24-Feb-1973, Santiago CHILE, 8.396.234-8. c. Lieutenant (O-4) Macelo GARCIA Correa, Chilean Air Force Logistics Command, 6-May-1977, Santiago CHILE, 13.232.937-0. d. Technical Sergeant (E-6) Felipe MORENO Kaune, 23-Jul-1966, Santiago CHILE, 9.487.139-5. ¶4. Embassy has conducted its own review and did not find credible information that the candidates have been involved in gross human rights violations. KELLY