CHILE: LEGATT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 002482 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI SUBJECT: CHILE: LEGATT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY CANDIDATE ¶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 candidate who has 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 National Academy, which will take place at the FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia, January 7 - March 16, 2007. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidate appear in the following format: Name, rank, unit, date of birth, place of birth, and national identification number. a. Hugo Andres JELDRES FICA, Deputy Commissioner, Chilean Investigations Police (PICH),04NOV1969, Puerto Montt CHILE, 10.585.189-8. ¶4. Embassy's ongoing review has uncovered no credible information that the candidate has been involved in gross human rights violations. KELLY