HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF BOLIVIAN SECURITY

UNCLAS LA PAZ 001169 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS DEPT FOR INL/LP, WHA/AND, DRL/BA, AND INR/IAA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR BL SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF BOLIVIAN SECURITY FORCES REF: A. 2006 LA PAZ 1204 ¶B. 05 STATE 225765 ¶C. 03 STATE 3491 ¶D. 99 STATE 103806 ¶E. 99 STATE 85377 ¶1. (SBU) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units of the Bolivian Security Forces, both armed forces and police, that are recipients of ongoing U.S. training and assistance. ¶2. (SBU) Units to be vetted: Bolivian National Police, La Paz Bolivia, Commander General Gral. Miguel Humberto Vasquez Viscarra, DOB April 19, 1955, CI 2234125 L.P. Fuerza Especial de la Lucha Contra el Narcotrafico (FELCN), La Paz Bolivia, Commander Crnl. Rene Sanabria Oropeza, DOB February 17, 1953, CI 1284137 Blue Devil Task Force, Trinidad Bolivia, Commander Captain Nelson Ustariz Soria, DOB July 7,1957, CI ) 952925 Cochabamba Green Devil Task Force, Santa Cruz Bolivia, Commander Tncnl. DEM Bruno Reintsch Villarroel, DOB November 23, 1960, CI 671972 Oruro. Red Devil Task Force, Santa Cruz Bolivia, Commander Tncnl. DEMA Jose Roberto Torrico Olivera, DOB May 15, 1961, CI 2878407 Cochabamba. Black Devil Task Force, La Paz Bolivia, Commander Tncnl. DEMA Miguel Angel Albis Martinez, DOB August 23, 1963, CI 1069681 Chuquisaca. Joint Eradication Task Force/Fuerza de Tarea Conjunta (FTC), Chimore Bolivia, Commander FTC Tncnl. Jose Solis Gemio, DOB, CI 2378492 La Paz ¶3. (SBU) Embassy requests vetting of the above units so ongoing training and support can continue. POC for this request is NAS Deputy Director Phil Laidlaw and La Paz Human Rights Officer Frank DeParis, email: deparisf@state.gov. GOLDBERG