CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000301 SIPDIS SENSITIVE 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 COUNTERING IDEOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM 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 U.S. sponsored and funded 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 Countering Ideological Support for Terrorism Course, which will take place in Asuncion, Paraguay, March 12 - 16, 2007. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidates appear in the following format: Name, rank, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national identification number. a. Lily Fuentes Campos, Colonel, Carabineros of Chile (National Police),3 April 1956, Talcahuano, Chile, 6.624.511-K b. Daniel Ibaceta Febres, Lieutenant Colonel, Grupo de Operaciones Policiales Especiales (GOPE),Carabineros de Chile, 13 April 1962, Chile, 9.240.982-1 c. Carlos Bertens Uthermann, Coronel, Chilean National Defense Staff, Chilean Army, 8 October 1956, Santiago, Chile, 7.296.859-K ¶4. Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible information that the candidates have been involved in gross human rights violations. KELLY