CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000341 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 COMMAND SERGEANT MAJORS COURSE REF: WILSON EMAIL 26 FEBRUARY 2007 ¶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 U.S.-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 Command Sergeant Majors Course, which will take place in Bogota, Colombia, March 16 - May 11, 2007. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidate appears in the following format: Name, rank, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national identification number. a. Juan HERRERA Inostroza, Sergeant Major, Chilean Army, 7 May 1958, San Javier, CHILE, 7.963.168-k. ¶4. Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible information that the candidate has been involved in gross human rights violations. KELLY