CHILE: LEGATT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000901 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC AND INR E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PHUM KJUS CI SUBJECT: CHILE: LEGATT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY RETRAINER SEMINAR REF: CHA-CRETAROLO EMAIL 6/4/2007 ¶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 two Chilean candidates and one Peruvian candidate, who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post apologizes for the short-notice request, as training is scheduled to begin on June 11. Please transmit the results of such, including information not strictly covered by the Leahy Amendment, to Embassy. ¶3. The proposed training is the FBI National Academy Retrainer Seminar which will take place in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies, from June 11 through June 15, 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. The first two candidates are Chilean nationals; the other is Peruvian. a. Domingo Horacio CARVAJAL Lopez, Major, Chief of the 25th Precinct of Maipu, Chilean National Police, 10 September 1968, Ovalle Chile, 10.104.831-4 b. Carlos GONZALEZ Hoffens, Subprefect, Chief of Criminal Investigative Division of Melipilla, Chilean Investigative Police, 18 February 1956, Chile, 6.359.612-4 c. Max Orlando ANHUAMAN Centeno, Major, Chief of Analysis and Operations for Counterterrorism Division, Peruvian National Police, 29 October 1963, Trujillo Peru, 44430364. ¶4. Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible information that the candidates have been involved in gross human rights violations. KELLY