HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN

UNCLAS ASUNCION 000468 SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC KBEAMER, WHA/AND, DRL/BA, AND INR/IAA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY FORCES REF: A. 05 STATE 225765 ¶B. 03 STATE 3491 ¶C. 99 STATE 103806 ¶D. 99 STATE 85377 ¶1. Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals from Paraguay's drug enforcement agency (SENAD) plan to attend the "Action Integral" PO/IO Crisis Management Planning Exercise scheduled for July 21 in Asuncion, Paraguay. ¶2. Candidate name: Carmen Avalos DOB: July 6, 1980 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶3. Candidate name: Francisco Ayala DOB: February 24, 1985 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶4. Candidate name: Karina Ocampos DOB: April 13, 1985 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶5. Candidate name: Ignacio Soasa Pineda DOB: September 30, 1973 POB: Formosa, Argentina Nationality: Paraguayan ¶6. Candidate name: Guido Pastor Riquelme Villasboa DOB: October 9, 1973 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶7. Candidate name: Andrea Karina Morti DOB: August 3, 1984 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶8. Candidate name: Lorent Tabeada Aguilar DOB: July 18, 1985 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶9. Candidate name: Lidia Fernandez DOB: February 26, 1987 POB: Caaguazu, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶10. Candidate name: Dante Medina DOB: January 3, 1975 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶11. Candidate name: Alejandro Rodriguez DOB: July 2, 1981 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶12. Candidate name: Celso Gimenez DOB: July 2, 1981 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶13. Candidate name: Oscar Marcial Chamorro Leon DOB: October 17, 1972 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶14. Candidate name: Edgar Ramon Benitez Amarilla DOB: June 22, 1978 POB: Concepcion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶15. Candidate name: Luis Maria Sapriza Melgarejo DOB: December 10, 1979 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶16. Embassy requests State Department vetting of the above individuals so that the planned training and material support can move forward. ¶17. POC for this request is Embassy Asuncion Human Rights Officer Michael Edwards, telephone: 011-595-21-213-715, e-mail: edwardsmg@state.gov. Please visit us at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/asuncion Cason