HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN

UNCLAS ASUNCION 000629 SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC LSALES AND CCROFT, 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 member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. ¶2. Candidate name: Carlos Humberto Benitez Gonzalez DOB: February 2, 1971 POB: San Juan Neponuceno, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan Unit: Police Anti-Terrorism Unit (SEPRINTE) Description of training and assistance: Counter-Terrorism Awareness Program Date of training and location: September 21 - 25, 2008, in Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts ¶3. Embassy requests State Department vetting of the above individual by no later than September 16 so that the planned training and material support can move forward. ¶4. 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 AYALDE