DEMARCHE ON GUATEMALA TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION

UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001232 SIPDIS DEPT PASS TO USAID FOR LAC/CAM KSIENKIEWICZ DEPT FOR INL/G-TIP BFLECK E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG KJUS PGOV GT SUBJECT: DEMARCHE ON GUATEMALA TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN (2008-2009) REF: STATE 92728 ¶1. Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Erick Maldonado, Director of Consular and Immigration Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Alexander Colop, Chief Prosecutor of the Anti-TIP Unit of the Attorney General's Office; and Ana Maria Mendez, Chief Defender of Immigrants' Rights in the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office. ¶2. Maldonado, who serves as the GOG point of contact on TIP issues, Colop, and Mendez expressed their appreciation for the action plan and their commitment to strengthen efforts to address trafficking in persons, focusing on protection of victims and prosecution of traffickers. Post will report septel on Guatemala's progress on the recommendations in the action plan for the interim assessment. McFarland