GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING

C O N F I D E N T I A L GUATEMALA 000866 SIPDIS DEPT FOR WHA/CEN, DRL, AND PM E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/08/2018 TAGS: MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT SUBJECT: GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST - 41 Classified By: Ambassador James Derham for reasons 1.4 (b,d) ¶1. (U) The Military Group at Embassy Guatemala has identified Vice Admiral Roberto Fernando Campos Sanchez to attend the Panamax 2008 Counter Terrorism Exercise August 13-22, 2008 in Miami, Florida. ¶2. (C) Embassy conducted its own review and DEA initially submitted derogatory information on Campos. However, further research conducted by DAO and DEA revealed that the only intelligence being used for the derogatory information was an Intelligence Information Report (IIR) submitted to the DEA system based on one confidential informant in May 2007. DEA has no further information to validate the report in the IIR and has no objections to Campos attending this upcoming training. DAO is also familiar with this IIR and agrees that the information cannot be validated and that no other derogatory information has surfaced on Campos. DAO has no objection to Campos attending this training. The Ambassador concurs that this individual is authorized for training. Please conduct human rights vetting and advise of any results. NAME: Roberto Fernando CAMPOS SANCHEZ RANK: Vice Admiral JOB: Commander of the Guatemalan Navy DOB: May 27, 1957 POB: Guatemala City, Guatemala Derham