BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE

UNCLAS MEXICO 003137 SENSITIVE SIPDIS FOR PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN COORDINATOR, WHA/MEX, AND INL/LP E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ETTC KOMC SNAR MX SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE 050115265 REF: STATE 95300 ¶1. (SBU) Poloff met with Eduardo Jordan, marketing agent for Bushmaster, and Oswaldo Luna Valderrabano of La Policia Federal Preventiva (PFP),and spoke by phone with Lieutenant Colonel Raul Manzano Velez in the Office of Commercialization of Armaments and Municions at the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) October 10 about the end-use check on license 050115265 (reftel). Valderrabano and Manzano both confirmed the order and the purpose of the contract to facilitate the expansion of PFP. Jordan told Poloff that he will not physically transport the defense articles across the U.S.-Mexico border but will rely on a freight-forwarder. Upon reaching the Mexican side, he explained that SEDENA then would take possession of the defense articles as the only authorized unit of the Government of Mexico (GOM) to import military equipment. SEDENA would retain physical possession of the articles until they are delivered to PFP in Mexico City. This was corroborated by the representatives from SEDENA and PFP. Jordan said that he represents Bushmaster in an official capacity and receives training on a regular basis when he visits Bushmaster headquarters in Maine on the rules and regulations in the registration and licensing obligations of a broker under part 129 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR). ¶2. (SBU) Poloff used the agent to establish contact with both PFP and SEDENA and is confident that the information he obtained is credible. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/mexicocity and the North American Partnership Blog at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/nap / GARZA