CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SMALL ARMS

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000340 SIPDIS SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PM E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PHUM CI SUBJECT: CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SMALL ARMS TRAFFICKING PROGRAM Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ¶1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. ¶2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following Chilean Investigative Police officers who have been nominated for U.S. funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Please transmit the results of such, including information not strictly covered by the Leahy Amendment, to Embassy. ¶3. (SBU) The proposed training is the Small Arms Trafficking Program, which will be held at the International Law Enforcement Academy, Lima, Peru, between May 12 and May 16, 2008. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidates appear in the following format: Name, rank, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national identification number. Claudia Gabriela CHAMORRO Contreras, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant to the Chief, Organized Crime Brigade, Chilean Investigative Police, 11/25/1974, Valparaiso, 12.623.466-k Cristian Mauricio DEL SOLAR Gutierrez, Inspector, Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Chilean Investigative Police, 04/28/1971, Santiago, 10.866.372-3 Daniela Andrea ABARCA Ramos, Inspector, Intelligence Analyst, Organized Crime Brigade, Chilean Investigative Police, 03/13/1977, Santiago, 13.270.642-5 Carmen Macarena ORTEGA Palma, Inspector, Organized Crime Brigade, Chilean Investigative Police, 05/04/1982, Penaflor, 15.402.707-6 Alex Mauricio SILVA Vega, Inspector, Organized Crime Brigade, Chilean Investigative Police, 09/26/1981, San Felipe, 13.980.960-2 Luis Alberto CORDOVA Ahumada, Inspector, Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Chilean Investigative Police, 08/11/1981, Santiago, 14.135.232-6 ¶4. (U) Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible information that the candidates have been involved in gross human rights violations. SIMONS