CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000603 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 INTERDICTING TERRORIST ACTIVITY 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 the Embassy. ¶3. (SBU) The proposed training is the Interdicting Terrorist Activity Program, which will be held in Santiago Chile, between August 4 and August 15, 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. Alejandro PINO Medina, Deputy Commissioner, Police Intelligence Brigade - Temuco, 08/21/1974, Angol, 12.563.486-9 Roberto CORTES Morales, Inspector, Police Intelligence Brigade - Santiago Airport, 07/01/1977, Santiago, 13.282.447-9 Agustin URBINA Rivera, Inspector, Police Intelligence Brigade - Santiago, 07/30/1978, Talca, 14.398.965-8 Juan OYARCE Gonzalez, Inspector, Police Intelligence Brigade - Santiago, 05/28/1981, Talca, 14.016.853-k Cristian ARACENA Hernandez, Inspector, Foreign Relations Department, 04/20/1978, Santiago, 13.444.385-5 Luis POBLETE Guajardo, Deputy Inspector, Counterintelligence Department, 03/06/1975, Curico, 12.783.578-0 Rodrigo AYACURA Acevedo, Deputy Inspector, National Office of Police Intelligence, 03/25/1985, El Almendral, 15.556.735-k Claudio GUTIERREZ Padilla, Deputy Inspector, Police Intelligence Brigade - Puerto Montt, 05/16/1985, Victoria, 15.681.407-5 Francisco CADAGAN Diaz, Deputy Inspector, Police Intelligence Brigade - Linares, 02/28/1978, Pucon, 10.956.693-4 Eduardo MATUS Sepulveda, Detective, Police Intelligence Brigade - Copiapo, 07/14/1985, San Javier, 16.006.035-2 Sergio LEAL Villarroel, Deputy Commissioner, Immigration and International Police, 06/27/1973, Santiago, 12.510.681-1 Pablo GARAY Mella, Inspector, Immigration and International Police, 04/19/1978, 13.487.241-1 ¶4. (U) Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible information that the candidates have been involved in gross human rights violations. URBAN