CHILE: RSO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000647 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 officer who has 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 candidate appear in the following format: Name, rank, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national identification number. Juan Eduardo VERGARA Baez, Commissary, Chief of Police Escort Division, 05/02/1965, Santiago, 9.499.478-0 ¶4. (U) Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible information that the candidate has been involved in gross human rights violations. SIMONS