CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LEGAL

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000773 SIPDIS SENSITIVE STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PPC, PM, DIPSEC SOUTHCOM FOR EVANS, FINLAY E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI SUBJECT: CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR LEGAL ASPECTS OF COMBATING TERRORISM COURSE 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 Attorney General employees who have been nominated to participate in 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 if possible by no later than September 17. ¶3. (SBU) The proposed training is the Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism Course, to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between September 22 and September 26, 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. Tania SIRONVALLE Sosa, Lawyer, Deputy Director of the Money Laundering Unit, National Attorney General, 10/11/1972, Iquique, 12.611.533-4. Francisco JACIR Manterola, Lawyer, Deputy Prosecutor of the Metropolitan Attorney Office, 06/07/1976, Santiago, 13.027.145-6. Francisco LJUBETIC Romero, Lawyer, Regional Prosecutor of the Ninth Region of the Araucania, 10/05/1958, Santiago, 06.958.844-1. ¶4. (U) Post greatly appreciates the Department's assistance with this request. Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible information that the candidates have been involved in gross human rights violations. SIMONS