HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN

UNCLAS ASUNCION 000264 SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC LSALES AND CCROFT, WHA/AND, DRL/BA, AND INR/IAA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY FORCES REF: A. 05 STATE 225765 ¶B. 03 STATE 3491 ¶C. 99 STATE 103806 ¶D. 99 STATE 85377 ¶1. Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled for the Interagency Coordination and Combating Terrorism course in Washington, D.C., May 18 - June 19, 2009. ¶2. Candidate name: Gladys Arsenia Ruiz Laconich de Pecci DOB: December 14, 1951 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan Unit: Military Forces Institute of High Strategic Studies ¶3. Candidate name: Patricia Rosanna Bernal Kaufeler DOB: February 13, 1977 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan Unit: National Police Academy Instructor ¶4. Candidate name: Maximo Deggeller Martinez DOB: March 26, 1966 POB: Atyra, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan Unit: Army Command ¶5. Candidate name: Robert Gustavo Silva Rios DOB: April 19, 1967 POB: Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan Unit: Recruitment and Mobilization Service (DISERMOV) ¶6. Candidate name: Juan Pablo Paredes Gonzalez DOB: August 2, 1964 POB: Piribebuy, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan Unit: Air Force Command ¶7. Embassy requests State Department vetting of the above individuals by no later than May 14, 2009, so that the planned training and material support can move forward. ¶8. POC for this request is Embassy Asuncion Human Rights Officer Michael Edwards, telephone: 011-595-21-213-715, e-mail: edwardsmg@state.gov. Please visit us at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/asuncion AYALDE