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

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