HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN

UNCLAS ASUNCION 000403 SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC KSIMMONS 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. A. 05 STATE 225765 ¶B. B. 03 STATE 3491 ¶C. C. 99 STATE 103806 ¶D. D. 99 STATE 85377 ¶E. E. 08 STATE 83417 ¶1. Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commanders of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance (refs A-D). Jose Alfredo Pintos is the newly named commander of the Paraguayan Helicopters Group Unit, which was previously vetted as a unit (ref E). Guido Mateo Cardozo is the newly named commander of the Paraguayan Air Transport Group, which was previously vetted as a unit (ref E). ¶2. Candidate name: Jose Alfredo Pintos Ledesma DOB: May 14, 1962 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan Unit: Helicopters Group ¶3. Candidate name: Guido Mateo Cardozo DOB: September 21, 1960 POB: Arroyos y Esteros, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan Unit: Air Transport Group ¶4. Embassy requests State Department vetting of the above unit commanders by no later than July 15, 2009, so that the planned training and material support can move forward. ¶5. 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