HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN

UNCLAS ASUNCION 000422 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 - UNIT COMMANDER 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 68775 ¶1. Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). This individual is the newly named commander of the CECOPAZ unit, which was previously vetted as a unit (ref E). ¶2. Candidate name: Nicasio Rios Martinez DOB: August 23, 1958 POB: Villarrica, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan Unit: CECOPAZ ¶3. Embassy requests State Department vetting of the above unit commander by no later than July 20, 2009, so that the planned training and material support can move forward. ¶4. POC for this request is Embassy Asuncion Officer Eric Olson, telephone: 011-595-21-213-715, e-mail: olsonej@state.gov. Please visit us at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/asuncion Fitzpatrick