Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces

UNCLAS ASUNCION 000580 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: 05 STATE 225765; 03 STATE 3491; 99 STATE 103806; 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 who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in an Information Operations Seminar Training September 29 - October 1, 2009, in Asuncion, Paraguay. ¶2. Candidate Name: Jose Domingo Ocampos Morinigo DOB: August 8, 1960 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶3. Candidate Name: Jorge Adolfo Mieres Lopez DOB: September 1, 1964 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶4. Candidate Name: Julio Gerardo Brugada Brizuela DOB: May 28, 1964 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶5. Candidate Name: Leonardo Ibarrola Ruiz Diaz DOB: July 27, 1965 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶6. Candidate Name: Francisco Velazquez Gasto DOB: November 18, 1968 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶7. Candidate Name: Julio Cesar Caceres Balbuena DOB: June 14, 1961 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶8. Candidate Name: Hugo Cesar Espinola Gomez DOB: June 3, 1963 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶9. Candidate Name: Carlos Virgilio Mendoza Ismael DOB: March 15, 1962 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶10. Candidate Name: Dario Gabriaguez Torales DOB: March 7, 1968 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶11. Candidate Name: Cirilo Alberto Ozuna Vera DOB: October 28, 1972 POB: Asuncion, Paraguay Nationality: Paraguayan ¶12. Embassy requests the State Department vetting of the above individual by no later than September 28, 2009, so that the planned training and material support can move forward. ¶13. POC for this request is Embassy Asuncion Officer Eric Olson, telephone: 011-595-213-715, email: olsonej@state.gov. AYALDE