NICARAGUA: POST CONFIRMS PROPERTY CLAIM DISPUTE RESOLUTION FOR U.S. CITIZENS RICARDO, SALVADOR, AND EDUARDO CUADRA AGAINST OSCAR BALLADARES (PENDING SECTION 2225 INELIGIBILITY CASE)

UNCLAS MANAGUA 001328 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/CEN, L/CID, EEB/IFD/OIA -BSTILLWELL STATE FOR CA/VO/L/A STATE FOR WHA/EPSC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: EINV ECON KIDE CVIS NU SUBJECT: NICARAGUA: POST CONFIRMS PROPERTY CLAIM DISPUTE RESOLUTION FOR U.S. CITIZENS RICARDO, SALVADOR, AND EDUARDO CUADRA AGAINST OSCAR BALLADARES (PENDING SECTION 2225 INELIGIBILITY CASE) REF: MANAGUA 354; 04 MANAGUA 1057 ¶1. (SBU) Summary: Post requests that the Department remove General Oscar Balladares from the Section 2225 visa ineligibility file. Post has confirmed that Balladares resolved his property claim dispute with U.S. claimants Ricardo, Salvador, and Eduardo Cuadra when the Government of Nicaragua settled the case on March 5. Please see action request in Paragraph 3. ¶2. (SBU) On March 5, the Government of Nicaragua settled the property claim of U.S. citizens Ricardo, Salvador, and Eduardo Cuadra (Ref A). The Cuadra family received indemnification bonds (BPIs) with a face value of $56,758 as compensation for one property expropriated by the Nicaraguan Army (Ref B). On December 10, Econoff spoke to Mr. Ricardo Cuadra who confirmed that his family settled the claim and they had received the BPIs. Mr. Cuadra lives in Managua and may be contacted at (505)8926-2534. ¶3. (SBU) Action Request: Post finds sufficient evidence that the property dispute between the Cuadra family and Oscar Balladares has been resolved. Thus, we request the Department consider removing his name from the Section 2225 file. [Note: Balladares currently has no Section 2225-related hits in the CLASS visa lookout database. End Note.] CALLAHAN