UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 000387

SIPDIS

WHA/CAR FOR ASHLEY L. CLINGMAN-JACKSON & JOSEPH TILGHMAN
INL/LP FOR KEVIN BROWN, DIANNE GRAHAM & MEAGAN MCBRIDE

E.O. 12958
TAGS: SNAR MARR MASS PGOV RHUM DEA HA
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST:PARTICIPATION OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL
OF THE HAITIAN NATIONAL POLICE (HNP) IN THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
DRUG ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE - (IDEC XXVII)


1. This is an action request for WHA/CAR.


2. Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the Director
General of the Haitian National Police who has been invited to the
Annual International Drug Enforcement Conference (IDEC), pursuant to
the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act.


3. Travel, Hotel accommodation and Per Diem for DG Mario Andresol
will be funded by DEA. This conference will be held June 2-4, 2009
in Cancun, Mexico. Consular namecheck revealed a P9A hit. This
information is not new and was known when the DG was previously
successfully vetted.


4. Information on invitee is as follows:

Last Name : Andresol
First Name: Mario
Sex/Dob: Male/20 July 1960
Place of Birth: Port-au-Prince
ID#: 003-169-691-0
Passport # : D000640
Position: Director General of the Haitian National Police

Director General Andresol has been successfully vetted several times
in the past. This request is to fulfill the requirement that
vetting is valid for one year only. DG Andresol was last vetted on
October 11, 2007.

SANDERSON