Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09SANTIAGO102
2009-02-03 19:15:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Santiago
Cable title:
CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SOUTHERN
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UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000102
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PPC, PM, CD1D FOR BROWN, JOHNS
SOUTHCOM FOR EVANS, FINLAY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
SUBJECT: CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SOUTHERN
STAR 2009 EXERCISE
Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000102
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PPC, PM, CD1D FOR BROWN, JOHNS
SOUTHCOM FOR EVANS, FINLAY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
SUBJECT: CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SOUTHERN
STAR 2009 EXERCISE
Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3.
2. (SBU) Action request: EMBASSY requests the Department assist in
conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a
general name check, of the following Chilean Army unit and its
commanding officer which have been nominated to participate in U.S.
funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance
Act. Please transmit the results of such, including information not
strictly covered by the Leahy Amendment, to EMBASSY if possible by
no later than March 11, 2009.
3. (SBU) The proposed training is the Southern Star 2009 Regional
Special Operations Exercise, to be held in Chile, between October 2,
2009 and October 30, 2009. The name and identifying information of
the proposed commanding officer appear in the following format:
Name, rank, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national
identification number.
Antonio AGUILAR Moraga, Brigadier General, Chilean Army Special
Operations Brigade, 09/08/1960, Santiago, 6.598.456-8
The Chilean Army unit to be vetted is the Chilean Army Special
Operations Brigade.
4. (U) Post greatly appreciates the Department's assistance with
this request. Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found
credible information that the commanding officer or his unit have
been involved in gross human rights violations.
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PPC, PM, CD1D FOR BROWN, JOHNS
SOUTHCOM FOR EVANS, FINLAY
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
SUBJECT: CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR SOUTHERN
STAR 2009 EXERCISE
Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3.
2. (SBU) Action request: EMBASSY requests the Department assist in
conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a
general name check, of the following Chilean Army unit and its
commanding officer which have been nominated to participate in U.S.
funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance
Act. Please transmit the results of such, including information not
strictly covered by the Leahy Amendment, to EMBASSY if possible by
no later than March 11, 2009.
3. (SBU) The proposed training is the Southern Star 2009 Regional
Special Operations Exercise, to be held in Chile, between October 2,
2009 and October 30, 2009. The name and identifying information of
the proposed commanding officer appear in the following format:
Name, rank, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national
identification number.
Antonio AGUILAR Moraga, Brigadier General, Chilean Army Special
Operations Brigade, 09/08/1960, Santiago, 6.598.456-8
The Chilean Army unit to be vetted is the Chilean Army Special
Operations Brigade.
4. (U) Post greatly appreciates the Department's assistance with
this request. Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found
credible information that the commanding officer or his unit have
been involved in gross human rights violations.