CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000128 SENSITIVE SIPDIS STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PM, DIPSEC, DIPSEC/CI FBI FOR CD1D BROWN AND JOHNS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PHUM CI SUBJECT: CHILE: EPOL REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT COURSE 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 Police officers who have been nominated for 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 the Embassy, if possible by no later than March 2, ¶2009. ¶3. (SBU) The proposed training is the Trafficking in Persons for Law Enforcement Professionals Course, which will be held at the International Law Enforcement Academy, in Lima, Peru, between March 8 and March 20, 2009. The name and identifying information of the proposed candidates appear in the following format: Name, rank, unit, date of birth, and place of birth. Cecilia Andrea NUNEZ Aguilar, Commissioner, Chief, Sex Crimes and Minors Investigative Brigade of Punta Arenas, 12/19/1965, Santiago, 9.488.348-2 Juan Pablo GALLARDO Godoy, Inspector, National Office for Crimes Against the Family, 07/16/1978, Iquique, 13.415.919-4 Danilo Haroldo ARMIJO Salamanca, Deputy Commissioner, National Immigration Office and International Police, 07/04/1967, San Bernardo, 10.768.157-4 ¶4. (U) Post greatly appreciates the Department's assistance with this request. Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible information that the candidates have been involved in gross human rights violations. SIMONS