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