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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 01ABUJA989 |
Senger Challenges Nigerian Legal Profession to Provide Greater Access to ADR [...] Summary: Department of Justice Deputy Senior Counsel for Dispute Resolution Jeffrey Senger challenged leaders in Nigeria's courts and executive branch to address the practicalities of a court-based Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system that could lower costs, bring greater access to d [...] |
2001-05-04 14:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL OEXC KJUS NI |
| 01HARARE1026 |
ZIMBABWE LEGAL COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY CONCERNED [...] (C) ON MARCH 9, ACTING PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY (PDAS) MARK BELLAMY, CHARGE EARL IRVING, AND SIPDIS ECONOFF (NOTETAKER) MET WITH STERNFORD MOYO, PRESIDENT OF THE LAW SOCIETY OF ZIMBABWE AND A MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL SERVICES COMMISSION, AND BEATRICE MTETWA, THE ZIMBABWEAN LAWYER [...] |
2001-03-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1055 |
INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATION VISIT [...] (C) IN A WEEK-LONG VISIT TO ASSESS THE CURRENT STATE OF ZIMBABWE'S JUDICIARY, AN INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION DELEGATION MET WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET AS WELL AS PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL COMMUNITY, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT. IN A FRANK THREE-AND-A-HALF HOUR [...] |
2001-03-19 15:33:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PINR ZI |
| 01LIMA5083 |
SUPREME COURT INDICTS FUJIMORI [...] (U) SUPREME COURT JUDGE JOSE LECAROS INDICTED FORMER PRESIDENT ALBERTO FUJIMORI SEPTEMBER 13 FOR HIS ALLEGED COMPLICITY IN THE BARRIOS ALTOS (1991) AND LA CANTUTA (1992) KILLINGS AS WELL AS THE 1997 MURDER OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE AGENT MARIELLA BARRETO. BEGINNING THE INVESTIGATIVE ( [...] |
2001-09-14 21:51:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PE |
| 02ABUJA2871 |
NIGERIA: ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION'S PROGRESS [...] No summary [...] |
2002-10-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | KCRM PGOV KJUS NI |
| 02AMMAN5398 |
MULLAH KREKAR CASE: STATE OF PLAY IN JORDAN [...] (S) Post has been in contact with the GOJ and the Dutch Embassy this week regarding the Mullah Krekar case, and has provided materials to assist the Jordanians with preparation of their extradition request to the Netherlands. This cable recounts steps taken thus far. End Summary. --------- [...] |
2002-09-19 08:50:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KJUS PREL NO NL IZ JO |
| 02HANOI1384 |
VIETNAM: EFFECTING CHANGE WITH THE BTA AND [...] CLASSIFIED BY ECON/C CLAIRE PIERANGELO, REASONS 1.5 (D) 2. (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DURING RECENT MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS, U.S. TECHNICAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HANOI 01384 01 OF 02 301039Z ASSISTANCE PROVIDERS, AND OTHER L [...] |
2002-05-30 10:26:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECIN ETRD EAID PREL KJUS VM BTA |
| 02KINSHASA876 |
UPDATE ON LAURENT KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE LAURENT KABILA ASSASSINATION TRIAL BEFORE A MILITARY TRIBUNAL BEGAN APRIL 3 IN A PUBLIC COURTROOM. CURRENTLY, THE WITNESSES AND SOME DEFENDANTS (SUCH AS EDDY KAPEND, FORMER AIDE-DE-CAMP TO KABILA AND ALLEGED COUP-PLOTTER) ARE TESTIFYING ON THEIR ROLES IN THE EVENTS IMMEDIATELY [...] |
2002-04-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS CG |
| 02ROME2982 |
DRC PRESIDENT KABILA SUPPORTS NEW REWARDS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. DRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA SAID THE NEW REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN RWANDA PROGRAM (REFTEL) HAS 100 PERCENT OF HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT, AS WELL AS THAT OF THE GOVERNMENT, BUT HE ADDED THAT THE PROGRAM MUST LEAD TO RWANDA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE DRC OR IT WON'T SUCCEED. END SUMMARY. 2 [...] |
2002-06-19 08:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS CG CF RW IT ICTR |
| 02ROME2990 |
PRESIDENT KAGAME SUPPORTS REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN RWANDA INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR DR. JENDAYI FRAZER DISCUSSED WITH RWANDAN PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME ON JUNE 13 THE LAUNCHING OF AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO APPREHEND PERSONS INDICTED FOR GENOCIDE BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNA [...] |
2002-06-19 10:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS RW |
| 02ROME3119 |
APPREHENDING GENOCIDAIRES IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE [...] (U) AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS DR. JENDAYI FRAZER MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (ROC), DENIS SASSOU-NGUESSO, ON JUNE 13 IN ROME, WHERE HE WAS ATTENDING A [...] |
2002-06-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS KAWC CG CF RW IT ICTR |
| 02ROME4963 |
CROATIA/ICTY: GOI SUPPORTS STRONG PRIVATE, NUANCED [...] (C) DRAWING ON POINTS REFTEL, POL MC ON OCTOBER 4 UNDERLINED TO DIRECTOR OF MFA BALKANS OFFICE MAURIZIO MASSARI USG'S VIEW THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA SHOULD COMPLY IMMEDIATELY AND IN FULL WITH THE INDICTMENT BY THE ICTY OF GENERAL BOBETKO. HE UNDERSCORED THE SERIOUS RAMIFICATIONS OF NON [...] |
2002-10-11 07:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL PGOV HR IT UN EUN |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA1927 |
ANTICORRUPTION EFFORTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN [...] This cable responds to the action requested in Reftel. 2. SUMMARY: Over the course of the last three years, there has been considerable activity in the battle against corruption in Honduras, in which the government of Honduras (GOH), civil society and the private sector have been involv [...] |
2002-07-02 15:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KCRM KSEP PGOV EAID HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2531 |
A/S REICH ADDRESSES MILITARY ISSUES AND PROMOTES [...] (C) Summary: On August 28 WHA Assistant Secretary Otto Reich visited with Honduran Minister of Defense Federico Breve Travieso and Chief of the Joint Staff General Jose Isaias Barahona. The meeting covered a variety of topics, including the Cerro La Mole radar, border conflicts with Nicaragua [...] |
2002-09-10 16:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MCAP PHUM KJUS SNAR PBTS PGOV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2534 |
A/S REICH MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO; DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON BORDER/TARIFF DISPUTE WITH NICARAGUA [...] No summary [...] |
2002-09-10 17:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ETRD ECON KJUS HO UNGA |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2556 |
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL RATES HONDURAS AMONG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 29, Transparency International released its 2002 Corruption Perceptions Index ranking Honduras 71 of 102 countries analyzed. Honduras scored 2.7 on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being a perfect score) - the same score it received in 2001. The CPI highlighted the fact t [...] |
2002-09-11 21:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KDEM PGOV ECON PHUM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3017 |
PEELING A ROTTEN ONION-SUPREME COURT OUSTS ENTIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 23, 2002, in an unprecedented move the Supreme Court suspended all three magistrates of the Court of Appeals. Magistrate Mario Alberto Guzman Zuniga (Guzman) was suspended pending the investigation of allegations that he took a bribe. Guzman supposedly accepted money [...] |
2002-11-01 14:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM KCRM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3196 |
THE LATEST CHAPTER IN THE JUDICIAL TALE: A NEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 5, the Supreme Court of Honduras named a new panel of Court of Appeals magistrates, after having ousted the entire court on October 23 in the midst of allegations of corruption and impropriety. We are providing biographic summaries on the newly appointed Court of Appe [...] |
2002-11-07 21:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PINR PGOV PHUM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3273 |
AES WILL CHALLENGE HONDURAN ELECTRICITY BID RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary. AES and two other companies presented challenges to the State-owned electricity enterprise ENEE's decision to award Lufussa the contract for the 210MW bid. AES challenged ENEE's failure to disqualify Lufussa for the lack of inclusion of sufficient transmission facilities in its [...] |
2002-12-03 21:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL KJUS HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3349 |
BATTLE OVER CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION RAGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 4, the Supreme Court took the first step in analyzing constitutional amendments proposed by Congress that would give Congress unfettered power to interpret the constitutionality of laws they pass. The Constitutional Chamber of the Court asked Congress to explain why [...] |
2002-12-12 19:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3416 |
ENEE BOARD ANNULS BID FOR 210 MW CONTRACT; [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 19, the Board of Directors for the State-owned electricity company ENEE announced the annulment of the bid for a 210 MW electricity contract. In announcing the annulment, the Board said that the various legal challenges presented by bidders to the decision to award [...] |
2002-12-20 19:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG BEXP EINV ECON EAID PREL KJUS HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3429 |
HERO OF THE WEEK -- INL PROGRAM SIGNLED OUT BY [...] Tegucigalpa's local El Heraldo newspaper singled out the December 18 signing of the INL face sheet amendment as a "hero" of the week. The paper praised the U.S. as Wednesday's hero because the INL program donated 12.7 million lempiras (750K USD) to support the fight against drug trafficking [...] |
2002-12-23 22:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KCRM KJUS PHUM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3434 |
CRIME IN HONDURAS VICTIMIZES POLICE AS WELL AS [...] Napoleon Nazar Herrera, head of the Honduran General Administration for Criminal Investigation (DGIC - investigative police under the Public Ministry), recently told reporters that gang members have killed at least 10 police officers this year. An increasingly typical killing occurred Novembe [...] |
2002-12-24 15:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC PHUM KJUS KCRM SNAR PINR HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3479 |
ADVOCACY CASE: GOVERNMENT TURNAROUND LEADS TO AES [...] (SBU) Summary. AES Honduras signed a contract on December 27 with the state-owned electricity company ENEE to provide 200 MW of electricity starting within three years. The deal came after the ENEE Board of Directors annulled the tender award to Lufussa on December 19. In an emergency meetin [...] |
2002-12-30 21:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON EAID BEXP PREL KJUS HO |
| 03ABUDHABI2797 |
MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL JUSTICE FORUM: RECOMMENDED UAE [...] Per Ref A, Embassy Abu Dhabi recommends that the following UAEG invitees be considered for the upcoming Middle East Regional Justice Forum scheduled for 15-17 September in Manama. We note that the UAEG invitees were recommended previously in Ref B. UAEG Officials -------------- --H.E. M [...] |
2003-06-11 10:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PREL TC |
| 03ABUJA1654 |
NIGERIA: CONCERNED ABOUT TAYLOR, WANTS MISBEHAVIOR [...] (C) President Obasanjo is still out of the country and FM Adeniji will not return to Nigeria from the U.S. until after October 1, so CDA used a courtesy call on MFA MinState Samaila to reiterate our concerns about Charles Taylor (Ref A). The discussion also covered Guinea-Bissau (septel). CDA [...] |
2003-09-24 15:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC KJUS LI NI |
| 03AMMAN3141 |
FOLLOW UP ON PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST [...] POST NOMINATES THE FOLLOWING THREE SENIOR LEVEL CANDIDATES FOR THE MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL JUSTICE FORUM IN BAHRAIN: - H.E. MOHAMMAD AL RAQQAD, HEAD OF THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL; - H.E. FARES NABULSI, MINISTER OF JUSTICE; - MS. REEM ABU HASSAN, LAWYER AND KEY PLAYER IN REFORM EFFORTS; PLEASE NOTE [...] |
2003-05-29 09:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS JO |
| 03AMMAN3422 |
FOLLOW UP ON PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST [...] POST NOMINATES THE FOLLOWING THREE SENIOR LEVEL CANDIDATES FOR THE MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL JUSTICE FORUM IN BAHRAIN: - H.E. MOHAMMAD AL RAQQAD, HEAD OF THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL; - H.E. FARES NABULSI, MINISTER OF JUSTICE; - MS. REEM ABU HASSAN, LAWYER AND KEY PLAYER IN REFORM EFFORTS; PLEASE NOTE [...] |
2003-06-10 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS JO |
| 03ANKARA2135 |
IRAQI WAR CRIMES: DEMARCHE TO GOT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-04-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC IZ TU |
| 03ANKARA7289 |
IRAQI POLICE TRAINING: TURKS WANT TO PARTICIPATE, [...] Post was contacted 11/21 by Turkish MFA Coordinator for Iraq Assistance Ahmet Okcun regarding reftel demarche. Okcun said he had discussed the issue of police training with MFA U/S Ziyal. Turkey, he said, would like to participate in the training of Iraqi police, but would like to do it at th [...] |
2003-11-21 12:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL SNAR MOPS KCRM TU IZ |
| 03BRUSSELS2375 |
EUROPOL - U.S. COOPERATION [...] Summary. The mission of Europol (the European Police Office) has steadily expanded from its initial focus on fighting drugs to encompass all serious crimes, including terrorism, illicit migration, trafficking in persons, child pornography, money-laundering and counterfeiting of the Euro. W [...] |
2003-05-06 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AINF KCRM KJUS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03BRUSSELS5015 |
STATUS OF BILATERAL PROTOCOLS ON EXTRADITION AND [...] The U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance were signed at the Summit in Washington on June 25, 2003. Before these agreements can be sent to Congress for ratification, protocols to existing bilateral extradition and MLATs must be negotiated. In the limited instances whe [...] |
2003-10-29 08:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KCRM KJUS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03COLOMBO536 |
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court rules that [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka's Supreme Court ruled March 25 that the previous government violated the fundamental rights of numerous Tamils by preventing them from voting in the December 2001 general election. Human rights activists applauded the ruling, stating that it set a precedent for freer-an [...] |
2003-03-28 05:57:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS SOCI CE LTTE |
| 03GUATEMALA1084 |
APPEAL OF 2002 MACK CASE SENTENCE [...] (U) Summary: On April 23, the Fourth Court of Appeals heard the public arguments from both the defense and the prosecution for the appeal of the Third Sentencing Court's October 3, 2002 decision in the Myrna Mack murder case, in which retired Colonel Juan Valencia Osorio was convicted and sent [...] |
2003-04-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1191 |
ANOTHER LANDMARK TOPPLED: MACK CONVICTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 7, the Fourth Court of Appeals overturned the Third Sentencing Court's October 3, 2002 conviction of Colonel (ret.) Juan Valencia Osorio (Ref A). The Fourth Court of Appeals also found Helen Mack's appeal of the acquittal of General (ret.) Edgar Godoy Gaitan and Colonel (re [...] |
2003-05-07 22:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA127 |
AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON HELEN MACK [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Helen Mack at the Myrna Mack Foundation on January 13. They discussed the proposal to investigate clandestine groups, the impending decertification decision, the Consultative Group meeting, the status of the Mack case, and recent wave of [...] |
2003-01-16 16:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA146 |
OMBUDSMAN CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION TO [...] (U) Summary: On January 16, Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales unveiled a proposal for a UN-OAS led commission to investigate clandestine groups (for details on the proposal, see Ref A). The proposal was enthusiastically received by the press, human rights NGOs, and the international commu [...] |
2003-01-17 18:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1535 |
HELEN MACK'S TAKE ON JUSTICE, POLITICS, AND CICIACS [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, Helen Mack had breakfast at the residence with the Ambassador and Human Rights Officer to discuss the Supreme Court appeal in her case set for June 19, the latest political alliance between Oscar Berger and Eduardo Stein, the mixed commission to investigate clandestin [...] |
2003-06-13 19:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1548 |
RIOS MONTT STONED BY MOURNERS IN RABINAL [...] (U) Summary: During a poorly-timed campaign stop in the highland town of Rabinal on June 15, former General and FRG presidential candidate Rios Montt was greeted with stones and bottles thrown by a group of war victims participating in an inhumation of 67 community members killed by the army du [...] |
2003-06-17 14:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS MOPS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1596 |
LAST CHANCE FOR JUSTICE IN MACK CASE [...] (C) Summary: On June 19, Helen Mack, the prosecution, and the defense presented oral arguments before the Supreme Court for the final appeal in the case against the three retired military officers allegedly responsible for ordering the murder of Myrna Mack in September 1990. All three officers [...] |
2003-06-20 18:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS PREL KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1642 |
AMBASSADOR VIELMAN SAYS GOG IS PRESSING UN FOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 23, Acting DCM and Human Rights Officer met with Ambassador Maritza Ruiz de Vielman, Foreign Minister Gutierrez's Special Advisor, to discuss the state of play on the proposed mixed commission to investigate clandestine groups (CICIACS), to commend GOG collaboration with t [...] |
2003-06-24 21:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1673 |
KEEPING NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS FROM BEING RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Attorney General de Leon and with Foreign Minister Gutierrez to raise, inter alia, our concerns that an irregular change of judges presiding over the case of major narcotics trafficker Otto Herrera's organization could be the prelude to releasing the defen [...] |
2003-06-26 21:16:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KJUS PGOV PREL PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1686 |
XAMAN CASE REOPENED [...] (C) Summary: On June 17, Human Rights Officer attended a public session of the Xaman trial in San Pedro Carcha, Alta Verapaz. This trial is the third attempt to prosecute 25 soldiers for the October 5, 1995, massacre of eleven civilians in the community of Aurora 8 de Octubre, Finca Xaman, Al [...] |
2003-06-27 19:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS KDEM PREL KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1692 |
MAJOR COCAINE SEIZURE IN GUATEMALAN HIGHLANDS [...] At 09:45 local time on June 27 a Bell 212 helicopter carrying 757 kilos of cocaine crashed near the town of San Francisco el Alto, in Totonicapan Department, near the border with Mexico. Its three crew members, injured in the crash, escaped and remain at large. Local police immediately arriv [...] |
2003-06-29 20:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1693 |
SAIA INTERNAL REGULATIONS SIGNED BY MINISTER OF [...] Minister of Government Jose Adolfo Reyes Calderon told the Ambassador on June 27 that he had signed the global internal regulations of the SAIA (Guatemala's counter-narcotics police). These new internal regulations, which were drafted in consultation with the Embassy, represent a major step [...] |
2003-06-29 20:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1698 |
INCREASED POLICE PROTECTION FOR ANTHROPOLOGISTS, [...] (C) Summary: In response to increased threats targeting forensic anthropologists conducting exhumations, Ambassador Hamilton met with Minister of Interior Reyes Calderon on June 27 to press for an enhanced GOG response. Reyes Calderon said he had already given orders in the case of the anthro [...] |
2003-07-01 21:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1700 |
AMBASSADOR AND HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hamilton met with Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales on June 26 to express concern over the recent murder of an Auxiliary Ombudsman and new threats against human rights defenders and journalists. The Ambassador also praised Morales' efforts to promote the prompt e [...] |
2003-07-01 21:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS PINR MOPS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1728 |
INTERIOR MINISTER COMMENTS ON ASSAULT AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on June 27 with Interior Minister Reyes Calderon to express concern over the June 24 criminal attack of the home of newspaper publisher Jose Ruben Zamora, and to urge a thorough investigation. Reyes Calderon said that the Public Ministry was investigating the c [...] |
2003-07-07 14:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1774 |
RECUSAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT MAGISTRATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The recusal of one Constitutional Court magistrate and attempted recusal of five others on July 9 created a temporary crisis in the Court's consideration of the case involving the eligibility of Efrain Rios Montt to be a presidential candidate. The crisis was resolved when the [...] |
2003-07-10 20:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1806 |
SUPPORT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROSECUTOR [...] This is an action request for DRL. See para 8. 2. Summary: Attorney General Carlos De Leon has requested USG support for the Public Ministry's Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes Against Human Rights Workers. De Leon cited the Public Ministry's resource constraints and the crit [...] |
2003-07-15 17:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA189 |
AMBASSADOR AND PRESS MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON GOG FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In the days following the Human Rights Ombudsman's public presentation of the proposal for a UN-OAS led commission to investigate clandestine groups (Ref A)), the media has followed up with domestic editorials and international endorsements of the idea. The Ambassador has conti [...] |
2003-01-23 22:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA1902 |
STATUS OF GUATEMALAN COUNTER-NARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: GOG cooperation in the war on drugs has had several concrete successes in the past six months, and there has been further progress since the June 30 Inter-Agency meeting in which the Ambassador participated. A quick run down on our benchmarks: cocaine seizures have increased four [...] |
2003-07-24 23:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KDEM PGOV KJUS KCOR KCRM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1952 |
RIOS MONTT REGISTERED AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: FRG leader Efrain Rios Montt was registered as a presidential candidate on July 31, following a ruling by the Constitutional Court ordering the electoral institutions to carry out its decision to that effect of July 14 and void all appeals. Opposition and civil society leaders cal [...] |
2003-07-31 17:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KJUS KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA220 |
AMBASSADOR AND LARUE DISCUSS CLANDESTINE GROUPS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador visited the headquarters of the Center for Legal Action in Human Rights (CALDH) on January 22 to meet with director Frank LaRue. The Ambassador informed LaRue of his personal efforts in support of the commission to investigate clandestine groups with various GOG le [...] |
2003-01-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT UN OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA231 |
GERARDI WITNESS FOUND DEAD [...] (U) Summary: A key witness in the Gerardi trial was reportedly murdered on December 19, 2002. The body of the witness, Noe Gomez Limon, was found on January 21, nearly a month after the murder, and details about the murder remain fragmentary. On January 22, MINUGUA called on the government t [...] |
2003-01-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2441 |
BAD BLOOD BETWEEN OMBUDSMAN AND PROSECUTOR: [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of the break-in at the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office on August 26 (reftel), a dispute over the motivation for the break-in erupted between the Public Ministry and the Ombudsman's Office. This dispute has divided opinion of human rights groups and threatens to perman [...] |
2003-09-22 19:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS SNAR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA248 |
AMBASSADOR WEIGHS IN WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL DE LEON [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador phoned Attorney General Carlos de Leon on January 29 to enlist his immediate action on the investigation of a recent Gerardi witness murder (Ref A) and the protection of the Special Prosecutor for Human Rights, Tatiana Morales, who has been receiving threats coincide [...] |
2003-01-29 22:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA305 |
GERARDI SUPREME COURT APPEAL [...] SUMMARY: On January 31, the Supreme Court Chamber of Appeals held the public audience of the latest appeal in the Gerardi case. The Archbishop's Office on Human Rights (ODHA) and the Public Ministry presented their appeals of the fourth appeals court's October 8, 2002 decision (Ref A) to annu [...] |
2003-02-04 23:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA651 |
MACK CASE MISSTEP INCREASES SUSPICION [...] (U) Summary: The case against the GOG on behalf of the family of murdered anthropologist Myrna Mack was presented February 18-20 in the Inter-American Court in San Jose, Costa Rica. In the days leading up to the trial, FM Gutierrez attempted to short-circuit this hearing by publicly accepting [...] |
2003-03-12 16:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA724 |
MENCHU CASE ADVANCES IN SPAIN [...] Summary: With broad coverage in the Guatemalan press, the Spanish Supreme Court reportedly accepted Spanish jurisdiction for Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu's case against six Guatemalan military leaders and two civilian officials linked to torture and murder of Spanish citizens in Guatemala i [...] |
2003-03-19 20:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS SP GT |
| 03GUATEMALA962 |
OMINOUS SIGNS COME IN THREES: LATEST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Both in the capital and farther afield, new human rights concerns are popping up in Guatemala. To the north, in Quiche, a Mayan priest and human rights activist was murdered; to the east, in Izabal, the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDH) Auxiliary office was ransacked; here in the Guatemala Cit [...] |
2003-04-10 22:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KJUS GT |
| 03HANOI2074 |
Correcting judicial wrongs: welcome steps [...] (U) Summary. A new Vietnamese National Assembly resolution enables victims of judicial and police injustice to seek financial compensation from the responsible government agencies and even individual official(s). The resolution holds officials personally responsible for misadministration of [...] |
2003-08-15 09:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS VM |
| 03HANOI2541 |
Investigating bad cops -- some progress [...] (U) Summary. The Supreme People's Procurary (SPP) has proposed a formal investigation against the deputy chief and two officers of a police investigation office in Quang Nam province for their involvement in the 2002 death by beating of a detainee. The investigation may mark a positive change [...] |
2003-10-02 08:05:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS VM HUMANR |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY496 |
NAM CAM RECEIVES TWO DEATH SENTENCES, GVN OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-05 11:29:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PGOV SOCI KJUS VM |
| 03JAKARTA13041 |
INDONESIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Indonesia significantly increased its support for the global coalition against terrorism during this period. The October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali that killed 202 - including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 28 Britons, and seven Americans galvanized the Indonesian Government into action, and t [...] |
2003-11-28 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS ID |
| 03OTTAWA1190 |
IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION: CANADA OFFERS AIR TRANSPORT, [...] (C) Canadian Prime Minister Chretien issued an Iraqi reconstruction press release on April 29, announcing that Canada is ready to make available elements of its Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART); Canadian transport aircraft to support humanitarian assistance efforts and reconstruction m [...] |
2003-04-29 21:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID KCRM KJUS IZ CA |
| 03OTTAWA1466 |
CANADA NOT READY TO COMMIT TO U.S. CANDIDATES [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-22 20:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KJUS CA OAS |
| 03OTTAWA1537 |
OAS ELECTIONS: CANADA TO SUPPORT TWO U.S CANDIDATES [...] (U) On May 23, Post delivered talking points contained ref A to Bertrand-Xavier Asselin, Desk Officer for Hemispheric and OAS Relations in DFAIT,s Inter-American Division. Asselin indicated that Canada has decided to support the candidacy of Douglass Cassel for re-election to the Justice Studi [...] |
2003-05-29 20:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KJUS CA OAS |
| 03OTTAWA2198 |
IRAQI RECONSTRUCTION: CANADIAN PERSONNEL FOR [...] (SBU) Canada has committed to providing US$215 million in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance for post-conflict Iraq, with emphasis on access to basic services (water, sanitation, health care); building democratic institutions; reforming judicial, police and correctional services; stren [...] |
2003-08-01 19:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KCRM KJUS IZ CA |
| 03OTTAWA700 |
G8 EXPERTS MEETING ON CRITICAL INFORMATION [...] Following is the list of the Canadian delegation who will participate in the G8 CIP Experts Meeting in Paris March 24-26: William de Laat (Head of Delegation) Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness Michael Bitz Industry Canada Brenda Hensler-Hobbs Off [...] |
2003-03-13 19:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCIP PREL KCRM EINT KJUS CA |
| 03ROME1387 |
TFIZ01: ITALY ECHOING OUR MESSAGE ON IRAQI WAR [...] (SBU) ON MARCH 31, POL MC DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO CLAUDIO BISOGNERO, THE MFA'S DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR. ON APRIL 1, ECON MC DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO ANTONIO BADINI AND LUIGI MACCOTTA, THE MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS AND THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ, RESP [...] |
2003-04-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS KAWC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
| 03SANAA1236 |
YEMEN: FOLLOW UP ON PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED MIDDLE [...] Embassy Sanaa warmly endorses the proposed Middle East Regional Justice Forum. While the ROYG has conducted a judicial reform project since 1997 with donor support from several countries, the results have been mixed and more work needs to be done. Yemeni reform-minded judges and justice off [...] |
2003-06-03 13:09:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PREL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA1256 |
FBI DIRECTOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SALEH, MINISTER [...] (S/NF) Begin summary: FBI Director Mueller met with President Saleh on Monday, June 2 during a brief visit to Aden. Mueller and his delegation also met with Minister of Interior Rashad Alimi and head of the Political Security Organization (PSO) General Ghaleb Gamish. Issues discussed in t [...] |
2003-06-04 20:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PGOV KJUS IZ SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA127 |
YEMEN GENERAL AND ISLAH PARTY REACTION TO ARRESTS [...] (S) Summary: The arrest of al-Moayed in Frankfurt has surprised many in Yemen, and public reaction is extremely negative. He is a well-known humanitarian to Yemenis, and many have expressed shock about a possible connection to al-Qaeda. The Islah party is particularly concerned, and simil [...] |
2003-01-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER PREL KJUS YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA1349 |
PROPOSED YEMENI PARTICIPANTS FOR PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Per ref A, following are Embassy Sanaa's revised suggestions of both government and private sector participants for the MidEast Regional Justice Forum: Dr. Adnan Omar al-Jafri Minister of Justice Newly-appointed to the cabinet (May 2003), professor of international law at Aden Univers [...] |
2003-06-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PREL DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA1411 |
MOAYED: ROYG MAKES AN 11TH HOUR APPEAL [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 13. 2. (S/NF) Begin summary: Yemen has launched an aggressive 11th hour campaign for the return of Sheikh Mohamed Ali al-Moayed, now awaiting an extradition ruling in Germany on charges of support for terrorist organizations. After raising [...] |
2003-06-19 13:58:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER PREL ASEC PGOV KJUS YM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA1439 |
MOAYED: YEMENI PRESIDENT REQUESTS DISCUSSION WITH [...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 6. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The Charge received a call from Mohamed Sudam on behalf of President Saleh regarding Sheikh al-Moayed late on June 21. He relayed a response from Saleh to the ref a points delivered by Charge earlier in the day by [...] |
2003-06-22 15:53:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PTER PREL ASEC PGOV KJUS YM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA1586 |
FM QIRBI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Qirbi July 2 upon the FM's return from Germany and France. He urged increased assistance to the Palestinian Authority per reftel A. They discussed the al-Moayed case, current Coast Guard training in Aden, the impressive role of the U.S [...] |
2003-07-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PTER ASEC MARR PARM PGOV GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA1752 |
FM QIRBI DELIVERS DIRECT MESSAGE ON ANTICIPATED [...] (c) Summary: Foreign Minister Qirbi requested a meeting with the Ambassador July 19 to renew the ROYG,s request that the U.S. withdraw its extradition request from Germany and allow Yemen to host the trial of al-Moayad and his colleague. Qirbi also delivered points indicating that such a wit [...] |
2003-07-21 06:19:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KJUS PGOV PTER MARR PARM PREL GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA1774 |
INITIAL YEMENI REACTION QUIET REGARDING MOAYED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Neither Post nor the German Embassy in Sana'a have yet received any direct reaction from the ROYG or the public to the German court ruling in favor of granting the U.S. request to extradite al-Moayed and his companion. Press reports 24 hours after the decision remai [...] |
2003-07-22 13:58:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KJUS PGOV PTER MARR PARM PREL GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA2134 |
YEMENI JUSTICE MINISTER PLANS FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary and comment: Charge, accompanied by pol/econoff, called on newly-appointed Minister of Justice Dr. Adnan Omar al-Jafri on August 24 to discuss judicial reform efforts in Yemen. The Minister described his methodology for approaching the reform he admits is sorely needed, highlig [...] |
2003-08-25 05:57:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PGOV PINR YM |
| 03SANAA2681 |
ROYG JUSTICE MINISTER ON BAHRAIN CONFERENCE; [...] (U) Ambassador accompanied by Pol/Econ Deputy (notetaker) called on Minister of Justice Adnan al-Jafri to discuss the September Arab Judicial Forum conference and progress in reforming the Yemeni justice system on November 5. After detailing serious problems with the rule of law in Yemen, t [...] |
2003-11-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS PGOV YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA482 |
FM QIRBI ON THE ARREST OF SHEIKH MOAYED [...] (C) Summary: On Monday 3/10 DCM provided Foreign Minister al-Qirbi with a redacted copy of the U.S. complaint against Sheikh al-Moayed and a non-paper highlighting the most compelling arguments. Qirbi commented on "USG misconceptions" regarding Moayed's involvement with Hamas and his finan [...] |
2003-03-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC PGOV KJUS YM TERFIN |
| 03SANAA518 |
ISLAH PARTY MODERATE ON AL-MOAYED [...] (C) Summary: An Islah party leader entertained the possibility of al-Moayed's guilt after hearing evidence from the U.S. complaint. P/E DepChief met with Islah party political director Mohamed Qahtan on March 17 and discussed the case of Sheikh Mohammed Ali al-Moayed, who is an Islah party [...] |
2003-03-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS ASEC GM YM TERFIN |
| 03SANTODOMINGO4522 |
ECUADOR EX-PRESIDENT NOBOA NOW IN DOMINICAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GODR MFA has confirmed that former Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa arrived in the Dominican Republic on August 23 after being granted approval by the GOE to travel. He and his spouse have been staying at the Presidential retreat, but are arranging to rent their own apartm [...] |
2003-08-27 17:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR EC |
| 03SANTODOMINGO4763 |
GODR LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL [...] On August 27 the GODR launched a hard-hitting campaign against commercial sexual exploitation of minors. Billboards in beach areas will bear the message, "In the Dominican Republic, we protect our treasures. Our beaches, mountains, monuments and our most precious treasure: our children." The [...] |
2003-09-08 13:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5946 |
DOMINICAN CONGRESSMAN APPEARS IN COURT ON ALIEN [...] (U) Trial proceedings began on October 22 against accused alien smuggler Congressman Guillermo Radhames "Ramos" Garcia. After months of evading police arrest before Congress reconvened in August, Garcia surprised observers by appearing before the Supreme Court without his attorneys. Garcia annou [...] |
2003-10-23 23:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO7566 |
BANKING SERIES #3: FORMER BANINTER EXECUTIVES [...] The following is the third in a series of reports on the Dominican Banking sector. 2. On December 20, an Appeals Court panel of three judges ruled to allow the release of former Baninter President Ramon Baez Figueroa and Vice-President Marcos Baez Cocco on RD $100 million bail each. Afte [...] |
2003-12-24 17:52:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1041 |
HONDURAN FISCAL TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY [...] The following are responses, requested in reftel, reporting on the GOH's fiscal transparency and accountability. A. Does host government publish the national budget in a timely manner? Level 3 - Yes, with minimum delay (under one year) B. Where substantial levels of government are sign [...] |
2003-05-05 23:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID ELAB PGOV KJUS KCRM HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1108 |
HONDURAN SUPREME COURT RULES IT HAS AUTHORITY TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 7, in a unanimous 15-0 decision, the Honduran Supreme Court declared its authority to interpret the Constitution by ruling on a controversial constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1999. The Court's decision struck down as unconstitutional Article 218(9) which prov [...] |
2003-05-12 23:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCRM SNAR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1109 |
TROUBLE IN PARADISE: HONDURAN BAY ISLAND OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Honduran Bay Islands of Roatan, Utila, and Guanaja are well known narcotrafficking transit points and home to countless other illicit activities. Due to the large tourism industry on Roatan and Utila, the GOH has chosen to focus its limited counternarcotics resources primari [...] |
2003-05-12 23:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1122 |
ONE IF BY AIR, TWO IF BY SEA: HONDURAN [...] (SBU) The following is a listing of important narcotrafficking activities occurring in Honduras within the past year. It should be noted that there has been a sizable increase in the use of aircraft as a delivery platform for drug shipments. The occurrence of illicit aircraft tracks crossing [...] |
2003-05-13 22:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV EAIR KCRM KJUS PHUM ASEC HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1258 |
MUSICAL CHAIRS: WHO'S WHO IN HONDURAN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several high-profile Honduran counternarcotics agencies are receiving a leadership makeover. Gustavo Alfredo ((Landaverde)) Hernandez is leaving the Executive Secretary position at the National Council Against Narcotrafficking (CNCN), and has been replaced by the Direction in [...] |
2003-06-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM PINR PREL HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1309 |
HONDURAN COMMISSION ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITY FOR LA [...] (SBU) Summary: A Special Commission of the Honduran National Council for Internal Security (CONASIN) has issued a report assigning responsibility to GOH security forces and prison "trusties" for the majority of the 68 deaths that occurred in an April 5 incident at the El Porvenir prison, locat [...] |
2003-06-06 18:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC ELAB PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA145 |
HIGHLIGHTS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN HONDURAS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-01-17 21:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR KJUS PGOV EAID PREL HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1487 |
Bilateral Labor Consultations on Margins of CAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary. A joint delegation from the Departments of Labor and State emphasized June 17-19 the need for the GOH to increase its protection of labor rights and for the private sector to augment its respect for labor rights, with U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) soon openi [...] |
2003-06-25 13:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM ECON EINV PGOV PREL KJUS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1497 |
HONDURAN PARLACEN CONGRESSMAN BUSTED ON DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Friday June 20, a Honduran representative to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN), Cesar Augusto Diaz Flores, was arrested in Nicaragua for trafficking and possession of seven kilos of heroin (said to be worth some USD 6.3 million and a portion of a larger 20-kilo shipmen [...] |
2003-06-25 20:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SMIG CVIS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1534 |
CARDINAL'S CORRUPTION COMMENTS SPARK PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a private meeting with the Ambassador on June 20, the Cardinal expressed heightened concern over the pervasiveness of drug-related corruption at the highest levels of government as well as continuing death threats he had received. Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga us [...] |
2003-07-01 13:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1580 |
Minister of Labor Looking to Create Temporary [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Labor German Leitzelar has proposed a three-year program that seeks to create almost 132,000 "temporary" jobs in Honduras. By doing so, Leitzelar is seeking to achieve incremental changes in the labor situation without confronting head-on the politically difficult [...] |
2003-07-03 15:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM ECON EINV PGOV PREL KJUS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1615 |
HONDURAN ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFERS EXCUSES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26 Ambassador and DCM met with Honduran Attorney General (AG), Roy Medina, to discuss corruption in the Public Ministry (PM) and the lack of any serious effort to prosecute high-level criminal cases by the Attorney General's office. This meeting came a day after Ambassad [...] |
2003-07-08 16:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | SNAR PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1622 |
ANOTHER HONDURAN CONGRESSMAN BUSTED ON DRUG CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yet another Honduran political figure was implicated in drug trafficking when he was arrested on July 6 fleeing the scene of an airplane crash in the eastern department of Olancho. National Party Deputy, Armando Avila Panchame, was arrested by the police for drug trafficking and [...] |
2003-07-08 22:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SMIG CVIS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1642 |
A LATIN AMERICAN POPE? CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ DEEMED [...] (U) Summary. Pope John Paul II's increasing frailty has prompted discussion over potential successors to the papacy, among which experts have identified Cardinal Oscar Andres Maradiaga Rodriguez of Honduras as both a popular and geographically strategic candidate. Despite the Euro-centric [...] |
2003-07-11 16:34:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM HO VA |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1702 |
LARGEST DRUG BUST IN HONDURAN HISTORY YIELDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16 Honduran authorities seized approximately 2,000 kilos of cocaine hidden in a secret compartment aboard the "Broad Fire Leader," a Cayman Islands flagged vessel that had departed Panama July 11. The vessel docked at French Harbor, Roatan, a small Bay Island port not no [...] |
2003-07-17 21:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV KJUS ASEC HO KRCM |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1740 |
NEW HONDURAN LEGISLATION SEEKS TO CURB ARMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, the Honduran National Congress added Article 332 to the Honduran Penal Code. This article calls for the collection of assault weapons and stricter punishment for trafficking and possession of outlawed weapons. Article 332 comes at a time when Ministry of Public Secur [...] |
2003-07-23 21:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1742 |
HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ON LA CEIBA PRISON MASSACRE [...] Summary. (SBU) On July 9, Human Rights Commissioner for Honduras, Ramon Custodio, presented the results of the Commission's investigation into the April 5 massacre of 68 prisoners at the El Porvenir Prison, located outside of the Caribbean port city of La Ceiba. The report supported allegat [...] |
2003-07-23 22:29:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1757 |
MORE HONDURAN CONGRESSMEN ACCUSED OF CRIMINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Honduran Public Ministry (PM) announced last week that it has begun legal proceedings against two more Honduran elected officials. On July 10, Attorney General Roy Medina announced that his office will bring charges against alternative National Party (PN) Congressman Melvin [...] |
2003-07-24 21:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCRM KJUS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1761 |
HONDURAN CONGRESS LOOKS TO REPEAL IMMUNITY FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 9, 2003, leaders of the major political parties in the Honduran National Congress announced their intention to repeal the general immunity granted congressmen and other high ranking public officials under the Honduran Constitution. The initiative comes after the recent a [...] |
2003-07-25 14:59:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1792 |
HONDURAN AUTHORITIES SEIZE APPROXIMATELY 525 KILOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 28 Honduran authorities seized approximately 525 kilos of cocaine from a Colombian go-fast boat that was forced to beach near the remote northern coastal region of Limon, Colon. The vessel was first interdicted by the Honduran Navy at approximately 17:45, some nine nauti [...] |
2003-07-29 20:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC CO HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1904 |
HONDURAN CONGRESS VOTES TO CRIMINALIZE GANG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 8, the Honduran National Congress approved a bill banning membership in street gangs and other groups that associate for the purpose of committing crimes. The bill prescribes prison terms for those convicted of being gang members, with sentences ranging from three to 12 [...] |
2003-08-12 22:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA1938 |
TRUTH SCARIER THAN FICTION: AN ANALYSIS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assault rifles, gang-related, nine victims, 15 to 48 years old, early morning, all family members, murdered. It is August 5 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras and the facts of the latest mass murder swirl as you thumb through the local newspapers. You know shock should follow, but it d [...] |
2003-08-15 21:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR SNAR ECON ASEC HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2052 |
HONDURAN ATTORNEY GENERAL PLEDGES ENHANCED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told Honduran Attorney General (AG) Roy Medina August 26 that he was satisfied that the AG had taken action to improve the Public Ministry's operations since their last meeting in late June. However, he pressed AG Medina on the importance of the Ministry bringing to tr [...] |
2003-08-29 17:46:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2081 |
THIRTEEN MURDERED, MANY OTHERS WOUNDED, AS GANG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 30, in three separate attacks in different neighborhoods of San Pedro Sula, Hoduras' commercial center, gang members randomly opened fire on three "rapidito" small buses killing 13 and wounding over thirty others. All three buses appear to be owned by the same transport [...] |
2003-09-03 16:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2266 |
PRESIDENT MADURO TALKS DRUGS IN COLOMBIA WHILE [...] On September 16 President Maduro met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe in Cartagena, Colombia to discuss better coordination between the two nations' counterdrug efforts. Honduras is a major transshipment zone for illicit narcotics making their way north from Colombia to U.S. shores, alth [...] |
2003-09-24 20:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2289 |
COWABUNGA: TWO SEPARATE DRUG SEIZURES YIELD 13 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 24, in two separate actions, Honduran police seized 13 kilos of heroin and approximately 1,026 kilos of cocaine. In both operations, Honduran authorities displayed unprecedented cooperation and coordination, working closely together and with U.S. counterdrug assets [...] |
2003-09-25 22:38:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2301 |
HONDURAN MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY CLAIMS MURDER [...] Although still exceptionally high (ref B), according to Minister of Public Security (MOPS) Oscar Alvarez September 23, the murder rate in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula declined approximately 24 percent since the passage of anti-gang legislation in early August (ref A). (Note: As reported in [...] |
2003-09-26 22:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM SNAR ASEC HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2333 |
IN YET ANOTHER DRUG BUST, HONDURAN POLICE SEIZE [...] (U) On September 30 in the Department of Colon on the Caribbean coast, Honduran Frontier Police seized another 201 kilos of cocaine. This time, the drugs were hidden aboard a truck in multiple secret compartments. Police were alerted to the drug's presence by a local source of information who [...] |
2003-10-01 22:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2514 |
HONDURAN VICE PRESIDENT UNSETTLES MADURO [...] (U) On October 21, Honduran Vice President Armida de Lopez Contreras (one of three presidential designates in the current Honduran constitutional leadership structure) stirred up a hornets nest when she accused an unnamed high ranking Government of Honduras (GOH) official of tampering with USD [...] |
2003-10-27 23:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EAID EFIN PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2545 |
THOUSANDS OF ILLEGAL ARMS STILL UNCOUNTED FOR IN [...] It is estimated that around 10,000 AK-47's, remnants of the region's civil wars in the 1980's, remain on the streets of Honduras. A recent legislative decree offered USD 57 for each gun deemed "illegal", but the 90-day grace period for voluntarily turning in these weapons has now expired. Dur [...] |
2003-10-30 14:21:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER MOPS SNAR KJUS PHUM PINR HO KCUM |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2841 |
HONDURAN POLICE SEIZE ANOTHER 53 KILOS OF COCAINE, [...] On November 27, Honduran authorities seized approximately 53 kilos of cocaine from a truck in the remote northern town of Bonito Oriental in the Department of Colon. The cocaine valued at approximately USD two million was seized by the Honduran Frontier Police, working in cooperation with the [...] |
2003-12-04 20:16:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2844 |
GOOD TALKERS, BUT MADURO ADMINISTRATION NOT [...] (S) SUMMARY: In office for almost two years, President Ricardo Maduro's administration talks a lot about fighting corruption, particularly when addressing interested U.S. audiences. Upon close examination, however, one sees little demonstrable progress in breaking corruption's pervasive grip [...] |
2003-12-04 21:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV KJUS KCRM ECON EFIN PHUM PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA288 |
SCENESETTER FOR WHA/DAS FISK'S VISIT TO HONDURAS [...] (C) Summary. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, in office for one year, faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. His Administration has been stalled on its domestic agenda since June 2002 as it tries to reconcile its ambitious goal [...] |
2003-01-31 16:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD ECON MOPS KJUS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2882 |
ANTI-CORRUPTION PROSECUTOR IN SAN PEDRO SULA [...] (U) On December 1, Ruben Adolfo Reyes, a prosecutor in a unit designed to combat corruption in San Pedro Sula was arrested by Honduran authorities for his alleged links to organized crime. Reyes, who works for the "Common Crime" unit of the Public Ministry in San Pedro Sula, was arraigned on [...] |
2003-12-10 22:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2883 |
HONDURAN POLICE SEIZE 636 KILOS OF COCAINE AND [...] Summary: On December 4, Honduran authorities seized approximately 636 kilos of cocaine from a truck in San Pedro Sula. The seizure of the drugs was the result of well-executed police work, acting upon a tip that a large amount of drugs would soon be moving through the country. The drugs were [...] |
2003-12-10 22:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2916 |
EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA HOSTS MINI-DUBLIN GROUP [...] Summary. On December 5, Post hosted a meeting of the Tegucigalpa Mini-Dublin Group to coordinate with participating countries on counternarcotics assistance programs and the overall effectiveness of such programs. Along with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), countries that partici [...] |
2003-12-17 14:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR KJUS EFIN ETRD HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2938 |
HONDURAS INDICATES IT WILL SIGN UN ANTICORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Honduras was surprisingly absent among the 94 countries that gathered December 11 in Merida, Mexico to sign the United Nations Convention Against Corruption. According to press reports, apart from Honduras, the only other Latin American and Caribbean countries not to sign were Uruguay, [...] |
2003-12-18 21:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIA KCRM KJUS EFIN ECON PHUM SOCI HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2939 |
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Summary The trans-shipment of cocaine through Honduras by air, land, and maritime routes continued, but with significant disruption in 2003. Overall, seizures in Honduras were higher than the past five years combined, with 5,738 kilos of cocaine seized. Corruption within the police, Publi [...] |
2003-12-18 21:09:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EAID PREL ETTC KCRM KJUS PHUM PTER HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2965 |
CHINESE SMUGGLING RING IN HONDURAS - CHINAZO [...] (U) SUMMARY - As part of an ongoing investigation, the Honduran Criminal Investigative Police (DGIC), Prosecutor's from the Organized Crime Division of the Public Ministry, and DHS personnel from Tegucigalpa participated in a series of raids in the cities of San Pedro Sula and Tegucigalpa, unc [...] |
2003-12-22 23:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS ASEC KCRM KJUS EFIN PREL HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA2970 |
ACCUSATIONS OF WRONGDOING PLAGUE HONDURAN CHIEF OF [...] (U) On December 10, Aida Romero, Special Prosecutor for Human Rights, accused Chief of Police, Coralia Rivera Ramos, Commissioner Mirna Suazo, and the assistant to the Minister of Public Security, Juan Manuel Aguilar, with obstruction of justice and abuse of power. According to the prosecutor, [...] |
2003-12-23 21:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM SOCI PINR HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA4 |
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] Embassy Tegucigalpa hereby submits 2002 International Narcotics Control Status Report (INCSR) for Honduras. Begin text: I. Summary The trans-shipment of cocaine through Honduras using air, land and maritime routes continued without significant disruption in 2002. Overall seizures in [...] |
2003-01-02 20:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EAID PREL ETTC KCRM KJUS PHUM HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA527 |
PRESIDENT MADURO VOWS TO COMBAT RISING MINOR [...] (U) On February 19, before a hastily convened international audience which included the ambassadors of Great Britain, Taiwan, Germany, France, Spain, as well as PolOff, President Ricardo Maduro vowed to combat Honduras' surging homicide rate for minors. Maduro expressed his administration's d [...] |
2003-02-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM ASEC SNAR KJUS PREL HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA532 |
ANTI-CORRUPTION IN HONDURAS--IS RICARDO MADURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Ricardo Maduro enters the second year of his single four-year term in office, the looming question in his professed effort to transform Honduras, economy, judicial system and political environment is whether or not he is prepared to seek concrete results in his battl [...] |
2003-02-26 19:31:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PGOV SNAR ECON PHUM KCRM OVIP HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA611 |
HONDURAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE: A SUCCESSFUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: A year after the implementation of Honduras' new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC), opinions regarding its level of success are positive overall, but critics remain. Supporters cite the commencement of oral trials under the new system in 2002 as evidence of the Code's success. Crit [...] |
2003-03-06 22:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID KCRM SNAR PREL ASEC HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA626 |
TRANSFORMING CENTRAL AMERICA,S SECURITY PARADIGM: [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Maduro reiterated his personal commitment to regional disarmament and expressed his willingness to move forward on this issue. He also asked for U.S. support, mentioning directly the possible need for a multilateral security guarantee and asked whether the U.S. could pr [...] |
2003-03-10 13:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PREL OVIP PGOV SNAR ETRD ECON MOPS KJUS HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA674 |
ECONOMIC TOUR D'HORIZON WITH HONDURAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) In a March 12 call on Honduran Minister of the Presidency Luis Cosenza, DCM and Econcouns discussed the top economic items on the bilateral agenda. Cosenza committed to campaigning for the repeal of the teacher and nurse "estatutos" that have caused the rapid increase in government expend [...] |
2003-03-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EFIN EAID ETRD KJUS PREL ELAB HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA726 |
HIGH EXPECTATIONS, DISAPPOINTING RESULTS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: After one year in office, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro faces numerous challenges in one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the Western Hemisphere. Maduro began his administration amid high expectations. While he remains upbeat about his administration's ability to [...] |
2003-03-21 22:06:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD PHUM KJUS CASC ECON HO |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA861 |
LA CEIBA PRISON RIOT LEAVES 69 DEAD AND MANY [...] SUMMARY: On April 5 a riot in El Porvenir prison, located just outside the Caribbean port city of La Ceiba, Honduras, left 69 dead and 39 wounded. Many of the dead were gang members from Mara 18, one of Central America's largest gangs. According to press reports, the riot broke out when a sc [...] |
2003-04-08 22:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO |
| 03THEHAGUE1806 |
ICC: A CAUTIOUS BEGINNING WITH MIXED SIGNALS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Public documents of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and conversations with diplomats from friendly states parties to the Rome Statute and other members of The Hague international law community have given Embassy legal officers an early glimpse into the formative activities [...] |
2003-07-15 12:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC KJUS ICTY KICC |
| 03THEHAGUE1827 |
ICTY: PRESIDENT MERON URGES USG TO OPPOSE DEL [...] Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Daniel R. Russel for reason 1.5 (d). 2. (C) Summary. President Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) met with the Ambassador on July 16 to convey his serious concerns about the performance of Chief Pro [...] |
2003-07-17 14:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | HR KAWC KJUS NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY |
| 03THEHAGUE1837 |
ICC: PROSECUTOR FOCUSES ON CONGO, DISCLAIMS ANY [...] (U) Summary: On July 16, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, held a press conference in The Hague to discuss information his office has received from around the world about possible areas for ICC inquiry. During the ICC's first year, the Office [...] |
2003-07-18 13:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC KJUS ICTY KICC |
| 03THEHAGUE2238 |
U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS COOPERATION: [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-05 13:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR NL EUN |
| 03THEHAGUE2297 |
PASSENGER NAME RECORD DEMARCHE -- NETHERLANDS [...] Post delivered reftel demarche on Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to Andre van Wiggen and Robert van Embden of the MFA's Division of Transport (Personenverkeer) on September 9. Van Embden says the Dutch are working on answering our note, and he expects to have a "detailed" response to re [...] |
2003-09-12 13:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KJUS NL PTER |
| 03THEHAGUE2402 |
PNR: DUTCH SAY THEY ARE UNLIKELY TO WEIGH IN WITH [...] (SBU) The Dutch government says it will not/not seek to influence decisions on the Passenger Name Record/data privacy matter at the European Commission, instead relying on the judgment of Commissioner Bolkestein and trusting in the competency of the bodies in Brussels that are tasked with [...] |
2003-09-24 05:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KJUS NL PTER |
| 03THEHAGUE2476 |
DUTCH CONTRIBUTIONS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQI [...] Summary: The GoNL plans to provide USD 833,300 in materiel to Iraqi police in the Al-Munthanna province in Iraq. Dutch military police, as part of Dutch military forces deployed in Al-Muthanna, are currently providing one-week basic police skills training courses to local police. The Dutch [...] |
2003-09-30 14:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS IZ NL KRMS KJUS |
| 03ZAGREB1037 |
ICTY/CROATIA: IMPROVING GOC COOPERATION, RAJIC CASE MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) ICTY ZAGREB RESREP THOMAS OSORIO TOLD US MAY 5 THAT THE GOC HAS IMPROVED COOPERATION IN THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE VISIT OF OTP CHIEF PROSECUTOR DEL PONTE TO ZAGREB. THE GOC LARGELY HAS FULFILLED OUTSTANDING DOCUMENT REQUESTS AND APPEARED SOMEWHAT MORE PROACTIVE IN THE GOTOVINA CASE -- IT IS [...] |
2003-05-09 15:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL UNSC ICTY HR |
| 03ZAGREB517 |
INTERNATIONAL DONORS REACH AGREEMENT WITH GOC [...] SUMMARY: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DONORS AND THE GOC HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT ON A STANDARDIZED COURT AND CASE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE PLATFORM THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN COURTS COUNTRY-WIDE. THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL IMPROVE MUCH- NEEDED JUDICIAL EFFICIENCY AND SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE GOC COSTS ASSOCIATED [...] |
2003-03-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PHUM KCOR KJUS HR IBRD EVN |
| 03ZAGREB680 |
CROATIA WAR CRIMES: GOSPIC CASE ENDS IN CONVICTION [...] (C) ON MARCH 24, THE RIJEKA COUNTY COURT FOUND FORMER CROATIAN ARMY GENERAL MIRKO NORAC AND TWO CO-CONSPIRATORS GUILTY OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MURDER OF OVER 50 ETHNIC SERBS AND CROAT CIVILIANS IN THE TOWN OF GOSPIC IN 1991. THE LANDMARK VERDICT, WHICH THE SUPREME COUR [...] |
2003-03-26 07:00:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL HR HRICTY UNSC |
| 03ZAGREB790 |
ASSISTING CROATIA TO STRENGTHEN DOMESTIC WAR [...] (C) MINISTER OF JUSTICE ANTICEVIC-MARINOVIC TOLD US ON APRIL 2 THAT THE GOC IS COMMITTED TO PASSING QUICKLY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF CROATIAN COURTS TO PROCESS WAR CRIMES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE MINISTER'S ASSURANCES, OTHER KEY PLAYERS -- INCLUDING THE DRAFTER OF THE MOST CU [...] |
2003-04-09 16:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS PREL EAID HR UNSC ICTY |
| 03ZAGREB925 |
WHO SHIELDED ICTY PIFWC IVICA RAJIC? [...] (C/NF) CROATIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TELL US THAT THEY HAVE UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF A SYSTEMATIC, CLANDESTINE EFFORT OF THE FORMER HDZ GOVERNMENT TO SHIELD ETHNIC CROAT PIFWCS -- INCLUDING IVICA RAJIC -- FROM JUSTICE. THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION TO UPROOT THAT SUPPORT NETWORK AND I [...] |
2003-04-28 05:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC KJUS PREL HR UNSC ICTY |
| 04ABUDHABI3617 |
DEMARCHE TO UAE: US NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-13 05:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM UNGA TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4261 |
AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON UAE INTERIOR MINISTER SHEIKH [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador and the U.S. Embassy law enforcement team (RSO, LEGAT, DHS/ICE) called on new Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed al Nahyan on November 24. Ambassador emphasized that cooperation through USG law enforcement training and exchange programs would remain a high prior [...] |
2004-11-28 09:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC TC |
| 04ABUJA380 |
OBASANJO APPOINTS NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] (U) President Obasanjo named two new justices to Nigeria,s Supreme Court in a letter to the Senate on 9 February. These appointments were recommended to him by the National Judicial Council (NJC) on 27 November, 2003. 2. (U) The first appointee is George Adesola Oguntade, a judge on th [...] |
2004-03-05 07:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS NI |
| 04AMMAN181 |
MEPI WOMEN AND THE LAW WORKSHOP [...] With reference to the MEPI "Women and Law" conference to be held in Amman on February 16-18, 2004: Post understands that the following Jordanians will be asked to take part in the Conference program: Dr. Rateb Thaher - Panel: The Role of the Legal Framework Dr. Hamdi Murad - Panel: The Rol [...] |
2004-01-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI KDEM KJUS PHUM KPAO SCUL JO |
| 04AMMAN8591 |
US NOMINATION OF JUDGE THEODOR MERON: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM JO UNGA |
| 04AMMAN9092 |
JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. NOMINATION OF JUDGE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM JO UNGA |
| 04ANKARA6237 |
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER [...] (U) The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs forwarded to Embassy Ankara a diplomatic note confirming that Turkey plans to support Mr. Theodor Meron for re-election as a permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at the November 18, 2004, elections in New Y [...] |
2004-11-03 16:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM XH TU |
| 04BAGHDAD963 |
IIG SUGGESTS IRAQI GUARDS FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih has suggested introducing Iraqi personnel to the inner circle of guards watching over Saddam Hussein. The DPM proposed the switch in security personnel in the context of his broader expressed interest in destabilizing the temperame [...] |
2004-09-15 05:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KJUS PREL PTER PHUM KISL IZ |
| 04BOGOTA11205 |
RESTREPO OUTLINES AUC DEMOBILIZATION PROCESS TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo presented the government's demobilization plan for the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) to the diplomatic corps. Seven AUC groups will demobilize between November 3 and December 18 and the GOC continues to insist [...] |
2004-11-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER SNAR PHUM KJUS CO AUC |
| 04BOGOTA11421 |
FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH FATHER JOAKIN MAYORGA [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Father Joakin Mayorga visited the Embassy to discuss the status of an investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") into accusations made by two Army officers that he had committed criminal misrepresentation. In February, Mayorga alleged -- on [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS PTER PINR CO |
| 04BOGOTA11548 |
ANDEAN SECURITY CONFERENCE COLOMBIA SCENESETTER [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-09 17:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PTER KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA11586 |
PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, OCTOBER, [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during October, 2004. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) In October, DOJ's Justice Sector Reform Program coordinated 25 training and technical assistance programs for 820 police officers, 145 prosecutors and 110 [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA11735 |
OAS URGES MORE SUPPORT FOR AUC PEACE PROCESS [...] (U) On November 9, OAS Mission Chief Sergio Caramagna, in charge of verifying the paramilitary peace process, publicly urged the international community to give more support to the government's plan to demobilize the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). In a statement to Colombia's l [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PTER KJUS PINR CO OAS AUC |
| 04BOGOTA11753 |
PEACE COMMISSIONER DESCRIBES DEMOBILIZATION DETAILS [...] (C) On November 12, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo reviewed for the Ambassador recent developments in demobilizing the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) and clarified key steps in the process. Restrepo's principle concern is that without adequate security, the Revolutionary [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS SNAR PHUM PINR PREL CO AUC |
| 04BOGOTA11756 |
CSJ DETERMINES ARAUCA CASE TO BE HANDLED BY [...] On November 11, the Supreme Council of the Judiciary (CSJ) determined that the Prosecutor General's Office ("Fiscalia") will maintain control of and continue to investigate the August 5 deaths of three trade unionists killed in Saravena, Arauca Department, by members of the Colombian Army's 18t [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PINR PTER PGOV ETRD KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA11864 |
AMBASSADOR VALENCIA REPORTS ON ELN-GOC [...] (C) Ambassador Valencia, the Mexican facilitator for talks between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the GOC, briefed the Ambassador on recent communications between the two sides on November 16. On October 8, the ELN offered to meet with the GOC in Mexico but demanded the GOC provide a [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM KJUS PINR PREL CO ELN |
| 04BOGOTA1198 |
URIBE ON PARAMILITARY DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) In a February 4 meeting with Ambassador Wood and visiting U.S. inter-agency delegation, President Uribe stated that he was instructing his Administration to offer paramilitary leaders two options: relocation to so-called "concentration zones" for those who agree to demobilize or prosecut [...] |
2004-02-05 17:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PTER SNAR PHUM CO |
| 04BOGOTA12265 |
PEACE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES AUC PEACE PROCESS AND [...] (C) On November 27, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo briefed Ambassador on developments in the peace process with the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC): -- Bananero Bloc: demobilization is complete. Thirty-seven are implicated in major crimes and will stay in the demobili [...] |
2004-12-01 14:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR PHUM KJUS PREL PINR CO |
| 04BOGOTA12275 |
FISCALIA INVESTIGATES TAOIST COMMUNITY IN [...] (C) Summary: On November 25, officials from the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") raided a Taoist commune located in a remote region of Santander Department to investigate allegations that the commune's leadership was involved in opium production and kidnapping. The allegations we [...] |
2004-12-01 16:21:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV KJUS CASC CO |
| 04BOGOTA12409 |
AUC DEMOBILIZATION ON A SHOESTRING [...] (U) The GOC has begun demobilization of the 3,000-4,000 United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) by the end of 2004. According to OAS mission chief Sergio Caramagna and staff, they are being forced to improvise and go without key supplies, including tables, phones, and bathrooms. End su [...] |
2004-12-03 22:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM PINR PREL KJUS CO OAS AUC |
| 04BOGOTA12410 |
GOC PARDONS 23 FARC GUERRILLAS [...] (U) On December 2, the GOC pardoned 23 imprisoned members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Those pardoned were guilty only of membership in an illegal armed group; no guerrillas guilty of violent crimes were eligible for pardon. They will be released from prisons througho [...] |
2004-12-03 22:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PHUM PINR PREL CO |
| 04BOGOTA12434 |
A/S TAYLOR MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-06 20:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | ASEC CO KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
| 04BOGOTA12512 |
GOC REACTS STRONGLY TO U.S. ATTORNEY PRESS [...] (SBU) Late on December 6, Camilo Ospina, President Uribe's Legal Advisor, contacted the Ambassador to voice the President's strong concerns over the press conference by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida on the extradition of Gilberto Rodriguez-Orejuela to the effect that [...] |
2004-12-07 21:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS SNAR CO |
| 04BOGOTA12689 |
PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, NOVEMBER [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during November 2004. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) The Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP) coordinated several training courses during November. They included the following: "Investigator as a Witness" (i [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA12829 |
DAS SHAPIRO AND PDAS FARRAR MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (U) December 15, 2004, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Presidential Palace, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- WHA DAS Charles Shapiro INL PDAS Jonathan Farrar Ambassador William B. Wood David Henifin, WHA/AND Deputy Director Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director Craig Conway, POL (notetaker) C [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PTER PHUM CO VE BR UN |
| 04BOGOTA12846 |
DAS SHAPIRO AND PDAS FARRAR MEET WITH PRESIDENT [...] (U) December 15, 2004, 5:30-6:30 p.m., Presidential Palace, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- WHA DAS Charles Shapiro INL PDAS Jonathan Farrar Ambassador William B. Wood David Henifin, WHA/AND Deputy Director Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director Craig Conway, POL (notetaker) C [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PTER PHUM CO VE BR UN |
| 04BOGOTA12938 |
DAS SHAPIRO DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS WITH PEACE [...] (U) December 14, 2004, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Ambassador's residence, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- DAS Charles Shapiro Ambassador William B. Wood Jeff DeLaurentis, POLCOUNS David Henifin, Deputy Director for Andean Affairs Sarah LaGier, notetaker Colombia -------- Luis Carl [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM KJUS PINR CO AUC |
| 04BOGOTA12945 |
Guarded Optimism at First Year Anniversary of [...] Just hours after the November 25 demobilization of AUC's Bananero Bloc combatants in Turbo, Antioquia Department (reftel), the first anniversary of the demobilization of the Cacique Nutibara Bloc (BCN) was celebrated in the department capital of Medellin. With banners emblazoned with the slog [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PHUM KJUS CO OAS AUC |
| 04BOGOTA13168 |
PEACE AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: A VIEW FROM THE [...] (C) Summary: Leftist Senator Carlos Gaviria -- a self-declared presidential candidate in 2006 -- told poloffs to expect lawsuits against the recently approved constitutional amendment authorizing presidential reelection and expressed concerns about a possible clash between high courts over the [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA1318 |
DAS DESHAZO'S MEETING WITH FM BARCO [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on February 6, WHA DAS Peter DeShazo and FM Carolina Barco discussed paramilitary demobilization and the OAS resolution on its verification mission, Colombia-Venezuela relations, and President Uribe's February 8-14 visit to Europe. End Summary. 2. (U) At the Fe [...] |
2004-02-09 19:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM CO VE EU |
| 04BOGOTA13217 |
OVERVIEW OF CONGRESSIONAL SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: Passage of presidential reelection reform and implementing legislation for a new criminal procedure code were the principal accomplishments of the last session of Congress. Political wrangling prevented the Congress from dealing effectively with key pension and tax reform bills [...] |
2004-11-02 18:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA1356 |
URIBE'S MEETING WITH INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wood and visiting U.S. inter-agency delegation met with President Uribe and FM Barco on February 4. Reftel details the portion of the meeting devoted to paramilitary demobilization and extradition issues. Barco expressed guarded optimism regarding the OAS vote on Se [...] |
2004-02-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM PTER SNAR CO EU |
| 04BOGOTA1680 |
GOC TAKING ACTION AGAINST PARAMILITARY CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) Since agreeing to a unilateral cease-fire in late November 2002, Colombia's major paramilitary groups -- the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), Central Bolivar Bloc (BCB) and Eastern Alliance have committed at least 370 murders, kidnappings, and other human rights violations nat [...] |
2004-02-18 19:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PTER SNAR PHUM CO AUC PGOV |
| 04BOGOTA1980 |
NOTES FROM THE FIELD: MEDELLIN [...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited Colombia's vibrant second city, Medellin, February 11-12. National Police commander Ruben Carrillo noted a continued downward trend in violent crime and a lack of recidivism on the part of reinserted former paramilitary fighters. Mayor Sergio Fajardo complained [...] |
2004-02-25 21:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM KJUS EAID CO UN |
| 04BOGOTA2561 |
PARAMILITARY PEACE DIFFICULTIES [...] (S) At the instruction of President Uribe, Peace Negotiator Restrepo met with the Ambassador to discuss difficulties in the GOC's negotiations with the AUC paramilitaries. Restrepo said the AUC had called for written guarantees from the GOC that, during the concentration phase, AUC members fa [...] |
2004-03-02 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PTER CO AUC |
| 04BOGOTA2634 |
WILL CONGRESS COME THROUGH FOR URIBE? [...] (SBU) Summary: In January, President Uribe, in an effort to nudge a recalcitrant Congress toward passage of new reforms, announced plans to form three high-level special commissions to formulate proposals in the areas of economics, justice, and administration of the state. On February 17, t [...] |
2004-03-02 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KJUS PTER CO |
| 04BOGOTA2806 |
INL A/S CHARLES MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with President Uribe on March 15, INL A/S Charles and Ambassador Wood welcomed Uribe's March 22-25 visit to Washington, lauded the decrease in violence under Uribe, stressed the need for eradication in national parks, and reiterated the importance we place on extrad [...] |
2004-03-02 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM KJUS SNAR CO |
| 04BOGOTA3544 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS WITH HIGH [...] (C) On April 2, Ambassador met with High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos Restrepo to discuss the paramilitary peace process and, especially, to confirm that the GOC would give paramilitary leaders no assurances regarding their possible extradition to the U.S. Restrepo explained recent chang [...] |
2004-04-05 19:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PINR PREL PTER PINS PHUM PGOV SNAR CO ELN |
| 04BOGOTA3618 |
ANTI-NARCOTICS UNIT MEMBERS OBJECT TO POLYGRAPHS [...] (SBU) On April 4, Bogota's El Espectador newspaper published an article about complaints by members of the Fiscalia's Anti-Narcotics and Maritime Interdiction Unit (UNAIM) about polygraph exams recently administered by the FBI. The exams were mandated by Prosecutor General ("Fiscal General") [...] |
2004-04-07 00:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA3619 |
PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE OFFICIALS POLYGRAPHED; [...] (S) Embassy has raised U.S. concerns about corruption in the Prosecutor General's Office ("Fiscalia") with the Prosecutor General ("Fiscal General") many times in recent weeks, including several at the ambassadorial level. As a result, Prosecutor General Luis Camilo Osorio directed a number o [...] |
2004-04-07 00:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR |
| 04BOGOTA3628 |
GOC AIRS CONCERNS OVER CALIFORNIA LAWSUIT AGAINST [...] (U)SUMMARY: The MFA has notified the Embassy of its concern over a pending lawsuit in Federal District Court in California concerning the controversial bombing of the Colombian village of Santo Domingo in 1998 (see reftels), which it fears may have negative repercussions on bilateral relation [...] |
2004-04-07 16:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KJUS EPET CO PROL |
| 04BOGOTA3714 |
MILITARY ERROR IN CAJAMARCA CAUSES 5 CIVILIAN [...] (U) On the night of April 10 in the municipality of Cajamarca, Tolima department, soldiers from the Pijoas Battalion of the Colombian Army's Sixth Brigade killed five civilians -- including a 6-month-old infant -- who soldiers mistook in the dark for FARC guerrillas. Cajamarca is an area with [...] |
2004-04-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MASS PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA3775 |
NEW "LAW OF JUSTICE AND COMPENSATION" SUBMITTED TO [...] (U) At an April 12 meeting with the local diplomatic corps, High Commissioner for Peace Luis Carlos Restrepo provided the following detailed sequence for the operation of the draft &Law of Justice and Compensation,8 a new version of the previous &alternative sentencing" or "conditional parole" [...] |
2004-04-14 17:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PHUM PINR CO |
| 04BOGOTA3894 |
UPDATE ON COLOMBIAN DRAFT LEGISLATION TOUCHING ON [...] (S) Summary: The Colombian House of Representatives is close to a final vote on criminal procedure code reforms. The GOC, supported strongly by the Embassy, is pushing for status quo on the article that addresses extradition. A sizable number of congressmen, however, continues to advocate n [...] |
2004-04-16 23:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR CO |
| 04BOGOTA4058 |
HOUSE DEFEATS MEASURE TO MODIFY EXTRADITION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-22 15:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR CO |
| 04BOGOTA4214 |
COLOMBIA'S DEBATE OVER MASS DETENTIONS [...] (C) Some human rights NGOs oppose the GOC's policy of large-scale detentions. The GOC, however, insists that such detentions are consistent with legal norms and points out that between 60 and 70 percent of persons arrested in such operations remain in custody based on judicially-sanctioned or [...] |
2004-04-26 16:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ELAB PROP MOPS CO |
| 04BOGOTA4319 |
THREE ALLEGED IRA MEMBERS ACQUITTED ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Three Irish citizens -- Niall Connolly, Martin McCauley, and James Monaghan -- were acquitted on charges of training Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas in the use of explosives and urban terrorist tactics. The three men were, however, found guilty of entering the cou [...] |
2004-04-28 22:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM PREL KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA4332 |
PROSECUTOR GENERAL CONTINUES REFORMS AMID CRITICISM [...] (S) Although he cannot evade responsibility for presiding for thirty-three months over an institution polluted by corruption, Prosecutor General ("Fiscal") Luis Camilo Osorio has followed through on his promise to remove officials who fail polygraph exams or are otherwise suspected of corrupti [...] |
2004-04-29 15:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR CO |
| 04BOGOTA4507 |
U/S GROSSMAN'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS [...] (U) April 29, 2004, 1:45-2:30pm, U.S. Embassy Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- U/S Marc Grossman Ambassador William B. Wood General James T. Hill, SouthCom Ambassador Daniel A. Johnson, POLAD Col. Napoli, Southcom Stewart Tuttle, Deputy Political Counselor Charles Barclay, WHA [...] |
2004-05-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PTER KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA4951 |
NEXT STEPS IN PARAMILITARY PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: On May 14, Ambassador and Peace Commissioner Restrepo discussed the paramilitary peace agreement. The paramilitary leaders have a month to concentrate. Restrepo speculated they agreed after almost destroying the talks because: (1) the government had followed a consistent line a [...] |
2004-05-17 12:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV PINR PINS SNAR KJUS CO OAS ELN |
| 04BOGOTA5276 |
THE AUC PEACE PROCESS: AVOIDING ANOTHER CAGUAN [...] (C) In its negotiations with the paramilitaries the Uribe administration has avoided several mistakes the Pastrana administration committed during its fruitless peace process with the FARC. In contrast to talks with the FARC, the Uribe government has used public commentary sparingly and effec [...] |
2004-05-24 22:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER SNAR KJUS PINS CO OAS AUC |
| 04BOGOTA9093 |
PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION MEETING ROUND-UP, [...] The following is an update of some Plan Colombia-related activities reported during the Embassy Plan Colombia Implementation Meetings of August, 2004. --- RSO --- 2. Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program Managers Ed Lee and Jim Schnaible visited post from August 16-21. The purpose o [...] |
2004-09-08 19:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO KPRM |
| 04BOGOTA9325 |
PRESIDENT SIGNS REVISED CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE [...] (U) On August 31, President Uribe signed into law a new criminal procedure code consistent with Colombia's transition to an accusatory criminal justice system. Approval of the code by the Colombian Congress was a somewhat novel example of cooperative relations between the GOC and both houses o [...] |
2004-09-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS CO |
| 04BOGOTA9364 |
U/S GROSSMAN'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE AND [...] (C) Summary. On September 9, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman had separate meetings with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Vice-President Francisco Santos in Cartagena. Grossman thanked Uribe and Santos for their efforts to secure the safe release of the three American [...] |
2004-09-16 15:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SNAR KJUS CVIS CO |
| 04BOGOTA9437 |
ELN WILLING TO TALK BUT NOT MUCH [...] (U) On September 6, the Central Command (COCE) of the National Liberation Army (ELN) formally responded to the GOC's August 3 communiqu reported reftel. The ELN's written response criticized the GOC for its delay in responding to the ELN's June 4 negotiating proposal and for failing to addres [...] |
2004-09-16 21:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM EAID KJUS PINR CO ELN |
| 04BOGOTA9526 |
FISCALIA ISSUES PREVENTIVE DETENTION ORDERS IN [...] (S/NF) On September 16, the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") issued preventive detention orders against one officer, two enlisted men, and a civilian informant in the ongoing investigation of the killing of three trade unionists on August 5. The three soldiers had been in Fiscali [...] |
2004-09-20 22:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD PTER KJUS CO ILO |
| 04BOGOTA9698 |
VISITING EMBASSY BOGOTA? [...] (U) Due to the large volume of visitors to US Embassy Bogota and due to the Congressional Capacity Count restrictions for US personnel in Colombia, Post is outlining requirements for country clearance approval for all official visitors. Except under very exceptional circumstances, Post requi [...] |
2004-09-23 21:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER KJUS MARR PREL CO |
| 04BOGOTA9702 |
WHO ARE THE PARAMILITARY COMMANDERS? [...] (C) Paramilitary groups participating in peace talks in Santa Fe de Ralito submitted a list to the OAS of their 14-member negotiating team and 19 commanders who are present in the concentration zone. The largest paramilitary group represented in the zone is the AUC, which is commanded by thre [...] |
2004-09-23 21:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER SNAR KJUS PINR PHUM CO AUC |
| 04BRASILIA1076 |
BRAZIL TO GET A NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mauricio Correa, Chief Justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Tribunal, will step down May 9 when he reaches the mandatory retirement age of 70. This will be a great relief to the Lula administration because Correa has been a frequent and personal critic of President Lula and Chief [...] |
2004-05-04 18:26:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PINR SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA1923 |
BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT TO DECIDE KEY CASES THIS [...] (SBU) Judge Nelson Jobim, who in May rotated into a two-year stint as Chief Justice of the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF), is already putting his stamp on the court's way of doing business (ref A). On July 30, Jobim marked the end of the July recess by doing something no other Chief J [...] |
2004-08-02 14:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS ECON SOCI BR |
| 04BRASILIA2004 |
ONE LESS ROGUE IN THE GALLERY: POLITICIAN CHARGED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Carlos Xavier on August 10 became the first legislator ever expelled from the District Assembly (equivalent to a state senate) of the Federal District of Brasilia. No mean feat, given the Assembly's notoriety as a haven for scoundrels. Xavier, who emerged from humble origins, [...] |
2004-08-10 15:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM BR |
| 04BRASILIA2745 |
FEAR AND INTIMIDATION EVIDENT IN MURDER CASE OF [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In an October 15, 2004 meeting with poloff, a Brazilian Ministry of Labor (MOL) Inspection Counselor agreed with recent press reports that finger local agricultural magnates in the January 28, 2004 assassination of three MOL labor inspectors and their driver ne [...] |
2004-11-01 15:45:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KCRM KJUS CASC SOCI BR |
| 04BRATISLAVA1077 |
SLOVAKS UNLIKELY TO EXTRADITE NATIONALS OUTSIDE [...] (C) Branislav Bohacik, Director of the Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters Division of the Slovak Ministry of Justice, told emboffs 11/19 that Slovakia wants to update its bilateral extradition treaty with the United States and looks forward to negotiations on a bilateral protocol to the [...] |
2004-11-30 15:50:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA37 |
SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 1-10, 2004 [...] (U) JANUARY 1 MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE REORGANIZATION OF THE SLOVAK POLICE PRESIDIUM. THE OFFICE FOR THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST CORRUPTION UNDER JOZEF SATEK, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF PARTICULARLY SERIOUS CRIME, WILL INVESTIGATE ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION AND [...] |
2004-01-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SMIG KJUS LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA51 |
TRAFFICKING VICTIM TELLS HER STORY [...] Summary: A Slovak woman came to Embassy Bratislava to provide details on her ordeal of being a victim of human trafficking and how she used fraudulent documents to enter and remain in the U.S. between 1998 and 2003. Conoff and poloff initially interviewed the subject on December 29, 2003. RSO [...] |
2004-01-16 06:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PGOV KJUS LO |
| 04BRATISLAVA675 |
FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR THE NEW GENERAL PROSECUTOR [...] (U) Summary. In January Parliament approved General Prosecutor Dobroslav Trnka's appointment to a five-year term. The Office of the General Prosecutor (GP), an entity completely independent from the Ministry of Justice (MOJ), is leading several investigations with high political interest and f [...] |
2004-07-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR PINR LO |
| 04BRUSSELS3159 |
EU/CHINA: READOUT OF JUNE 30 HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 29-30 the EU and China held a joint seminar on Chinese ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (refs A, C). EU reporting, relayed to poloff by a Policy Unit staffer, described the seminar as useful overall -- with a "wonderful atmo [...] |
2004-07-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PARM KDEM KJUS CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4536 |
EUROPOL - FEELING ITS WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. During their recent visits to The Hague, DHS Secretary Ridge and AG Ashcroft announced the assignment of an FBI agent to Europol's reconstituted task force on counter terrorism and a Secret Service agent for counterfeiting. This strengthened U.S. law enforcement liaison sugge [...] |
2004-10-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS5255 |
MEETING WITH THE PORTUGUESE ON THE EXTRADITION AND [...] On December 10, USEU Senior Counsel Mark Richard, Embassy Paris Justice Attache Ken Harris and USEU/NAS Frank Kerber attended a meeting arranged by Embassy Lisbon in an attempt to explore the possible options for resolving outstanding issues with respect to the conclusion of the Portuguese pr [...] |
2004-12-13 16:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KCRM KJUS PO PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS862 |
STATUS OF BILATERAL PROTOCOLS ON EXTRADITION AND [...] (U) The U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) were signed at the Summit in Washington on June 25, 2003. Before these agreements can be sent to Congress for ratification, protocols to existing bilateral extradition and MLATs must be negotiated. In the limited in [...] |
2004-02-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KCRM KJUS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2540 |
AMIA BOMBING DEFENDENTS ACQUITTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A three judge panel last night, citing the prosecution's failure to prove their guilt, acquitted all 22 Argentine defendants charged in the 1994 AMIA Jewish Community Center terrorist bombing. The panel faulted the original Judge Juan Jose Galeano and prosecutors and blamed the [...] |
2004-09-03 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES2712 |
AMIA TRIAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recused trial judge Juan Jose Galeano tendered his resignation September 13 to the President in the face of the ongoing investigation into the alleged irregularities committed in his investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of the Jewish Community Center (AMIA). President Ki [...] |
2004-09-23 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3081 |
COURT RELEASES DOCUMENTS SUPPORTING SEPTEMBER 2 [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. On October 29, the Third Federal Oral Court finally released the documentation supporting the three-judge panel's September 2 acquittal of all 22 Argentine defendants (including the 5 principle defendants - 4 Buenos Aires policemen and the chop-shop owner who [...] |
2004-11-01 21:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR AMIA |
| 04BUENOSAIRES3186 |
DELIVERY OF ARTICLE 98 DEMARCHE TO ARGENTINA [...] (C) Ambassador Gutierrez delivered on November 12 the Article 98 talking points from reftel to the Argentine Under Secretary for Foreign Policy Roberto Garcia Moritan. SIPDIS Ambassador Gutierrez underscored the importance of Article 98 agreements in our bilateral relationships and noted we [...] |
2004-11-12 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS MARR PREL AR KICC DEMARCHE |
| 04CARACAS2199 |
PRESIDENT OF TSJ ELECTORAL CHAMBER RETIRES [...] (U) THE PRESIDENT OF THE ELECTORAL CHAMBER OF THE SUPREME COURT (TSJ) ALBERTO MARTINI RETIRED FROM THE TSJ ON JULY 7, ALONG WITH JUSTICES RAFAEL HERNANDEZ AND RAFAEL PEREZ PERDOMO. MARTINI AND HERNANDEZ, BOTH MEMBERS OF THE ELECTORAL CHAMBER, WILL BE REPLACED BY PRO-CHAVEZ ALTERNATES. THE TSJ [...] |
2004-07-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS2441 |
VENEZUELAN TRIAL PROCEDURES AND POLITICAL JUSTICE [...] (U) Court cases against various opponents of President Hugo Chavez are at different stages in the judicial process. The case of Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles, though he has been in custody for more than two months, is in its initial stages, while the case of National Guard Gen. Carlos Alfonzo [...] |
2004-08-02 15:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS2539 |
VENEZUELA MAYOR RELEASE AGAIN DENIED [...] (U) Caracas Control Judge Leon Villanueva rejected a defense motion to release jailed Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles on August 4. Villanueva was assigned the case when an Appeals Court ruled the case be reassigned and defense motions considered again. Villanueva scheduled a hearing for August [...] |
2004-08-09 11:48:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS2580 |
VENEZUELAN PRISONER NEWS [...] (U) Judge Carmen Amelia Chacin found Gen. Carlos Alfonzo Martinez guilty of violating security zones and sentenced him to five years probation August 9. The judge also prohibited Alfonzo Martinez from making statements to the media as one of the conditions of his probation. Judge Chacin found [...] |
2004-08-12 13:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KJUS PGOV VE |
| 04CARACAS2702 |
VENEZUELAN MAYOR CARPRILES (STILL) HELD FOR TRIAL [...] (U) A Caracas judge ruled August 18 that Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles should stand trial for the events at the Cuban Embassy on April 12, 2002. The judge also ruled that Capriles should remain in jail. PolOff attempted to attend the Capriles trial August 17, but was denied entry as was the [...] |
2004-08-24 20:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS2808 |
VENEZUELAN MAYOR RELEASED FROM PRISON [...] (C) Judge Dayva Soto Vallenilla released Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles from pre-trial detention September 6, following a defense motion on September 2. Capriles must appear before the court every 15 days, remain in Venezuela, and is not allowed to make public comments on the case against him [...] |
2004-09-08 13:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV VE |
| 04CARACAS3219 |
VENEZUELAN PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATES 400 FOR [...] (U) Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson took testimony from three media executives at the beginning of October as part of his investigation into the events of April 12-13, 2002. Anderson announced on September 17 that he was reopening the investigation of persons who had supported the inte [...] |
2004-10-19 21:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS3270 |
CONVICTIONS IN USON AND TACHIRA CASES [...] (U) On October 13 a court in Tachira State convicted eight persons on charges of rebellion in relation to the events of April 2002. The court found on of the original nine defendants not guilty, and five of them are free one probation. On October 11 a military court convicted retired Army Gen [...] |
2004-10-22 20:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS3369 |
SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT URGES WORLD BANK LOANS [...] (C) Ivan Rincon Urdaneta, President of Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ), touted past judicial cooperation with the U.S. and World Bank in a meeting with the Ambassador October 25. Rincon suggested it would be in Venezuelan and U.S. interest for the World Bank to approve the $45 million loan for [...] |
2004-10-29 22:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS3395 |
VENEZUELAN SUPREME COURT INTERVENES IN SUMATE CASE [...] (C) The Penal Chamber of the Venezuelan Supreme Court November 2 suspended the case against four members of the NGO SUMATE facing charges of conspiracy to overthrow the government. The Penal Chamber agreed to investigate whether the crime the prosecutor alleges that the Sumate representative [...] |
2004-11-02 20:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS3431 |
VENEZUELA JUDICIAL UPDATE: CASES DISMISSED, NEW [...] (C) A Caracas Appeals Court overturned the conviction of National Guard Gen. Carlos Alfonzo Martinez on November 1 on grounds that the actions alleged by the prosecutor did not constitute a crime under Venezuela's Penal Code. The same court, citing similar grounds, dismissed the charges agai [...] |
2004-11-05 20:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS3618 |
SUMATE CASE TO GO FORWARD, BUT SLOWLY [...] (C) A ruling by the Penal Chamber of Venezuela's Supreme Court November 16 is likely to result in a long delay in the case against the NGO Sumate. The Chamber's ruling requires the lower court to admit several pieces of evidence into the case prior to a preliminary hearing, including testimo [...] |
2004-11-23 18:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS3677 |
RESULTS OF JUDICIAL REFORM IN VENEZUELA: MOVING [...] (C) The administration of justice in Venezuela faces criticism on two principal grounds. The first is the claim, voiced by the political opposition, NGOs, judges, and the World Bank, that the justice system is not politically neutral, and that prosecutors and judges are acting according to [...] |
2004-11-29 12:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS3679 |
RECENT HISTORY OF JUDICIAL REFORM IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Venezuela's judicial system, according to a variety of experts, suffers a number of structural flaws, including politicization of the courts and the shock waves of the switch to an adversarial court system. Judges, academics, and journalists concur that judicial reform has had mixed res [...] |
2004-11-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS3704 |
VENEZUELAN POLICE RAID HEBREW CULTURAL CENTER [...] (U) Venezuelan police investigating the killing of prosecutor Danilo Anderson searched the Hebrew Club in Caracas November 29 for three hours. The search, which began at 6:30 a.m. and disrupted the arrival of 1,500 students to the school on the premises, turned up no evidence or weapons. L [...] |
2004-12-01 12:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KIRF VE |
| 04CARACAS3745 |
UPDATE ON ANDERSON INVESTIGATION [...] (U) Police investigating the assassination of Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson have killed two suspects, while a judge has ordered three former police officers (two brothers and their cousin), detained on charges of murder. Lawyers and family members allege that the three were tortured [...] |
2004-12-06 15:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS3748 |
AFTERSHOCKS OF VENEZUELAN PROSECUTOR'S KILLING [...] (U) At President Hugo Chavez's order, following the killing of prosecutor Danilo Anderson, Venezuela's National Defense Council November 23, began to define a GOV anti-terrorism strategy. Measures will include tighter border and communications security, and bodyguards for GOV officials. Th [...] |
2004-12-06 18:56:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PGOV KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS3805 |
VENEZUELA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL CHALLENGES APRIL 2002 [...] (U) Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez asked Venezuela's Supreme Court (TSJ) December 2 to overturn its decision which freed four alleged military leaders of the April 2002 events and rejected his request to try the officers for military rebellion. The case is important because it established [...] |
2004-12-09 19:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS3846 |
VENEZUELAN ASSEMBLY APPOINTS NEW SUPREME COURT [...] (U) Venezuela's National Assembly appointed 17 new Supreme Court justices and 32 alternates December 13. The appointments expanded the Court by 12 justices, and replaced 5 retired or removed justices. Opposition Deputies boycotted the vote. Among those appointed are two Deputies from Pres [...] |
2004-12-15 13:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS VE |
| 04CARACAS620 |
ADVANCING THE REVLUTION: BRINGING THE ATTORNEY [...] (C ON FEBRUARY 18, CARMEN ALGUINDIGUE, DIRECTOR OF PROCEDURAL ACTION AND ONE OF THREE KEY CAREER EMPLOEES IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE, WAS FIRED. ACCORDING TO LEGATT, AT LEAST TWO MORE TOP EMPLYEES IN THE ORGANIZATION WILL BE FIRED AS PART O A STRATEGY TO FORCE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFI [...] |
2004-02-20 20:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS VE |
| 04DJIBOUTI1375 |
DEMARCHE TO HOST GOVERNMENT: US NOMINEE FOR [...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche per reftel via diplomatic note 24 October 2004 to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Mohamed Ali Hassan. Demarche has not yet elicited a response from the MFA. Post will follow-up on the issue at earliest opportunity. RAGSDAL [...] |
2004-10-28 05:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS PHUM DJ |
| 04DJIBOUTI595 |
JUSTICE REROUTED, AMCIT SENTENCED [...] (U) U.S. Citizen Alan Funk (PPT# 156160695) has received a six month suspended prison sentence and a 1.6 million DF (U.S.$9,040) fine from the Djiboutian court of appeals for his role in a March 2000 traffic accident in which a Djiboutian man was killed. Funk was absolved of any wrongdoing in [...] |
2004-04-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT KJUS CASC CJAN PHUM PREL ECON EINV KISL DJ |
| 04DUBLIN1471 |
URGENT ACTION: WITNESSES, EVIDENCE NEEDED FOR OCT [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See para 5 & 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of Ireland has set the new trial date of Mary Kelly for Wednesday, October 20th, 2004. The court requires Commander William Snyder, Lieutenant Commander Kurt [...] |
2004-10-01 13:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS MARR MOPS EI |
| 04DUBLIN1605 |
IRISH TO SUPPORT MERON IN ICTY ELECTION [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-22 13:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM UNGA |
| 04DUBLIN837 |
URGENT REQUEST FOR USG WITNESSES FOR JUNE 16 TRIAL [...] This is an urgent action request. See para 5. 2. Embassy received diplomatic note from Irish Department of Foreign Affairs on June 1, relaying a request from the Irish police (Garda Siochana) for USG witnesses to testify at the June 16 re-trial of Irish citizen Mary Kelly, charged with [...] |
2004-06-02 12:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL KJUS EI |
| 04GUATEMALA2192 |
STAFFDEL SIMON [...] (U) Summary: Jennifer Simon, Professional Staff to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Guatemala from August 21-25. During her visit, Simon met with a broad range of GOG and NGO contacts, including Vice President Eduardo Stein, MFA Vice-Minister Marta Altolaguirre, Human Rights [...] |
2004-08-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR MARR KJUS ASEC GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2248 |
GUATEMALA: ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE SQUATTERS LEAVES [...] (SBU) Summary: At least ten persons, including four police, were killed in an August 31 police attempt to remove several hundred squatters from a farm in southwestern Guatemala. The squatters had occupied the farm to protest GOG inaction following the apparent disappearance last year of the [...] |
2004-09-02 17:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS ASEC SNAR KCRM GT |
| 04GUATEMALA2637 |
GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. NOMINEE FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-18 18:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA2869 |
GUATEMALA OFFERS EXCHANGE OF SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On November 12, the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry informed us that Guatemala is willing to support the candidacy of Judge Theodor Meron for reelection to the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia provided that the USG support [...] |
2004-11-12 19:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC PHUM GT UNGA |
| 04GUATEMALA29 |
CICIACS: PENDING CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7, the Government of Guatemala and the UN signed an agreement to establish a Commission on the Investigation of Illegal Bodies and Clandestine Apparatuses (CICIACS) at the UN Headquarters in New York. Foreign Minister Gutierrez represented the GOG at the signing cerem [...] |
2004-01-09 17:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS GT UN |
| 04HANOI2009 |
TEXT OF VIETNAM'S NEW ORDINANCE ON RELIGION [...] (U) Following is an unofficial Embassy translation of Vietnam's new Ordinance on Belief and Religion. //Begin text// Ordinance on Belief and Religion Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/Q [...] |
2004-07-19 10:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS KIRF VM RELFREE HUMANR |
| 04HANOI2878 |
AMBASSADOR, CA A/S HARTY DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 20 meeting, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Uong Chu Luu identified for the Ambassador and Consular Affairs A/S Harty a number of areas where he thought the Vietnamese legal system needs reform, most notably in commercial law. Minister Luu also spoke very highly of [...] |
2004-10-25 01:22:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS VM |
| 04HANOI693 |
February 24 Repatriation Discussions [...] (U) Summary. A joint DOS/DHS delegation proffered a new approach to resolving the issue of the acceptance by Vietnam (GVN) of its nationals, based on the successful arrangement now in place with the Royal Cambodian Government (RGC). GVN officials agreed to review the new approach, but held t [...] |
2004-03-09 05:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KJUS PREL CASC VM |
| 04HELSINKI1504 |
FINLAND WILL SIGN BILATERAL INSTRUMENT TO U.S.-EU [...] (U) Poloff on November 29 spoke about the bilateral instrument with Matti Joutsen, the Director for International Relations at the Ministry of Justice. Joutsen said that the GoF was "favorably disposed" to signing the bilateral instrument in Brussels on Dec. 15 or 16. Joutsen said that Fin [...] |
2004-11-29 13:38:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KCRM KJUS PREL FI EUN |
| 04JAKARTA7036 |
YUDHOYONO AND MEGAWATI ENTER RUN-OFF; WIRANTO AND [...] (C) The Indonesian Electoral Commission (KPU) on July 26 certified final results from the first round Presidential election, placing Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and President Megawati Soekarnoputri into the September runoff election. An advisor to retired General Wiranto told us that Wiranto plan [...] |
2004-07-28 00:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM ID |
| 04KINSHASA1972 |
DEMARCHE TO GDRC ON JUDGE THEODOR MERON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Djoli Eseng Ekeli, Deputy Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on October 22, 2004. Ekeli replied that Judge Meron had impressive credentials and had done an excellent job at the ICTJ. He said that he would recommend GDRC support for his candidacy. MEEC [...] |
2004-10-22 13:36:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KAWC PHUM CG UNGA |
| 04KUWAIT1334 |
(C) GUANTANAMO: PROPOSED KUWAITI DELEGATION TO [...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received diplomatic note number 20040895 dated April 21, 2004 from MFA, formally proposing May 3 (vice April 26 in reftel) as the date for a GOK delegation to visit Washington, DC/Ft. Belvoir to discuss the Kuwaiti nationals det [...] |
2004-04-22 06:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1635 |
(C) ARTICLE 98 STILL STALLED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KJUS KU |
| 04KUWAIT1661 |
(S) ISLAMIST EXTREMIST WANTS TO TALK TO U.S., SAYS [...] (S) MFA Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain convoked CDA May 25 to tell him that Jaber al-Jalahma "has information" for the US Embassy. As reported reftel, DNSA Fran Townsend singled out Jalahma by name during her May 4 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed, as an extrem [...] |
2004-05-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL PREL KJUS PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1662 |
(C) ARTICLE 98: "LEAVE IT TO US" [...] (C) MFA Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain told CDA May 25 that the Cabinet's Legal Committee (the Ministers of Justice, Information, and Commerce) would meet May 26 to consider what is needed according to Kuwaiti law to bring the Article 98 agreement into force. He said MFA would s [...] |
2004-05-25 14:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KJUS KU |
| 04KUWAIT1731 |
(S) JALAHMA TRIES TO SHOW HE'S NOT SUCH AN [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In a two-and-a-half-hour conversation with PolChief June 01, Kuwaiti Islamist extremist Jaber Al-Jalahma (ref A) denied ever having been a member of Al-Qaeda and ever having funded men of violence. He expressed ambivalence about 9/11 and similar attacks: good in [...] |
2004-06-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL PGOV PREL KJUS PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1810 |
(C) ARTICLE 98: FM EXPECTS RECESS-RATIFICATION BY [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah told Charge June 7 that the Cabinet had decided June 6 that the Constitution requires ratification of the Article 98 agreement by the National Assembly. As the Assembly is about to recess for the summer, he said he expected the [...] |
2004-06-08 13:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KJUS KU |
| 04KUWAIT1904 |
(S) PROPOSED RELEASE OF KUWAITI GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] |
2004-06-19 13:17:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT198 |
(C) S/WCI AMB. PROSPER DISCUSSES IRAQI SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK pressed for special attention to be given to prosecuting crimes of the Saddam Hussein regime committed against Kuwaitis. At S/WCI Amb. Prosper's suggestion, the GOK agreed to wor | ||||