US embassy cable - 05ASUNCION638

UNCLAS ASUNCION 000638 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, PGOV, MASS, PA 
SUBJECT:  HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST ON PARAGUAYAN 
MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM THE BRIGADA AEROTRANSPORTADA AND THE 
PRIMERA BRIGADA DE AVIACION IN SUPPORT OF FUTURE SPECIAL 
OPERATIONS DEPLOYMENT TO PARAGUAY 
 
REF: 99 STATE 85337 
 
1.  THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR WHA/AND.  SEE PARA 2. AND 3. 
 
2.  PER REFTEL, POST IS HEREBY REQUESTING DEPARTMENT 
INITIATE REVIEW OF AVAILABLE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS/FILES FOR 
CREDIBLE INFORMATION OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR 
THE FOLLOWING UNITS OF THE PARAGUAYAN ARMY: 
 
  A.   BRIGADA AEROTRANSPORTADA (BAT), 
B.   PRIMERA BRIGADA DE AVIACION, (1BDA) 
 
3.  ALSO REQUEST THAT STATE CONDUCT A BY NAME LISTING OF THE 
FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH US 
PERSONNEL ON SPA2005JCET400W 
 
A.  UNIT: BRIGADA AEROTRANSPORTADA (BAT) 
RANK NAME                                    DOB 
MSgt   Fredy Rodolfo ACOSTA Ortega           16 Oct 77 
TSgt   Nelson Joel AQUINO Baez               22 Sep 82 
 
SIPDIS 
MSgt   Esteban Hernan BENITEZ Vera           15 Dec 77 
MSgt   Osvaldo BENTO Cristaldo               17 Oct 75 
MSgt   Higinio Anastacio BERNAL Chena        11 Jan 77 
MSgt   Carlos Jorge BLANCO Caceres           16 Sep 72 
MSgt   Roque Ramon CABRERA Caballero         16 Sep 75 
2LT    Sebastian Nicolas CAMPOS Ayala        19 Jun 81 
2LT    Hector Daniel DELGADO Delgado         29 Dec 81 
MSgt   Sebastian DEVACCA Cano                27 Jun 71 
TSgt   Carlos Miguel DIAZ Galeano            29 Jul 82 
 
SIPDIS 
TSgt   Jorge Luis FERREIRA Bernal            9 Apr 82 
 
SIPDIS 
MSgt   Alcides Ramon FERREIRA Rojas          5 Oct 68 
MSgt   Carlos Alberto GONZALEZ Candia        2 May 72 
1LT    Bernardo GONZALEZ Echeverria          11 Aug 79 
MSgt   Nestor Fabian GONZALEZ Gimenez        7 Jul 76 
Maj    Gustavo Eduardo IMAS Del Puerto       7 Oct 66 
TSgt   Felix Daniel GIMENEZ Chuchi           10 Nov 77 
 
SIPDIS 
1LT    Igor Yanilo LEON Britos               22 Dec 76 
MSgt   Gustavo Raul ORTIZ Velazquez          31 Mar 72 
TSgt   Samuel PALACIOS Medina                19 Dec 79 
 
SIPDIS 
MSgt   Placido Antonio PEREZ                 12 Jun 76 
2LT    Edgar de Jesus PORTILLO Guillen       25 Dec 77 
MSgt   Jorge PRIETO Ayala                    3 Jun 74 
MSgt   Hugo Daniel RAMIREZ Natale            26 May 72 
1LT    Cesar Alberto RODRIGUEZ Peralta       29 Nov 74 
MSgt   Dario ROMAN                           19 Dec 75 
2LT    Victor Edilberto ROMERO Presentado    20 Apr 81 
MSgt   Faustino Ruben, SANCHEZ Silva         3 Oct 66 
MSgt   Julio Cesar TORALES Bernal            6 Apr 72 
MSgt   Francisco Teodoro VILLAMAYOR          2 Apr 71 
 
B.  UNIT: PRIMERA BRIGADA DE AVIACION (1BDA) 
RANK NAME                               DOB 
 
LTC    Fernando NOLDIN                       30 May 60 
LTC    Miguel BORDON                         12 Aug 60 
LTC    Carlos MENDOZA                        15 Mar 60 
LTC    Braulio PIRIS                         20 Aug 61 
MSgt   Ovidio MIRANDA                        23 Mar 57 
MSgt   Claudio LOVERA                        12 Aug 66 
MSgt   Jose YUDICE                           4 May 72 
SSgt   Francisco CANTERO                     8 Aug 77 
CPT    Patricia MOSCARDA                     30 Aug 61 
LT     Santiago GARCIA                       1 Jun 70 
SGM    Feliciano SILVA                       24 Jan 51 
SSG    Angel BARRIOS                         1 Oct 76 
SSG    Claudio FERNANDEZ                     11 Feb 77 
 
 
 
4.  THEY HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR DOD FUNDED TRAINING. 
PERSONNEL WILL BE ATTENDING TRAINING SPONSORED BY U.S. DOD 
ASSETS.  REPLY IS REQUESTED NLT 13 MAY 05. U.S. FORCES PLAN 
TO TRAIN ON THIS DEPLOYMENT. 
 
5.  POST HAS COMPLETED VETTING OF INDIVIDUALS LISTED ABOVE. 
POST IS NOT CAPABLE OF DOING VETTING OF UNITS, AS POST 
DATABASE DOES NOT SUPPORT VETTING OF UNITS.  POST HAS FOUND 
NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE OF GROSS VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS BY 
THESE INDIVIDUALS. 
 
6.  PER REFTEL, ONLY UPON COMPLETION OF DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW 
AND POST'S RECEIPT OF AUTHORIZING CABLE WE WILL PROVIDE THE 
REQUIRED HUMAN RIGHTS VERIFICATION STATEMENT FOR THIS 
TRAINING. U.S. FORCES PLAN TO TRAIN ON FUTURE DEPLOYMENTS. 
KEANE