US embassy cable - 05ASUNCION945

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ASUNCION 000945 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12358: N/A 
TAGS: OTRA, MASS, PA 
SUBJECT:  US EMBASSY ASUNCION TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) 
CONCURRENCE FOR NAVAL SPECIAL WARFARE COUNTER NARCO- 
TERRORIST (CNT) DEPLOYMENT TO PARAGUAY ON SPA 2005CNT014N 
 
REF:  COMSOCSOUTH, TERMS OF REFERENCE (TOR) FOR NAVAL 
SPECIAL WARFARE COUNTER NARCO-TERRORISM (CNT) DEPLOYMENT TO 
PARAGUAY FOR MISSION SPA2006CNT014N, FY06-1 MSG 
DTG 192044Z May 05 
 
1.   The Chief of Mission, John F. Keane, Chief 
USODC, COL Arie Bogaard and General de 
Ejrcito Jos Key Kanazawa, Commander in Chief 
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of the Paraguayan Armed Forces, have 
concurred/ approved with this deployment and 
the TOR. The DEA Section Chief, Milton 
Milford, requests SOF support of this 
training. 
 
2. Country Team concurs with dates of PDSS, 
ADVON and Main Body and the training POI. 
Airborne training is authorized by Chief, 
USODC in conjunction with training POI.  The 
Focus of the training will be on providing a 
capability to Paraguayan units that conduct 
tactical reconnaissance and surveillance of 
clandestine airstrips that facilitate arms and 
narcotics trafficking in Paraguay in support 
of direct actions against those targets by 
Paraguayan police and military components. The 
COMIM will be the sponsoring unit because of 
Navy to Navy coordination and training areas 
requirements but the SENAD is the unit that 
will drive the POI refinement. 
 
3. The special operations elements of the 
Comando Infantera de Marina (COMIM)[Marines 
equivalent] (10 Pax), Secretaria Nacional Anti 
Drogas (SENAD) [Military component of DEA 
equivalent](20 Pax), Compaa Contraterrorista 
de las Tropas Especiales del Ejrcito(TEE) 
[SOF equivalent] (5 Pax), Regimiento Escolta 
Presidencial (REP)[Military Secret Service 
Equivalent] (5 Pax), Brigada Aerotransportada 
[Airborne equivalent], Secretara de 
Prevencin e Investigacin de Terrorismo 
(SEPRINTE) and Fuerzas Operacionales 
Policiales Especiales (FOPE) (5 Pax combined) 
will participate.  A total of 50 Pax will 
train.  Training locations will be Asuncion, 
Puerto Rosario and Ciudad del Este if 
locations are determined suitable during the 
PDSS. 
 
4. PA Units to be trained are authorized to 
support law enforcement agencies in operations 
involving CNT situations within Paraguay. The 
SENAD, the Paraguayan DEA equivalent, includes a 
joint military SOF component, and has direct 
responsibility for counter narcotics operations, 
specifically eradication of Marijuana but does 
provide R & S in support of operations against 
Cocaine traffickers as well.  Due to operational 
ional 
needs all military forces either have an explicit 
charge or implicitly provide support to counter 
narcotics/counter terrorism through this linkage 
of CD and CT.  Currently three units have a 
presidential decree for CT: SEPRINTE, REP and the 
CT Company of the TEE.  Paraguay is working on 
providing the CT company a joint capability, hence 
the participation of the other services in this 
CNT, such as the FOPE.  Both FOPE and SEPRINTE are 
from the national police and are two distinct 
groups, which support USG CT efforts.  Both FOPE 
and SEPRINTE combined conduct joint USG-supported 
CT missions. 
 
5. ODC Operations Officer will provide threat 
update upon arrival.  Deploying forces need to 
conduct their own force protection threat 
assessment and RDAs.  Recommend this be a task of 
the ADVON.  ODC will support as necessary. 
 
6. COL Arie Bogaard, CHODC Paraguay, is the CDR 
USSOUTHCOM designated risk determination authority 
and has TACON for force protection over deployed 
forces.  COL Arie Bogaard's assessment is that 
contact with hostile elements is unlikely and the 
area is secure and adequately protected. 
 
7. The general threat in the designated training 
areas in and around Asuncin is LOW for domestic 
terrorists and HIGH for crime and in Puerto 
Rosario LOW for domestic terrorists and LOW for 
crime.  The general threat around Ciudad del Este 
is HIGH for transnational terrorists and HIGH for 
crime.  Crime consists of larceny, robbery and 
rarely at gunpoint.  There appears to be no direct 
targeting of U.S. personnel.  Host nation military 
will provide sufficient security on military 
installations to deter threat to U.S. personnel 
and equipment in transit. 
 
8. Weapons and ammunition will be transported 
IAW ODC and Army policies and regulations. 
Chief of Mission, DCM, and CHODC are approval 
authorities for any use of weapons outside of 
training area or during transit of 
weapons/ammunition for force protection. 
Prior to deployment of weapons the following 
information must be provided to ODC for 
submission to RSO: Make, Model, Serial Number. 
 
9.  Maximize use of unclassified transmission. 
For all classified messages use a tear line.  All 
information which is authorized for release to the 
Paraguayan Armed forces in order to coordinate the 
exercise mentioned in reference above should be 
marked as:  (U//FOUO//REL TO USA and PRY) or 
(C//REL TO USA and PRY).  Approval authority for 
special markings is your Foreign Disclosure 
Officer.  Information that is improperly marked 
will result in a delay or cancellation of mission 
due to ODC's inability to release information if 
improperly marked. 
 
10. Deploying units should have a Public Affairs 
plan.  Elected politicians and cabinet level 
officers of the government of Paraguay are 
frequently invited to final exercise to aid in 
transparency issues that will secure further 
training opportunities.  The Press is invited to 
specific events such as the final exercise. 
 
11. Dipnotes (officio) have been approved in 
support of this deployment. Approved message dated 
30 JUN 05, provides the deployed element with 
protections equal to that of Admin and Technical 
personnel from the embassy. 
 
12. POC/Major Marvin G. Loera, Operations 
Officer/ODC PARAGUAY/TEL:  COMM 595-21-208- 
207; FAX 595-21-210-827; DSN 294-9000-59395 E- 
MAIL: Loeramg@asuncion.mg.southcom.mil 
KEANE