US embassy cable - 05PANAMA1578

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REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING

Identifier: 05PANAMA1578
Wikileaks: View 05PANAMA1578 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Panama
Created: 2005-07-27 18:17:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags: PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
UNCLAS PANAMA 001578 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN TOM PIERCE, WHA/PPC CLARK LYNN, 
DRL JEANETTE DAVIS AND INR JENNA BEN-YEHUDA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, MASS, PREL, PM, POL OMS 
SUBJECT: REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING 
 
1. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments 
of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, Embassy requests 
that Washington conduct soonest the required human rights 
review of the below listed Panamanian Public Force 
person(s) and/or unit(s) and that State Department 
transmit the results to Embassy and U.S. Southern 
Command. 
 
National Police (PNP), Police Zone Darien Kuna Yala 
DARKUN), Pablo Arcenio Villarreta Valds, E-4, 10-JAN- 
1980, 2-707-471 
 
National Police (PNP), Grupo Operaciones Especiales, 
Special Operations Group, Eric Jovany Mendez Concepcin, 
E-4, 07-OCT-1970, 4-224-701 
 
 
 
National Maritime Service (SMN), Infanteria de Marina, 
Special Operations Group, Franklin Enrique Araz Lpez, E- 
4, 06-MAR-1974, 4-273-19 
 
National Air Service (SAN), Policia Aerea, Grupo 
Operaciones Especiales, Air Police, Special Operations 
Group, Boris Rene Rodriguez Vargas, E-8, 28-SEP-1963, 
2-112-981 
 
National Air Service (SAN), Policia Aerea Grupo 
Especiales, Operaciones Air Police, Special Operations 
Group, Ricardo Alfonso Carrasquilla Robledo, E-4, 
11-NOV-1978, 8-723-545 
 
2.  (U) Embassy is currently conducting its own review 
and has thus far found no credible information that the 
aforementioned person(s)/unit(s) has been involved in 
gross human rights violations.  Embassy thanks the 
Department in advance for its timely consideration of and 
response to this matter. 
 
DANILOWICZ 

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