US embassy cable - 05PANAMA1596

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REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING

Identifier: 05PANAMA1596
Wikileaks: View 05PANAMA1596 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Panama
Created: 2005-07-28 21:35:00
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 001596 
 
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. 
 
PTJ, Sex Exploitation Unit, Carlos Enrique Ortega Medina, 
18 July 1962, 8-283-854 
 
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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