US embassy cable - 05PANAMA1652

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Identifier:	05PANAMA1652
Wikileaks:	View 05PANAMA1652 at Wikileaks.org
Origin:	Embassy Panama
Created:	2005-08-08 19:12:00
Classification:	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Tags:	PHUM MASS PREL PM POL OMS
Redacted:	This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.

UNCLAS PANAMA 001652 
 
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), Sub-Director General de 
Operaciones, Deputy Director General of Operations, 
Emanuel Landau Herrera, O-6, 29-MAY-1960, 8-211-2114. 
 
National Police (PNP), Unidad de Mantenimiento de 
Operaciones Fluviales (UMOF), Riverine Unit, Jaime Alexis 
Quintero, E-4, 28-AUG-1975, 4-290-34. 
 
National Police (PNP), Unidad de Mantenimiento de 
Operaciones Fluviales (UMOF), Riverine Unit, Armando 
Augusto Urena Molina, E-6, 29-APR-1968, 8-463-326. 
 
National Maritime Service (SMN), Direccin de 
Operaciones, Operations Directorate, Dolores Pinto 
Garcia, E-5, 19 AUG 1974, 6-85-119. 
 
National Maritime Service (SMN), Infanteria de Marina, 
Special Operations Group, Gabriel Alvarez Arjona, E-4, 30- 
SEP-1979, 4-716-1014. 
 
National Maritime Service (SMN), Infanteria de Marina, 
Special Operations Group, Ricardo Pitti Valdes, E-2, 22- 
DEC-1980, 4-720-905. 
 
National Air Service (SAN), Seccion de Armeria, Grupo 
Operaciones Especiales, Armorer, Special Operations 
Group, Leovigildo Castro, E-6, 15-SEP-1971, 7-111-817. 
 
National Air Service (SAN), Seccion de Armeria, Grupo 
Operaciones Especiales, Armorer, Special Operations 
Group, Eric Daniel Fernandez Aquilar, E-4, 05-OCT-1978, 2- 
704-501. 
 
National Air Service (SAN), Mantenimiento de 
Helicpteros, Helicopter Maintenance Unit, Roberto Tomas 
Leaver Rowley, E-5, 18-MAR-1975, 8-776-399. 
 
National Air Service (SAN), Mantenimiento de 
Helicpteros, Helicopter Maintenance Unit, Agustn Franco 
Ramirez, E-4, 29-DEC-1977, 8-713-2264. 
 
National Air Service (SAN), Mantenimiento de 
Helicpteros, Helicopter Maintenance Unit, Gregorio Oriel 
Garcia Cedeo, E-4, 17-JAN-1976, 7-122-82. 
 
National Air Service (SAN), Mantenimiento de 
Helicpteros, Helicopter Maintenance Unit, Jaime Isaac 
Rodriguez Torres, E-4, 23-ABR-1981, 5-707-2012. 
 
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. 
 
ARREAGA 
 
 
 
 
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