Cablegate: Third Dipnote Re Death of Peruvian Contractor In

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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 LIMA 005309

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR WHA/AND, L/PM, PM, DS/IP/WHA, DS/IP/OPO

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV MARR ASEC PE
SUBJECT: THIRD DIPNOTE RE DEATH OF PERUVIAN CONTRACTOR IN
AFGHANISTAN

REF: A) LIMA 5286, B) LIMA 5231

1. On 12/14, the Peruvian Foreign Ministry presented the
Embassy with a third diplomatic note regarding the death in
Afghanistan of Peruvian citizen Martin Jara. In this
instance, the Foreign Ministry conveys the request of the
31st Lima Public Prosecutor's Office that Mr. Jara's body be
returned to Lima intact, with its internal organs and blood,
and accompanied by a copy of the autopsy report done in
Afghanistan, in order to safeguard forensic evidence
regarding Mr. Jara's demise. (NOTE: Embassy understands
that per international airfreight standards, a body may not
be shipped without at least "partial" embalming. END NOTE.)
An informal translation of the diplomatic note is contained
in paragraph 2. Embassy requests guidance from the
Department on how to respond to this diplomatic note.

2. (Begin text of dipnote)

NOTE RE (SCP) No. 6 - 3/468

(Complimentary opening) and wishes to refer to its Notes
Nos. 6-3/458 and 6-3/464, dated December 5 and 9, 2005,
regarding the death of Peruvian citizen MARTIN ALBERTO JARA
HICHARD, who was working as a security guard in Afghanistan.

In that regard, the 31st Provincial Prosecutor's Office of
Lima, through its official communication No. 21-2005-31
FPPTP, dated December 9, 2005, requested the intervention of
the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Secretariat of Peruvian
Communities Abroad in order for "the corpse of Peruvian
citizen Martin Alberto Jara Hichard, who died in the city of
Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 2, 2005, to be transported
to Peru, in its present state, i.e., preserving his internal
organs, as well as his blood. Likewise, the findings of the
autopsy performed on his body in that country should be sent
along with the corpse. The Prosecutor's Office wishes to
point out that the corpse is currently being kept at
Bagharam Air Force Base in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the
"Worldwide Assistance" Corporation has been the company
responsible for moving the corpse, according to the e-mail
that is being attached to this official communication."

The Ministry of Foreign Relations, Secretariat of Peruvian
Communities Abroad would like to state in a precise manner,
that the referenced official communication is based on the
Resolution issued on December 9, 2005 by the aforementioned
Provincial Prosecutor's Office, that says verbatim:

"Lima, December 9, 2005

THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS BEING ISSUED ON THIS DATE: After
having received the sworn declaration of ELIA MERCEDES JARA
HICHARD DE CASTRO, who informed the Prosecutor's Office that
a representative of "Worldwide Assistance" Insurance
Company, by the name of Ingrid Rodas, had approached her in
order to ask her about her family's preferences regarding
the way in which the corpse of her brother MARTIN ALBERTO
JARA HICHARD, who died of unknown causes in the city of
Kabul in Afghanistan on December 2, 2005, should be moved
back to Peru. Likewise, this company representative offered
her two possibilities for this transport: the body could be
cremated or embalmed. Subsequently, according to the
deponent, she consulted this offer with Dr. Bromley, Head of
the Public Ministry's Coroner's Institute, who told her that
neither option was advisable since any evidence that could
be used to determine the cause of death of Martin Alberto
Jara Hichard would be lost. He also advised her that in
order to carry out further investigations, the corpse should
be transported in its present state. Thus, the intervention
of Ambassador Jorge Lazaro Geldres, Secretary of Peruvian
Communities Abroad, has been requested, in order for him to
take any necessary steps or measures so that the corpse is
transported in its present state, and the findings of the
autopsy performed on the corpse in Kabul, Afghanistan are
sent along with the corpse; and WHEREAS: It is necessary to
preserve any and all evidence leading to the clarification
of the causes of the death of Martin Alberto Jara Hichard;
THE FOLLOWING ACTION IS HEREBY DECREED: An official
communications shall be sent to Ambassador Jorge Lazaro
Geldres, so that in his position as Secretary of Peruvian
Communities Abroad, he takes any steps which may be
necessary in order to insure that the corpse of Martin
Alberto Jara Hichard, is transported in its current state,
and the findings of the autopsy performed on his body in
Kabul, Afghanistan are sent along with his corpse."

In that regard, and in view of the fact that according to
the statement made by Mr. Michael Dodd of 3D Global
Solutions, Inc., the Department of State and the Department
of Defense of the United States of America are the
institutions responsible for carrying out the investigation
of the death of Mr. Martin Jara, the Ministry of Foreign
Relations, Secretariat of Peruvian Communities Abroad
requests that as soon as possible, the body of Mr. Martin
Alberto Jara Hichard be transported back to Peru, in its
present state, i.e., preserving his internal organs, as well
as his blood, and sending along the findings of the autopsy
performed on his body in Kabul; in this way, the evidence
that might aid in the clarification of the causes of the
death of the aforementioned Peruvian citizen will have been
preserved.

(Complimentary closing)

Lima, December 14, 2005

(End text of dipnote)
STRUBLE

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