Cablegate: Chile: Legat Requests Additional Candidate For

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DE RUEHSG #0460 0801510
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 211510Z MAR 07
FM AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1187
INFO RHMCSUU/FBI WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY

UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000460

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STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PM

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KCRM PREL SNAR PHUM CI
SUBJECT: CHILE: LEGAT REQUESTS ADDITIONAL CANDIDATE FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE LATIN AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT
EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR

REF: CHA - GALVIN EMAIL 20 MARCH 2007

1. This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3.

2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist
in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well
as a general name check, of the following Chilean candidate
who has been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to
the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Please transmit
the results of such, including information not strictly
covered by the Leahy Amendment, to Embassy.

3. The proposed training is the Latin American Law
Enforcement Executive Development Seminar (LALEEDS), which
will take place at the FBI Academy, Quantico VA, March 31 -
April 27, 2007. The name and identifying information of the
proposed candidate appear in the following format: Name,
rank, unit, date of birth, place of birth and national
identification number.

a. Javier Alberto Ortega Jara, Prefect, Chief of
North-Central Santiago Zone, Chilean Investigations Police
(PICH), 8 April 1955, Concepcion CHILE, 6.571.047-1.

4. Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible
information that the candidate has been involved in gross
human rights violations.
KELLY

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