Cablegate: Demarche Delivered: Designation of Venezuela-Based

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PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSJ #0580 1892131
ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 072131Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9915
INFO RUEHGG/UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE PRIORITY
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY

C O N F I D E N T I A L SAN JOSE 000580

SIPDIS

DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/CEN, EEB/ESC/TFS JJALLORINA, S/CT
DANDERSON, AND DEPT TREASURY/TFFC DHARRIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/07/2018
TAGS: EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC VE
LE, CS
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF VENEZUELA-BASED
HIZBALLAH TERRORIST FINANCIERS

REF: STATE 68510

Classified By: POL/C David E. Henifin for reason 1.4 (d).

1. (C) On July 2, we delivered reftel demarche to Carlos
Cordero of the MFA's Department of Disarmament, Terrorism and
Organized Crime. Cordero seemed very interested that one of
the designees was a Venezuelan diplomat. Because Costa Rica
had no formal mechanisms to freeze assets for listed
entities, Cordero said he would pass the information to DIS
(Costa Rican intelligence) and also to SUGEF and SUGEVAL,
Costa Rican independent governmental oversight agencies for
banking and for the stock exchange, respectively. This
remains the GOCR's current procedure for handling terrorism
finance listings.
CIANCHETTE

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