Cablegate: Request Leahy Amendment Human Rights Vetting

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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

A

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