VZCZCXYZ0018
PP RUEHWEB
DE RUEHSG #0304 0951917
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 041917Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3060
RHMFISS/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL PRIORITY
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000304
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
STATE FOR WHA/BSC, DRL, INR, PM
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: MARR MASS PREL PHUM CI
SUBJECT: CHILE: MILGP REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL FORCES COURSE
Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
1. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3.
2. (SBU) 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 Army officer who has
been nominated for U.S. funded training, 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. (SBU) The proposed training is the International Special Forces
Course, to be held at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, between May 27 and
September 19, 2008. 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.
Cristian A. VALENZUELA Inostroza, Captain, Special Operations
Brigade, Army, 04/28/1976, Santiago, 13.036.141-2
4. (U) Embassy's ongoing investigation has not found credible
information that the candidate has been involved in gross human
rights violations.
SIMONS