Current Class CONFIDENTIAL current Handling n a Document Number l999STATE013985 Channel n a · CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ORIGIN PRL-02 STATE INFO WHA•0l 003R LOG-00 SAS-00 013985 PTQ7487 252319Z TEDE-00 ADS-00 ONY-00 SSO-00 SS-00 DENIED IN FULL 013985 SOURCE KODAKC 025078 B 1 '1 5 B 1 5 D DRAFTED BY DRL BA RWARD -- 01 25 99 7- 1423 APPROVED BY DRL LGERSON WHA AND PCHICOLA WHA AND CHOEY DRL SSUTTON SKEOGH DESIRED DISTRIBUTION DRL WHA ------------------9AC98B 252320Z 38 · R 252319Z JAN 99 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA FOIPNPA Mandatory Review Release De_qfassify CO N·F IDEN TI AL STATE 013985 - Excise pp Declassify in Part Deny Class ReURenew OFFICIAL INFORMAL Exemptions 1 E O 12958 DECL 01 25 04 ARP Action c5Ee rt Co c l UP - - ----------- - - -- -- -- ate -pt TAGS AMGT PRUM CO SUBJECT OFFICIAL INFORMAL FOR AMBASSADOR KAMMAN FROM WHA AND DIRECTOR CHICOLA AND DRL DAS GERSON s -s- CLASSIFIED BY DRL LESLIE GERSON FOR REASONS 1 5 BAND D REF A 98 BOGOTA 13483 BOGOTA 257 C BOGOTA 407 CONFIDENTIAL B PAGE 02 STATE D BOGOTA 571 013985 252319Z 1 C WE WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR VIEW OF THE MILITARY PARAMILITARY SITUATION IN COLOMBIA IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT IN OUR MESSAGE TO COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND NGO''S ON THIS CRUCIAL ASPECT OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS CRISIS IN COLOMBIA 2 C WHEN THE PASTRANA ADMINISTRATION CAME INTO POWER IN AUGUST VICE PRESIDENT BELL DEFENSE MINISTER LLOREDA AND ARMED FORCES COMMANDER TAP LAS PLEDGED TO -IMPROVE THE Page l Current Class CONFIDENTIAL UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY MELVIN E SINN DATE CASE JD 20 DEC 2002 200202125 CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL REASON l S B 1 S D DECLASSIFY AFTER 24 JAN 2009 ' ' i I •' EXTEND CLASSIFICATION • UNC ASSIFIE0 • Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Current Handling n a Document Number 1999STATE013985 Page 2 Channel n a HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION BY AMONG OTHER THINGS CUTTING ALL TIES BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND PARAMILITARIES AND BY GOING AFTER PARAMILITARIES eel' __ J THE APPOINTMENT TO KEY POSITIONS OF SEVERAL GENERALS CREDIBLY ALLEGED TO HAVE TIES TO PARAMILITARIES THESE ·p _ INCLUDE GENERALS FERNANDO MILLAN PEREZ RITO ALETO DEL RIO ROJAS AND RAFAEL HERNANDEZ LOPEZ _j ANOTHER GENERAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 STATE 013985 252319Z JAIME HUMBERTO USCATEGUI IS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR COMPLICITY IN THE PARAMILITARY MASSACRE IN MAPIRIPAN IN L997 4 C OUR 1997 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT STRONGLY CRITICIZED THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT FOR ITS FAILURE TO CONFRONT PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR DRAFT REPORT FOR 1998 DOES AS WELL ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT PARAMILITARISM HAS CONTINUED TO GROW DURING THE PASTRANA ADMINISTRATION AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE LITTLE TO CONFRONT THEM REF B RECEIVED A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO STATES THAT SECURITY FORCES DID NOT INTERVENE DURING 19 SEPARATE· ATTACKS IN WH Q H 143 CIVILIANS WERE KILLED OVER FOUR AYS IN JANUARY 5 C FOR EXAMPLE 23 PARAMILITARIES °IN URABA SURRENDERED TO AN ARMY UNIT FEBRUARY 23 1998 AFTER RUNNING OUT OF AMMUNITION AND OTHER SUPPLIES DURING A Current Class CONFIDENTIAL ·-R ' Page 2 Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Current· Handling n a Document Number 1999STATE013985 CONFRONTATION WITH GUERRILLAS UNC ASSIFIED Page 3 Channel n a CONFTDENTIAL · END OF DOCUMENT Current Class CONFIDENTIAL Page 3