E2 UNCLASSIFIED I --€0NFIDEN'I'IAiL PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 INFO LIMA 09707 01 OF 05 022048Z LOG-00 EB-01 L-02 FAAE-00 USSS-00 IMMC-01 ADS-00 AID-01 INR-05 SS-01 OIC-02 I0-05 NSCE-00 ARA-01 NSAE-00 COME-00 AMAD-01 CTME-00 NRCE-00 TRSE-00 PM-01 CC0-00 INRE-00 CA-02 CG-00 ACDA-05 USIE-00 JUSE-00 FBIE-00 DOEE-00 M-01 OIS-01 ZOVD-00 P-02 039 W ------------------12 552 022053Z 38 0 022042Z JUL 90 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9460 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM SECDEF WASHDC DIAHQS WASHDC CIAE-00 SS0-01 PA-01 A-01 DS-01 Ge- 0 N F I fl E N-4Ll A I SECTION 01 OF 05 LIMA 09707 TERREP CHANNEL USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD DIA FOR· OA-5 1D DB-6D2 JS1-4B DB3C1 E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PHUM PTER ASEC PGOV SUBJECT EMBAS'S Y'' V 6 tfit i i''·' REF A l• ··· 2'h • · if i i fu ¼ f B 89 STATE 240668 C LIMA 9297 GQNFIDEN'I'IAL PAGE 02 1 LIMA 09707 01 OF'05 022048Z ENTIRE TEXT 2 D ffiWl REVIEW AUTHORITY JAMES F COOPER CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL REASON 1 4 B 1 4 D DECLASSIFY AFTER 1 JlJL 2015 DATE CASE ID 05 JUN 2009 200804260 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY APPEALS REVIEW PANEL APPEAL ACTION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELEASE REASON S Bl 1 4 B 1 4 D B6 DATE CASE ID 09 MAR 2011 200804260 UNCLASSIFIED jCUSSfFffn UNCLASSIFIED IESSENTIALLY CORRECT 'I WE AGREE THAT THE ARMY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CAYARA MASSACRE AND PROBABLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUBSEQUENT DEATHS OF WITNESSES IN THE CASE WE BELIEVE THAT SGP I IS UNDER NO THREAT FROM THE NATIONAL POLICE NOR IS THERE ANY RISK THAT TRUMPED-UP CHARGES WOULD BE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM IN THE COURTS WE ALSO BELIEVE THE THREAT FROM SENDERO LUMINOSO IS PROBABLY NO GREATER AGAINST $ 9'9 3 THAN MOST OFFICIAL PERUVIANS '1 5¼1P W fff I ' i ' ' ' · BE - sf-tjt i Z i iltil ijflt· • fti · ··' fNt t jf ESCOBAR ··RESURRECTS THE LCAYARlfI ' CASE 4 T J PON•i IfIS' ' 1RET 6 1• Jt· · ' 'j PERSECUTION INCEEASES '1 · ·D tEXPEGT 1 · i t K 1 r f iii§ · THE TO GRANTING E Scp B ASYLUM WE DO URGE THE - -- -5 EP 'l' 1 '1 r ri t R-@l 1¥tttc · $ l 9 t1I£Jt Elt f • lt® ' AFF' ERMAT IViE RUL'IN ' · · fGA' · t• CONFIDENTIAL CON-FIBBNTI M PAGE 03 LIMA 09707 01 OF 05 CLARIFICATIONS ON THE CAYARA CASE UNCLASSIFIED 022048Z ' -- '1 'J L _f J' UNCLASSIFIED cN· REFERENCE ·iro THE ·cAYARA- MAs SAcRE AND ·THE ·ARMY I s i - @ _ t ro I E ri· ·AS WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED WE BELIEVE THE ARMY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF AT LEAST 20 CIVILIANS IN CAYARA VILLAGE ON MAY 14 1988 BUT WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT CAYARA VILLAGERS WERE PRESENT AT THE AMBUSH OF A MILITARY PATROL THE NIGHT BEFORE MAY 13 MOST OF THESE VILLAGERS WERE PROBABLY UNWILLING CONSCRIPTS OF A SENDERO LUMINOSO ATTACK COLUMN' 5 IT IS ALSO LIKELY THAT THE ARMY WAS INVOLVED IN THE DEATHS AND DISAPPEARANCES OF CAYARA WITNESSES IN THE MONTHS FOLLOWING THE MAY 14 INCIDENT HOWEVER OUR CONCLUSION IN THIS REGARD IS NOT BASED ON INVESTIGATIVE EVIDENCE AS IN THE CASE OF THE · MASSACRE ITSELF RATHER CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE ARMED FORCES AND NOT TERRORISTS OR OTHER AGENTS EVERTHELESS WE MUST UNDERSCORE THE POSSIBILITY THAT JUST AS THE ARMY MAY PAGE 04 LIMA 09707 01 OF 05 UNCLASSIFIED 022048Z - UNCLASSIFIED NNNN ceNFIDEN'l'IA L- PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 LIMA 09707 02 OF 05 022049Z ADS-00 AID-01 INR-05 SS-01 OIC-02 CIAE-00 I0-05 NSCE-00 ARA-01 NSAE-00 COME-00 SS0-01 AMAD-01 CTME-00 NRCE-00 · - TRSE-O·O- PM-01 - PA-01 CC0-00 INRE-00 CA-02 CG-00 ACDA-05 A-01 USIE-00 JUSE-00 FBIE-00 DOEE-00 M-01 DS-01 OIS-01 ZOVD-00 P-02 039 W ------------------122726 022058Z 38 O 022042Z JUL 90 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9461 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USON NEW YORK USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM SECDEF WASHDC DIAHQS WASHDC INFO LOG-00 EB-01 L-02·· FAAE-00 USSS-00 IMMC-01 0-Q-N FI EN 'l' I A--L SECTION 02 OF 05 LIMA 09707 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED TERREP CHANNEL NCUSSlfIm USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD DIA FOR OA-5 1D DB-6D2 JS1-4B DB3Cl E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PHUM PTER ASEC PGOV PE SUBJECT I EMBASSY VIEWS ON c 0s ' ESGOI AR' 1A SXLUM ' i I HAVE ATTEMPTEp TO INITIALLY DISGUISE THE CAYARA KILLING AS A SENDERO LUMINOSO ACT SIMILARLY SENDERO LUMINOSO COULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF CAYARA WITNESSES · IN AN EFFORT TO DISCREDIT THE ARMY -SUCH BEHAVIOR BY SENDERO IS COMtvION AND CONFIDENTIAL LIMA PAGE 02 09707 02 OF 05 f '' Ii n i_ 022049Z WELL-DOCUMENTED tfE iit tfiJgS l p lRP f t 1 NOT_''D rscus $ _ ' gHI S iPQS S a B r1 Jj lt TX clii IN HT$ C • Y9JS PE -THE'S IDj DEATHS · 1 ANALYZING THE THREAT 6 • rro EvALuArr1t nR E scoBARX $ J T·r r rfoN ' F OR As YntJ M'I WE BELIEVE IT IS CRITICAL TO DISTINGUISH AMONG THE THREAT OF PERSECUTION FROM THE RODRIGO-FRANCO COMMAND FROM THE ARMY FROM SENDERO LUMINOSO OR FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT ·AGENTS WE WILL CONSIDER THESE IN REVERSE ORDER 7 OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENTS ° %if fl' iJrt G ' _RE ·I ' ' · VIRTUALLY • N f1 ' THREAT T0t111tseoa lffi' Im0M Jr ' A' Til ONlrii ' i f ' •_ - - -· C - ' • '-·' • -- - -'L ·-' _· ti_ · i 5 - _ ' · s f J ' J J 11 i - _ J t ' ·_- •i'l - 1 QF f INT ERI POLICE FROM ' QTHERMINI S TR¥· AGENG IEs • OR t •••••• '· '•i - _' ' i ••t ik ' ' • t r3 t- f• ' t r - ' JV - _ __ a - '- Lalu w J ·-· Af' ' · µ 1 THOUGH THE NATIONAL POLICE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMtvIITTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES INCLUDING ARBITRARY DETENTION AND TORTURE OF SUSPECTS SUCH CASES NORMALLY DO NOT INCLUDE HIGHVISIBILITY FIGURES POLICE PERSECUTION ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOCUSES ON THOSE SUSPECTED OF TERRORISM 'f - - ---' _ ' 1 · -· c•- - • - • s • - - Jc V -• • • 81 - _ _ -1-- - ' - -- --- - • ·•- ··-· ·-· -- ···-•·-··-··-----··· ___ - - ' UNCLASSIFIED _ ·1 UNCLASSIFIED ·POSSIBILITY THAT ·TRUMPED up ·cHARGES wour D BE BROUGHT AGArNsT HIM NoR THAT sucH cH ARGEs woutn ir D -A r SYJxlPATHETIC HE ARING i N -ANY PERUV IAN COURT PAST GONFIBE NTIAL PAGE 03 LIMA 09707 02 OF 05 022049Z EXPERIENCE SUGGESTS THAT PERUVIAN COURTS ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO FREE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE THAN TO PROSECUTE INNOCENT ACCUSED 8 SENDERO LUMINOSO EVERY PERUVIAN IS UNDER THREAT FROM SENDERO LUMINOSO ' iCARI OSi ESGOBAR · rs •iTCERTAINL'Y AA ------- ------_-- - rfh' - - ·_· ·- r1'-ii ' f' i ' - '· · - ·i-' _ - · ' - ' - I MORE VI$IBLE·fPOTENTJ AL TARGE Tf 'I'HANJ MOST l · SENDERO MAY WISH TO KILL HIM TO DISCREDIT THE ARMY BUT •IF--WE • q•• '· ·' --· J s Ji I 6 1 f iG J § b · THEN THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT IESCOBAR_IFACES ANY GREATER THREAT FROM SL THAN DOES ANY OTHER PROSECUTOR HUMAN RIGHTS WORKER OR GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL THE CAYARA CASE THOUGH THE ISSUE WAS NEVER RESOLVED IT IS NOW BUT ONE OF A NUMBER OF UNSOLVED MASSACRES WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE BELAUNDE AND GARCIA GOVERNMENTS IT APPEARS TO US UNLIKELY THAT THE NEXT GOVERNMENT WOULD WANT TO START OFF ITS DEALINGS WITH THE MILITARY WITH A REHASHING OF THE CASE HOWEVER IF THE UNITED LEFT IU CONGRESSIONAL MINORITY SHOULD TRY TO REOPEN CASES OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES UNDER GARCIA CAYARA IS CERTAIN TO BE ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL CASES ON THEIR AGENDA 10 · ANY· REAs ONAELE FEAR PF ER JSECUTTON 'FROMtTHE•iluWIY i ft it CQ tSI li'IDBN 1·1At' NF E B SN'P I AJ - PAGE 04 LIMA 09707 02 OF 05 022049Z UNCLASSIFIED UNCUSSlfltD UNCLASSIFIED NNNN UNCLASSIFIED NCUSSlf ta UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 01 LIMA ACTION SCT-03' 09707 03 OF 05 022051Z ADS-00 INR-05 SS-01 AID-01 OIC-02 I0-05 NSCE-00 ARA-01 NSAE-00 COJ 1 E-00 AMAD-01 CTME-00 NRCE-00 TRSE-00 PM-01 CC0-00 INRE-00 CA-02 CG-00 ACDA-05 USIE-00 JUSE-00 FBIE-00 DOEE-00 M-01 ois 01 ZOVD-00 P-02 039 W ------------------122751 022059Z 38 0 022042Z JUL 90 FM A x1EMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMJ 1 EDIATE 9462 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM SECDEF WASHDC DIAHQS WASHDC INFO LOG-00 EB-01 L-02 FAAE-00 USSS-00 IMMC-01 3- 0 N F I D E N q I CIAE-00 sso-01 PA-01 A-01 DS-01 7' I SECTION 03 OF 05 LIMA 09707 TERREP CHANNEL USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD l DIA FOR OA-5 1D DB-6D2 JS1-4B DB3Cl E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PHUM PTER ASEC PGOV PE SUBJECT l-·EMBA S sy rx nrEws c N • Cli RTI0s fEsC6BAit •iASYTIUM I CASES· UNDER_·· THE GARCI A ' GOVERNMEN I'' 1 IS' ' 'Ei URBENTifYr fA 11 P t i-i ± s s -iJ REiJ f j'i # tt 1 tPi 1 tmftw f 1 ANYTHING 'TO •·MAK 'IT··AN· - ISSB'E' • A GAIN • E G J BY ' 'GOINGft AF1'ER ···E sbQJ AA ·· ·'· ·•· t· t t r '· f t·' 1 ' 'J t St ··'- i '· ·• • 1 PAGE 02 LIMA 09707 03 OF 05 022051Z Bl 1 ' __ t'' j UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED Bl J ¾ 1 s r t' ' t' J 9f t 12 1THE sEC ND 1tfaL1EJJ J1 THE ARMY ·IS THE POSSIBiiLJ l'Y' T HAT ESCOBAR'' WOULD' ON GE e -- - - · · ' ' 4 ' ' • - -' ' '· ' -' ' · ·i1 v _·· · _t ' _ · ' - - 'i ' ' f J AGAIN TRAVEL OR WORK INS'iDE R EMERGE NCY zoNE ·• 1' F AR EAs coN'i'Ror n 13f rfih if±trTARft1 i ARMY INVOLVEMENT · · IN DISAPPEARANCES AND EXTRA-JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS IS LARGELY RESTRICTED TO THE EMERGENCY ZONES WE KNOW OF NO SERIOUS CHARGE OF ARMY COMPLICITY IN AN EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING OR DISAPPEARANCE OUTSIDE OF THE CONSTITUTIONALLY DESIGNATED EMERGENCY ZONES MORE SPECIFICALLY THERE HAVE NEVER BEEN ANY ALLEGED ARMY ABUSES IN THE CITY OF LIMA OR CALLAO CIVIL POLITICAL AUTHORITY HAS NOT BEEN DELEGATED TO THE ARMY IN LIMA EVEN THOUGH THE CAPITAL REGION IS A DESIGNATED EZ 13 THERE IS ONE ADDITIONAL ELEMENT WITH REGARD TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 LIMA 03 OF 05 09707 022051Z THE POSSIBILITY OF MILITARY PERSECUTION µ frrHE r crt t ING CAY VILLAGE Nf ff W· t rNE s 911 ' q Jt 1 ALSO •CAYARA rVLLLAGERS 'ifJ Si' VERY i ·J ' - ' DIF FEREN F OM K LLI•NGi · _ -· _ '- ' · i _ w · __- ·_ ' 4 'J '-·' •'' '·s · ' - ' i · a · j r ' ·- i ' 'Jf CAALOS ESCOBAR ' 'PUBI iTC PRGSEJJO T 0R 1u THE iA RAJDEAD1 c QF ' THE -' 1 · 1 -1 i j 4 · r sJft tfl t ltiW J F OR THE ARMY T0' KILL'•i AN· EX GOVERNMENT 1 0FF ncIATI•· 'ONE' ' i YIJ 'l'H PENq I NG · C 0-gRT·• A' CWi N 'F Q ftc r qW 'I1 l 7 - • i i ' 3 PUBLIC RQSECtJTOR TO OUR KNOWLEDGE THERE WAS NO RESPONSIBLE CLAIM OF MILITARY INVOLVEMENT IN THE KILLING IN RECENT YEARS OF A PERSON WITH OFFICIAL OR QUASI-OFFICIAL STATUS THE RECENT TORTURE AND KILLING OF THE VICE-RECTOR OF HUANCAYO UNIVERSITY UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH SUGGEST ARMY INVOLVEMENT REF C IS AN APPARENT EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE HOWEVER THIS TOOK PLACE IN THE HEART OF ANEZ AND NOT IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL UNCLASSIFIED ffC- J IL Ld UNCLASSIFIED 1'4' TO SUMMARIZE TH iP9lsIBL J T1fru AT E ROM THE'·'ARM tf · -IF MR • ESCOBAR AtTEM J is_ ANir $-cfcGEEDs --±N REOPENING - THE f T N j t i ·itl¢ rjt rt Lfri fitt R tsk- oF PE i ts ii cuTroN ' 's iGJ 'tI rrcANTLY rNc' REAsEs 1 e ·_ ·' J' 0 orrttERwis -•·vm '-¥ 1E vj_jt i ' i i Ttift'o _ t WOULD- LETHIM-·' AiibNE _ ' 'WE •CANNOT RULE· OUT ACTION'BY• • i 6 •1 r i 2 ll tr f tr i - t E Sf _ 0 15 THE RODRIGO FRANCO COMMAND CRF THE CRF IS THE SUSPECTED PARA-MILITARY ARM OF THE APRA PARTY JUDGING THE THREAT FROM THE CRF IS MORE DIFFICULT BY REPUTATION THE CRF IS PREPARED TO KILL ANYONE INCLUDING HIGH RANKING PERSONS WITH OFFICIAL STATUS THE SENATE COMl v IISSION ON VIOLENCE UNDER LEFTIST SENATOR ENRIQUE BERNALES AND THE 1990 MINORITY REPORT -GQNFIDENTI CQNFIDElN'l'IAf i PAGE 04 LIMA 09707 03 OF 05 022051Z UNCLASSIFIED NClASSlfltO UNCLASSIFIED NNNN PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 LIMA 09707 04 OF 05 022052Z _OIC-02 ADS-00 AID-01 INR-05 SS-01 I0-05 NSCE-00 ARA -01 NSAE-00 COME-00 AMAD-01 CTME -00 NRCE-00 TRSE-00 PM-01 CG-00 ACDA-05 CC0-00 INRE-00 CA-02 USIE-00 JUSE-00 FBIE-00 DOEE-oo- M-01 OIS-01 ZOVD-00 P-02 039 W --- --------------122763 02210oz 38 O 022042Z JUL 90 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9463 INFO AME MBASSY BOGOTA AME MBASSY CARACAS AME MBASSY LA PAZ USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USUN NEW YORK· USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM SECDEF WASHDC DIAHQS WASHDC INFO Sa --G-N LOG-00 EB-01 L-02 FAAE-00 usss-oo· IMMC-01 F I fl E N T I A Ei- SECTION 04 OF 05 LIMA 09707 TERREP CHANNEL UNCLASSIFIED CIAE-00 SS0-01 PA-01 A-01 DS-01 UNCLASSIFIED USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD DIA FOR OA-5 1D DB-6D2 JS1-4B DB3Cl E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PHUM PTER ASEC PGOV PE SUBJECT 'E t IBASSY VIEWS _ ff os _ ESCOB AR ASY_ Ldtf j FROM THE SPECIAL HOUSE COMl v tITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE RODRIGO FRANCO COMMAND TOGETHER ACCUSED THE CRF OF 11 KILLINGS IN 1989 ALL BUT THREE OF THE DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO THE CRF ARE OF RELATIVELY OBSCURE INDIVIDUALS BELIEVED TO BE TERRORISTS OR WITH CONFIDENTIAL I C-GN-FIDENTIAL PAGE 02 LIMA 09707 04 OF 05 022052Z TERRORIST TIES THERE ARE HOWEVER THREE HIGH-PROFILE EXCEPTIONS 16 DEPUTY PIQUERAS IU ARGUES IN THE HOUSE COMMITTEE MINORITY REPORT THAT THE CRF KILLED BOTH THE PERUVIAN CONGRESSMEN WHO DIED VIOLENT DEATHS IN 1989 WE DO NOT BELIEVE THE EVIDENCE OF CRF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE DEATHS OF DEPUTIES LI ORMENO AND ARROYO MIO IS PERSUASIVE THE POLICE ARE CONVINCED LI ORMENO WAS KILLED BY CAR THIEVES AND HAVE TWO SUSPECTS UNDER DETENTION EVIDENCE FOUND ON THE CONGRESSMAN'S RECOVERED AUTOMOBILE WOULD APPEAR TO SUPPORT THIS OFFICIAL POLICE VERSION THE DEATH OF DEPUTY ARROYO MIO IS MORE PROBLEMATIC HIS CLOSEST FRIEND AND FELLOW LEFTIST CONGRESSMAN FROM PIURA DEPUTY NINO CELI SAYS SENDERO LUMINOSO WAS RESPONSIBLE POLICE HAVE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED SENDERO LUMINOSO TERRORISTS WHO HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN THE ARROYO MIO ASSASSINATION THERE IS NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF CRF CULPABILITY IN THE KILLING OF EITHER CONGRESSMAN NOR rs THERE ANYTHING WHICH WHOLLY ABSOLVES THE CRF 17 IN A SEPARATE INCIDENT THE CRF CLAIMED 1 RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE JULY 1988 KILLING OF SL LEADER OSMAN MOROTE'S DEFENSE ATTORNEY MANUEL FEBRES ·-THE - FEBRES IHLHillNG MAY BE THE ' 1CASK'·MOSTJ' t' - - · -· ·• -' _ '' ' _ _ 1 ' 'f-' ' ' '- - ' -' • -· ' _ - - - 1 · c f ' c s i · f· ' -' ' i ' - S·1 ' '' ' 1 COMPARABLE _TO' THE·'SI'J 'UATLON 1 0F ·_ ARLO S' E·$GOB Y-· BDT FEBRES A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF DEMOCRATIC LAWYERS WAS A KNOWN SENDERO LUMINOSO COLLABORATOR 1 1 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED MANY HAVE RECEIVED DEATH THREATS GGNF±DENTiru PAGE 03 LIMA 09707 04 OF 05 022052Z 18 THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER INVESTIGATIONS OF ALLEGED ARMY OR POLICE COMPLICITY IN SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES INCLUDING THE MASSACRES OF LARGE __NUMBERS OF CIVILIANS SENATOR ROLANDO AMES IU HEADED THE EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE SENATE INy-ESTIGATION INTO THE 1986 DEATHS OF SCORES OF PRISONERS AT EL FRONTON AND LURIGANCHO PRISONS DEPUTY MANUEL PIQUERAS WAS VERY OUTSPOKEN IN HIS CLAIM OF RODRIGO FRANCO TIES TO THE SENIOR COMMAND OF THE NATIONAL POLICE AND THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR BOTH HAVE RECEIVED DEATH THREATS PIQUERAS' DAUGHTER WAS BRIEFLY KIDNAPPED BY UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO WARNED HER FATHER AGAINST PURSUING HIS INVESTIGATION THE WIDOW OF RODRIGO FRANCO THE APRA OFFICIAL KILLED BY SENDERO LUMINOSO BEGAN RECEIVING DEATH THREATS FOLLOWING HER PUBLIC ENDORSEMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARIO VARGAS LLOSA LAST WEEK AN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER FOR A TV TALK SHOW WHICH HAS PROMINENTLY ATTACKED BOTH PRESIDENT GARCIA AND PRESIDENT-ELECT FUJIMORI AMONG OTHERS WAS BRIEFLY KIDNAPPED AND ROUGHED UP BY UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS WHO WARNED AGAINST THE INVESTIGATIVE WORK OF THE TV SHOW THREE LIMA-BASED HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS WERE BOMBED IN 1990 --- RODRIGO FRANCO COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY IS POSSIBLE SEVERAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS NONE NATIONALLY KNOWN WERE KILLED DURING THE PAST YEAR BY UNKNOWN PERSONS r Jl xJti l l t'' i - 1 t r J DEATH THREATS'' AND CONTINUEDe 1HARASSMENT iPON H'lS ' 'c RETURN • _TO - PERU- IE' llEg $ t i p u y E I tf i l if 9 • WORK -- - PAGE 04 LIMA 09707 04 OF 05 UNCLASSIFIED 022052Z UNCLASSIFIED NNNN tro NF DEN'l'IA t PAGE 01 ACTION SCT-03 LIMA 09707 05 OF 05 022053Z UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED ADS-00 INR-05 SS-01 OIC-02 AID-01 LOG-00 NSAE-00 COME-00 I0-05 NSCE-00 ARA-01 EB-01 AMAD-01 CTME-00 NRCE-00 TRSE-oo- PM-01 L-02 CG-00 • ACDA-05 FAAE-00 CC0-00 INRE-00 CA-02 USSS-00 USIE-00 JUSE-00 FBIE-00 DOEE-00 M-01 IMMC-01 OIS-01 zovn-oo P-02 ADS w ------------------325576 052056Z 38 0 022042Z JUL 90 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9464 INFO AMEMBASSY BOGOTA AMEMBASSY CARACAS AMEMBASSY LA PAZ USMISSION GENEVA USMISSION USUN NEW YORK USCINCSO QUARRY HTS PM SECDEF WASHDC DIAHQS WASHDC INFO SSO-01 PA-01 A-01 DS-01 CON FI D-E NT I AL SECTION 05 OF 05 LIMA 09707 TERREP CHANNEL USCINCSO ALSO FOR POLAD DIA FOR OA-5 1D DB-6D2 JS1-4B DB3Cl 20 THE QUESTION OF THE GOP'S REACTION TO AN AFFIRMATIVE RULING ON THE ASYLUM PETITION IS NOT A MAJOR coNsrnERATioN k i t sJJR ± v i w GIVEN THE r -- l UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED TURBULENCE HERE THE ANTI-APRA GOP SENTIMENTS FROM BOTH THE RIGHT AND THE LEFT -AND ESCOBAR 1 _ __ _ _ -'-_ _ _ _ _ c - u _ _ MOST POLITICAL FIGURES HERE WILL NOT FOCUS ONITHE ESCOBARASYLUMICASE NO MATTER THE OUTCOME NOR SHOULD A DECISION TO GRANT ASYLUM IN ANY SIGNIFICANT WAY ENCUMBER OUR RELATIONS WITH THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF ALBERTO FUJIMORI OR WITH HIS PARTY CAMBIO 90 L U l z Li '-'---' - U JU-LL 21 I' WE DE RS TAND TW ' f- FE E_ I IA itJSS IN TI f t$ 1 CASE_- 1 $ # II E R · • CARLOS ESCOBAR FACES AtWELL-FOUNDED·_ FEAR' OF '· ·c_ • ' 1 J E ou ' S i£ iP ' ST M - 2 i1 i filJi ii i§a11uii i fi i NONETHELESS-·RE AL• POL·ICY 7il SSUE' ImiTHE ESCOBAR CASE' 'iJE THA'l' I THERE ARE HUNDREDS HERE WHO LIVE UNDER A WELL-FOUNDED FEAR OF PERSECUTION MOST BUT BY NO MEANS ALL OF THEM ARE'SUSPECTED TERRORISTS OR SYMPATHIZERS MANY HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH TERRORISM BUT RELEASED BY THE COURTS BECAUSE THE POLICE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO PRESENT SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO WARRANT CONVICTION MANY HAVE BEEN CONVICTED HAVE SERVED THEIR SENTENCES AND HAVE BEEN RELEASED BUT ARE STILL SUSPECTED OF COLLABORATION WITH TERRORIST • _ _ • • • ' ·•t - ' • -' '- s 1 • It ' • ·1 l _ _· ' OON- EN ' J J A I ' PAGE 03 LIMA 09707 05 OF 05 UNCLASSIFIED 022053Z • f ' •- -• UNCLASSIFIED QUAINTON NNNN UNCLASSIFIED