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Viewing cable 07LIMA2017, NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2007

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07LIMA2017 2007-06-08 20:02 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Lima
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DE RUEHPE #2017/01 1592002
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
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FM AMEMBASSY LIMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5767
INFO RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 4726
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 7384
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ JUN QUITO 1259
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF STATE AIR WING PATRICK AFB FL
RHEHOND/DIRONDCP WASHDC
RHMFIUU/COGARD INTELCOORDCEN WASHINGTON DC
RULSJGA/COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//G-CI/G-M/G-OLE//
RUCOWCA/COMLANTAREA COGARD PORTSMOUTH VA
RUWDQAA/COMPACAREA COGARD ALAMEDA CA
UNCLAS LIMA 002017 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR INL/LP 
STATE FOR WHA/PPC 
ONDCP FOR LT COL RONALD GARNER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
SUBJECT: NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2007 
 
REF: A. A) LIMA 1818 
     B. B) LIMA 1762 
     C. C) LIMA 1788 
     D. D) LIMA 1944 
 
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SUMMARY 
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1. (U) The key developments in May 2007: 
 
  ** A total of 1,583 hectares of coca has now been 
eradicated and 10,752 square meters of seedbeds have been 
eliminated. 
 
  ** A second eradication front in Ucayali is slated to start 
in early June. 
 
  ** The U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) offered to 
provide ICT with USD 400,000 to develop a sustainability plan 
for marketing and exporting cacao. 
 
  ** President Garcia inspected the two police academies and 
an eradication operation--a first for a Peruvian President. 
 
  ** Peruvian university finds that coca represents around 90 
percent of the exports in the Huanuco and Ayacucho regions. 
 
  ** Garcia sacks Agriculture Minister Salazar, describing 
the recent accord he signed with the cocaleros as "mad and 
stupid." 
 
  ** Graduates of NAS-supported "pre-academies" earn high 
marks on police entrance exam. 
 
  ** Heightened security in eradication zones pushes aviation 
to exceed allocated flight time by 30 to 50 percent, 
requiring more maintenance and training. 
 
  ** Drug seizures at airport exceed amount for all of 2006; 
55 percent of containers leaving Peru are now being scanned. 
 
  ** Peruvian Congress improves the 2004 precursor chemical 
law by increasing penalties and listing more chemicals. 
 
  ** NAS is starting a Demand Reduction Program in Mazamari 
at the behest of local leader and to support PNP base/academy. 
 
  ** Peru's financial investigation unit will retain its 
autonomy thanks to new law. 
 
  ** Public Ministry, OAS/CICAD, and ILEA all conduct 
training on money laundering. 
 
END SUMMARY 
 
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CORAH PLANNING TO OPEN SECOND ERADICATION FRONT 
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2. (U)  As of May 31, CORAH eradicated 1,583 hectares of 
illegal coca and eliminated 10,752 square meters of seedbeds. 
 Starting on May 26, CORAH added an additional brigade of 40 
eradicators in the Yanajanca area, for a total of five 
brigades, which increased CORAH's daily eradication average 
to 37 hectares per day, whereas with only four brigades, the 
daily average was 25 hectares.  CORAH plans to add a sixth 
brigade (for a total of 240 eradicators) in early June, 
pending the necessary police support. 
 
3. (U)  CORAH is planning to open a second front next month 
in Ucayali, followed by Mazamari, with a smaller force of 60 
eradicators to augment the eradication totals.  The security 
restrictions in Yanajanca prompted CORAH to look for areas 
where protests would be less likely and are logistically 
uncomplicated.  Opening a second front will not affect the 
main effort in Yanajanca.  The second front will take 
advantage of the existing infrastructure in Pucallpa and the 
CORAH assets not being used in Yanajanca.  Eradication in the 
Ucayali and Mazamari areas could also be done by road, thus 
freeing helicopters for other purposes.  CORAH has identified 
about 600 hectares of illegal coca in Ucayali that could be 
eradicated in 45 days with this smaller force.  CORAH will 
then move to the Mazamari Police Base and start eradicating 
an estimated 400 hectares over a period of 45 days.  The 
operations will probably begin in Mazamari in early August. 
To maximize our use of personnel and equipment, NAS also 
continues to look for coca that is closer to the Santa Lucia 
Base and are in less conflictive areas that could be 
eradicated with less police support. 
 
4. (U)  The U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has 
offered to provide the Institute for Tropical Crops (ICT) 
with USD 350,000 to assist in the development of a business 
plan for marketing and exporting cacao, which is part of 
NAS's goal of making the Institute sustainable.  The FAS 
assistance is on hold pending the approval of the Ministry of 
Agriculture. 
 
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GARCIA VISITS POLICE ACADEMIES AND ERADICATION SITE 
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5. (U)  President Garcia visited the USG-supported police 
academies at Mazamari and Santa Lucia and over flew an 
eradication operation in Yanajanca on May 15 (Ref C).  He 
inspected the two police basic training academies and gave 
stirring CN speeches to candidates applying for places at the 
academies, their families, and local authorities.  Garcia 
inspected the eradication operations from an MI-17 
helicopter, and delivered a strong message of support to 
CORAH eradication workers and police--the first time a 
Peruvian president has done so--it was a huge morale boost 
for the workers.  Garcia was eloquent and emphatic in calling 
for an integrated fight against all aspects of 
narcotrafficking, to include eradication.  He ordered them to 
"eradicate with all the force of the law and stop the entry 
of precursor chemicals" into the zone. 
 
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SEMINAR REVEALS SERIOUS SOCIAL COSTS OF COCA CULTIVATION 
--------------------------------------------- ------------ 
6. (U)  On May 9-10, as part of a program to reinforce public 
support for CN efforts, the Institute for International 
Studies of Catholic University organized a seminar of 
distinguished Peruvian experts who addressed 200 attendees. 
With an integrated focus on national security, democracy and 
governability, the speakers presented research on the threats 
to Peru by the narcotics industry in economic, social, 
health, and environmental terms, with recommendations for a 
public policy response.  Respected economist Dennis Pereyra 
from Tingo Maria made a presentation on the economic 
distortions caused by coca and narco-trafficking in Huanuco 
(the region recently closed down by cocalero strikes).  He 
concluded that coca represents around 90 percent of the 
exports in the Huanuco and Ayacucho regions. 
 
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GARCIA SACKS THE AGRICULTURE MINISTER 
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7. (U)  President Garcia finally accepted the resignation of 
his Minister of Agriculture, Juan Jose Salazar, May 21 (Ref 
A).  Salazar had signed the Tocache accord with cocaleros 
March 15 that emboldening cocaleros to step up violent 
strikes and protests.  A few days later, Salazar stood on the 
steps of the Congress and called the GOP's anti-drug policy a 
failure.  Nonetheless, Garcia continued to back him in a 
gesture of APRA solidarity.  The President's patience finally 
ran out when Salazar signed an agreement with the cocaleros 
of Quillabamba (Cusco) on May 15 that committed the 
government to consider withdrawal from the Vienna Convention 
on Psychotropic Drugs.  Garcia, who had made a strong public 
commitment to anti-drug efforts that same day, did not 
forgive this last act, characterizing it as "mad and stupid." 
 
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PRE-ACADEMY GRADUATES DO WELL ON PNP ENTRANCE EXAM 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
8. (U)  On May 27, 1,700 applicants took the entrance 
examination for the three NAS-supported police academies. 
Among the applicants were 300 students who were evaluated and 
prepared for the exam by the pre-academies in Mazamari, Santa 
Lucia, and Ayacucho that are managed by a NAS-funded NGO. 
Two graduates from the pre-academies qualified to take the 
first two slots in the new class in Mazamari. 
 
9. (U)  In the VRAE, Palma Pampa interdiction operations have 
destroyed 132 cocaine-production laboratories this month. 
According to DIRANDRO statistics, to date 184 
cocaine-production laboratories were destroyed; 349,255 kg of 
precursor chemicals, 1,638 kg of cocaine base, and 3,502 kg 
of cocaine HCl were seized.  Local sources report that coca 
leaf in the Huallaga and the VRAE is selling for an average 
of 70 nuevo soles per arroba, a reduction of up to 15 nuevo 
soles. 
 
10. (U)  An average of 600 (300 per rotation) DIRANDRO, 
DIROES, and Peruvian Army (EP) personnel as well as a canine 
unit have been supporting the eradication operation in 
Yanajanca.  In the last four weeks, 22 cocaine-production 
laboratories have been destroyed in the region. 
 
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DEMANDS ON AVIATION SUPPORT INCREASES WITH SECURITY THREAT 
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11. (U)  NAS Aviation continues at a high tempo due to the 
increased security risk in the Yanajanca area.  The UH-2s 
exceeded their allocated flight time by 30 percent in May and 
the NAS-funded PNP MI-17 exceeded its time by 50 percent. 
This is the first time the EP and PNP Special Operations 
Group have been integrated with eradication security police. 
These new security forces have had to be trained on the 
standard operating procedures for using helicopters.  They 
have received additional classes and training after the 
accidental discharge of a weapon on board a helicopter (no 
one was injured). 
 
12. (U)  The increase in flying hours and the recent surge of 
new pilots has affected fleet readiness by requiring 
additional, unscheduled maintenance.  The less experienced 
flight crews have caused over-torques--exceeding power 
limits--causing NAS aviation to review procedures for flying 
with heavy aircraft loads (ACL), air speeds, high 
temperatures, and high altitude environments. 
 
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SEIZURES SKYROCKET AT AIR AND SEA PORTS 
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13. (SBU)  This month 431 kg of cocaine was seized at the 
International Airport in Lima, leading to 78 arrests.  So far 
this year, 2,281 kg have been seized at the airport, 
surpassing the entire CY 2006 amount of 2,048 kg, which was 
more than double the amount in 2005 (978 kg).  NAS began 
supporting airport interdiction operations in January 2006. 
The seizures were made in commercial air cargo, passenger 
luggage, and drugs carried on a passenger.  We expect an 
increase in seizures and arrests when the x-ray body scanner 
is deployed in July 2007 (Ref B). 
 
14. (U)  The pace of container inspections at the Ports of 
Callao and Paita has increased significantly.  Starting in 
January 2006, NAS introduced container scanners as well as 
non-intrusive instruments (NII) such as ion-scans and 
fiber-optics into the interdiction operations.  Back in May 
2005, an average of only three containers were inspected 
every month.  In May 2007, 5,015 containers were inspected 
with an x-ray scanner in Callao alone and 341 received 
thorough manual and NII inspections.  In the Port of Paita, 
2,149 containers received x-ray scanning and 58 were 
subjected to intensive inspections.  The total number of 
containers inspected this month was 7,563 export containers 
(vice three containers two years ago).  Since NAS acquired 
the container scanner in October 2006, an estimated 55 
percent of all containers leaving Peru have been scanned. 
With NAS support, Peruvian port officials are developing the 
following: 
  -- specialized diving teams to look for drugs attached to 
or hidden on the outside of a ship's hull, 
  -- a remote-control camera surveillance system to spot the 
insertion of drugs into cargo and containers post-inspection 
and to stop crews and port officials from carrying drugs on 
board, and 
  -- no-notice roadblocks within the port to re-inspect 
cargo/containers prior to being loaded on a ship. 
 
15. (SBU)  NAS is coordinating with U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (USCBP) for 18 Peruvian Customs and Counterdrug 
Police to attend the International Border Interdiction 
Training (IBIT) on June 18-22.  The training will be 
conducted at the USCBP Land Border Entry Station in McAllen, 
Texas. 
 
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PERU'S CONGRESS IMPROVES CHEMICAL PRECURSORS LAW 
--------------------------------------------- ---- 
16. (U)  On May 31, the Peruvian Congress approved a law 
modifying the 2004 Precursor Chemical Control Law (and the 
Implementing Regulations) to include penalties and more 
specificity.  It increases the penalties (5-10 years in 
prison) for trafficking in precursor chemicals, provides for 
more chemicals to be added to the prescribed list, and 
invalidates the licenses of companies found guilty of 
diverting chemicals to the drug trade.  It added nitric acid 
and calcium hydroxide to the list of controlled chemicals, as 
well as some solvents.  Companies using controlled substances 
are required to provide monthly input to special registries 
on the amount in their chemical stocks. The database 
prescribed in the 2004 Act has yet to be implemented although 
steps are being taken by the Ministry of Production in 
coordination with SUNAT. 
 
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NAS PLANS A DEMAND REDUCTION PROGRAM IN MAZAMARI 
--------------------------------------------- ---- 
17. (U)  NAS met several times with Andres Alvarado, 
"Lieutenant Governor" of Mazamari (a non-elective, but 
influential position), to discuss ways that NAS could reduce 
drug abuse in the area and educate the populace about the 
social/economic dangers of coca cultivation and 
narcotrafficking.  Alvarado has shown himself to be a 
dynamic, proactive leader who is willing to tackle the hard 
development problems.  Two NGOs familiar with the region will 
conduct a needs assessment in June to understand the 
cultural, social, and economic situation in Mazamari.  In 
July, NAS plans to start a drug prevention program there. 
 
18. (U)  On May 10, NAS Director participated in an event 
organized by a community anti-drug coalition (CAC) where 
municipal officials, the police, and over 100 members of the 
community pledged to coordinate efforts to reduce drug, 
alcohol, and tobacco use.  Local youth groups performed 
dances and anti-drug skits.  While the event was an 
impressive show of support for combating drugs, event 
organizers acknowledged that daily activities are what will 
ensure long-term impact and sustainability. 
 
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TRAINING INITIATIVES FOCUS ON MONEY LAUNDERING ISSUES 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
19. (U)  NAS initiated a six-part lecture series, in 
cooperation with the Public Ministry, on money laundering and 
organized crime.  The first event was attended by over 70 
lawyers, prosecutors, judges and other law enforcement 
authorities.  With OAS/CICAD, NAS is planning a seminar in 
August on money laundering and international terrorist 
financing for Southern Cone countries.  Officials from 
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay attended a 
three-day seminar conducted by the U.S. Department of 
Treasury at the ILEA Regional Training Center in Lima on the 
prevention of money laundering in non-bank institutions. 
 
--------------------------------------------- 
CONGRESS PASSES LAW TO PRESERVE FIU AUTONOMY 
--------------------------------------------- 
20. (U)  At the end of the month, the Peruvian Congress 
approved a law that incorporates the GOP Financial 
Intelligence Unit (FIU) into the Superintendency of Banking 
and Insurance (Ref D).  Prior to this new law, the FIU was 
going to be moved to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, 
raising concerns that the FIU would lose its autonomy to 
carry out its work.  With this decision, the FIU will be in a 
position to continue to pursue money laundering cases 
autonomously. 
STRUBLE