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Viewing cable 08LIMA228, NAS MONTHLY REPORT, JANUARY 2008

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08LIMA228 2008-02-07 16:02 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Lima
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RUCOWCA/COMLANTAREA COGARD PORTSMOUTH VA
RUWDQAA/COMPACAREA COGARD ALAMEDA CA
UNCLAS LIMA 000228 
 
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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, JANUARY 2008 
 
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SUMMARY 
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1. (U) The key developments in January 2008: 
** CORAH started the 2008 eradication season on January 18 
near Pizana northeast of Tocache. 
 
** An increase in murders east of the Andes gained public 
attention due to the link with eradication and alternative 
development. 
 
** The GOP initiated quarterly meetings to monitor the 
progress of projects in our bilateral Letter of Agreement. 
 
** The three NAS-supported PNP Police Academies enrolled 509 
new students for its 11-month training course. 
 
** Peruvian police plan to open 3 new police bases in "hard 
core" coca-growing valleys. 
 
** On January 2, the Peruvian Air Police changed commanders 
again. 
 
** A police C-206 crashed landed at Palmapampa, prompting 
calls for better safety and standardization procedures. 
 
** NAS-Lima visited Colombia to discuss helicopter training 
with NAS-Bogota, MAAG, and Colombian Air Force. 
 
** A trained and certified Peruvian Customs diving unit, 
funded by NAS, is scheduled to deploy in mid-February. 
 
** Peruvian Congress questions the constitutionality of the 
new asset-forfeiture law. 
 
** Over 300 people participated in the 1st annual gathering 
of all 12 community anti-drug coalitions. 
 
** New program promotes legal lifestyles through youth 
mobilization in 5 provinces of the Ayacucho region. 
END SUMMARY 
 
-------------------------------- 
2008 ERADICATION PROGRAM STARTS 
-------------------------------- 
2. (U) CORAH fielded 200 workers to start off the 2008 
eradication season on January 18 near Pizana northeast of 
Tocache.  In the first 12 days of operations, CORAH 
eradicated 391 hectares of coca of which 79 percent was 
replanted coca that was eradicated in 2005 and 2006. 
Eradication was slowed due to several factors: coca farmers 
claimed their plants were legal by showing ENACO receipts 
(CORAH countered this by explaining to the farmers' 
representatives the legal basis for eradication); bad 
weather; coca plants being cut off at ground level, which 
made uprooting the plant more labor intensive; and a police 
rotation that did not coincide with CORAH's (the police have 
now agreed to rotate every six days along with CORAH). 
 
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VIOLENT ATTACKS INCREASE IN ERADICATION AREA 
--------------------------------------------- 
3. (U)  In January, an uptick in the number of murders east 
of the Andes gained more public attention because of the link 
with eradication and alternative development.  At least 10 
people, including two teenagers found with gunshots to the 
head on the road in Tocache, were murdered in the first two 
weeks of the month in the Upper Huallaga.  On January 22, 6 
members of a family--parents, three daughters (1, 7 and 10 
years of age) and a brother--were killed and mutilated in the 
village of Las Piedras in Ucayali, according to the press and 
local contacts, because of having voluntarily eradicated 
their coca crop and joining the Alternative Development 
Program.  Local sources indicated that the father had become 
more active in promoting the program and in resisting 
cocalero pressures.  The father of the family was accused of 
having revealed sites of drug maceration pits.  Prime 
Minister Jorge del Castillo denounced the crime perpetuated 
by narco-traffickers and lamented the death of people only 
because they had chosen licit lifestyles.  He said the 
government would fight back and would root out those 
responsible.  Romulo Pizarro, Executive Director of DEVIDA, 
also condemned the murders and reaffirmed his determination 
to fight back against narco-trafficking.  Minister of 
Interior Luis Alva Castro downplayed the murder of the family 
of six as an isolated incident.  Reports from local contacts 
indicate, however, that there is an upward trend in such 
violence as dozens of deliberate murders are going unreported 
in the drug zones. 
 
----------------------------------------- 
NAS MEETS WITH GOP TO REVIEW CN PROGRAMS 
----------------------------------------- 
4. (U)  On January 28, the NAS Deputy Director attended a 
meeting organized by the Anti-Drug Directorate of the 
Ministry of Foreign Relations (MRE) to review the progress of 
the FY 2006-2007 counter-narcotics assistance programs.  Our 
bilateral Letter of Agreement (LOA) for narcotics and law 
enforcement assistance requires that a meeting should be held 
quarterly with a report prepared on the status of each 
program receiving assistance from the USG.  The January 28 
meeting was the first to be convened in more than a year. 
The MRE, the responsible agency, organized an excellent forum 
with high-level participation from all GOP counter-narcotics 
program partners (e.g., CORAH, DIRANDRO, DEVIDA, Customs, and 
the Public Ministry).  Eleven organizations sent high-level 
representatives and all were thoroughly familiar with all 
phases of the assistance received and the status of their 
respective projects.  A detailed assessment of each program 
was presented, followed by a discussion on the strengths, 
weaknesses, and direction of each program.  From the NAS 
perspective, the meeting successfully demonstrated that the 
GOP entities have a good understanding of their 
responsibilities as outlined in the LOA.  NAS took advantage 
of the occasion to remind the forum of the impending budget 
reductions and the need for the GOP to take a larger role in 
certain programs. 
 
----------------------------------------- 
POLICE ACADEMIES ENROLL 509 NEW STUDENTS 
----------------------------------------- 
5. (U) The three NAS-supported PNP Police Academies enrolled 
509 new students this month (133 in Santa Lucia, 207 in 
Ayacucho, and 169 in Mazamari).  The new recruits will 
graduate in December 2008 after receiving 11 months of 
intensive training. 
 
6. (U) NAS is coordinating with DIRANDRO to establish a 
government and police presence in the Monzon and Cachicoto 
river valleys in the Upper Huallaga region.  The PNP is 
taking control of two Peruvian Army bases in the area.  NAS 
will refurbish bases to house DIRANDRO officers, some of whom 
have recently graduated from the NAS-supported police 
academies.  The PNP is also procuring the land title to the 
army base at Boca Mantaro in the VRAE for the same purpose. 
 
7. (U) During this month, DIRANDRO destroyed 55 cocaine-base 
laboratories and seized 27,167 kg of precursor chemicals, 32 
kg of cocaine base, and 337 kg of HCl cocaine. 
 
--------------------------------------------- - 
ANOTHER NEW COMMANDER FOR PERUVIAN AIR POLICE 
--------------------------------------------- - 
8. (SBU) On January 2, Colonel Augusto E. Vega Garcia was 
named the new commander of the Peruvian Air Police.  Vega is 
a solid choice because he has been the DIRANDRO base 
commander in Santa Lucia and Pucallpa, but he is the third 
commander of the Air Police in the last 13 months who is not 
an aviator.  So far, Vega has taken some positive steps in 
assuming more responsibilities as NAS budgets are being 
reduced.  For example, Vega has directed his pilots to 
complete night-vision goggles (NVG) training, which is a 
critical skill for supporting the 400 to 500 eradicators and 
CN police in the field on day and night operations.  NVG 
training has been a high priority for NAS. 
--------------------------------------------- ---- 
PNP PLANE CRASH LANDS; 5TH INCIDENT IN 13 MONTHS 
--------------------------------------------- ---- 
9. (SBU) On January 23, a PNP Air Police (DIRAVPOL) Cessna 
C-206 crashed on landing at the police base at Palmapampa. 
It was a training flight with 3 pilots and cargo for the 
police (4 boxes of dynamite).  There were no serious 
injuries, but the cargo had not been properly secured, 
resulting in minor injuries.  This is the fifth accident or 
incident with DIRAVPOL fixed-wing aircraft (not under INL/A 
control) in the past 12 months.  NAS has no oversight of 
DIRAVPOL aircraft for safety and standardization -- only for 
INL/A aircraft flown by the police.  Previously, the DIRAVPOL 
commander asked for advice on setting up a fixed-wing 
standardization program, but his replacement decided not to 
accept the assistance.  Since it is in the interest of both 
the GOP and USG to have a safety and standardization program, 
NAS and visiting INL/A fixed-wing standardization pilot 
Joaquin Pereda will again offer training assistance. 
 
--------------------------------------------- ---- 
SEEKING MORE COST-EFFECTIVE ROTARY-WING TRAINING 
--------------------------------------------- ---- 
10. (U) NAS personnel visited Colombia on 30 January to 
discuss Initial Entry Rotary Wing training (IERW) with 
NAS-Bogota, MAAG, and the Colombian Air Force.  Due to budget 
cuts, NAS is looking for alternative ways to train helicopter 
pilots and crews.  The IERW training is necessary, because 
personnel are constantly lost to retirements, reassignment, 
and other demands.  A cooperative training program with 
NAS-Bogota should be more cost-effective than the IERW 
training at Fort Rucker (approximately USD 270,000.00) per 
student or at Bristow Academy in Florida (approximately USD 
80,000).  The central advantage to IERW training in Colombia 
would be using the DOS-owned UH-1s.  Presently, neither Fort 
Rucker nor Bristow use an UH-1 series helicopter.  Therefore, 
intensive additional training and flight hours are required 
in Peru for the pilots to transition to the new UH-2s.  These 
flight hours could be put to better use supporting CN 
operations. 
 
11. (U) Other NAS Aviation activities include: 
  -- support for the visit of Henrietta Fore, Director of US 
Foreign Assistance, who inspected the new police base in 
Ayacucho on January 11. 
 
  -- receipt of the new digital camera for the Peruvian Air 
Force C-26 from ARINC in December.  ARINC scheduled two weeks 
of training for the FAP, but after three days the camera 
stopped working.  It was returned to the U.S. for repair. 
 
  -- evaluation of the NAS B-1900D aircraft program by INL/A 
fixed-wing standardization pilot Joaquin Pereda, who will be 
in Peru January 28 through February 2. 
 
  -- review by DynCorp International of the corrective 
actions required by the Aviation Resources Management Survey 
(ARMS) in August 2007.  Most of the deficiencies have been 
corrected; one remaining item was for minor construction and 
the PNP is expected to approve it in early February. 
 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
DIVERS TO SEARCH FOR DRUGS HIDDEN BELOW THE WATERLINE 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
12. (U) The NAS-sponsored Peruvian Customs (SUNAT) diving 
unit (DU) will be fully trained and certified for its 
scheduled deployment in mid-February.  The DU was established 
to inspect the hull of a ship below the waterline where drugs 
may be attached to the hull or otherwise hidden.  Ships 
exporting cargo internationally are the main target for the 
DU.  The DU was organized after some traffickers were caught 
with wetsuits and diving gear as well other intelligence 
reporting.  In addition, the divers will inspect barges that 
are reportedly transporting drugs along major river systems 
throughout Peru.  SUNAT will assume total responsibility and 
control (nationalization) for the DU upon deployment. 
 
13. (U) During January, 183 kg of cocaine HCl was seized at 
the Jorge Chavez International Airport (JCIA) and Peruvian 
Postal System in Lima.  Twenty-four internal carriers (mules) 
were detained, 14 of which were identified by the x-ray body 
scanner.  A mule ingests an average of 900 grams of cocaine 
(up to 130 pellets). 
 
--------------------------------------------- ------- 
ASSET FORFEITURE LAW MAY CONFLICT WITH CONSTITUTION 
--------------------------------------------- ------- 
14. (U) NAS assisted the Ministry of Justice and members of 
the Peruvian Congress during 2007 to pass an asset forfeiture 
law.  The law went into effect in November 2007. 
Subsequently, the members of the Constitution Commission of 
the Peruvian Congress decided that some elements of the law 
are not consistent with the Peruvian constitution.  Their 
report was never issued to the full Congress so the law 
remains in force--for now.  The Garcia administration 
continues to strongly support the new asset forfeiture law. 
It is likely, however, that a number of changes to the law 
will be proposed once the Congress reconvenes in March.  It 
remains to be seen the impact of these changes on the law's 
relevance to combat organized crime in Peru. 
 
--------------------------------------------- ---------- 
COMMUNITY ANTI-DRUG COALITIONS GATHER FOR ANNUAL EVENT 
--------------------------------------------- ---------- 
15. (U) On January 12, more than 300 coalition 
members--parents, youth, and local leaders--participated in 
the first annual gathering of all 12 community anti-drug 
coalitions (CAC) in Lima.  The mayors of two municipalities 
attended along with representatives of 10 more municipalities 
in Metropolitan Lima and Callao.  Prizes were given to the 
winners of a CAC drawing contest aimed at gathering ideas for 
outreach campaigns from the community members.  The mayor of 
San Borja donated the use of the municipal auditorium for the 
event.  More CAC members would have attended if space 
permitted. 
 
--------------------------------------------- ------- 
PERUVIAN NGO IS MOBILIZING YOUTH IN AYACUCHO REGION 
--------------------------------------------- ------- 
16. (U) On January 29 as part of a visit by INL/LP desk 
officer Laiza Casas, NAS attended a presentation by CEDRO, a 
local NGO, about a program to mobilize youth in the 5 
provinces in Ayacucho region that are primary transport 
routes for narcotraffickers in the VRAE.  The program, 
"Toward a Culture of Lawfulness" (Hacia la Cultura de la 
Legalidad) seeks to work with youth on social and economic 
development projects.  With the help of strategic alliances 
with business and the local and regional governments, the 
youth groups aim to create sustainable businesses and social 
programs.  Ayacucho boasts many archeological and cultural 
sites with the potential of being a tourist destination to 
rival Cusco/Machu Picchu.  Creating legal lifestyles is a 
challenge because Ayacucho is part of the transport route for 
narcotraffickers.  Ayacucho has very limited funds because, 
unlike surrounding regions, it has no mines or gas projects 
that could provide taxes/royalties to supplement its budget. 
Without programs such as CEDRO's, youth in Ayacucho have 
little hope of escaping a life in the narcotics industry. 
MCKINLEY