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Viewing cable 08GUATEMALA1351, GUATEMALA'S RESPONSE TO E-TRACE AGREEMENT

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08GUATEMALA1351 2008-10-30 18:06 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Guatemala
VZCZCXYZ0004
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHGT #1351/01 3041806
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 301806Z OCT 08
FM AMEMBASSY GUATEMALA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6346
INFO RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS GUATEMALA 001351 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR WHA/FO GIOVANNI SNIDLE AND ISN 
STATE PLEASE PASS TO ATF 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ARM MASS ETTC PE PREL XK GT
SUBJECT: GUATEMALA'S RESPONSE TO E-TRACE AGREEMENT 
 
REF: STATE 106251 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: Per reftel and in coordination with 
ATF-Mexico, PolMil Officer held meetings with Colonel David 
Napoleon Barrientos, the Director of Guatemala's Arms and 
Munitions Control Department (DECAM), and members of the 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to gauge support for 
Guatemala's participation in ATF's eTrace system and the 
possibility of Guatemala's signing the reftel Memorandum of 
Understanding (MOU) at the December 12, 2008 U.S.-SICA 
Dialogue on Security Meeting.  Barrientos fully supports 
Guatemala's participation in eTrace.  MFA representatives 
support signing the MOU in principle, but could not guarantee 
that the legal departments of the MFA and MOD would be able 
to analyze and approve the text of the MOU in time for the 
December 12 signing ceremony.  Post will continue to engaged 
on this issue and will report on MOU negotiations Septel. 
 
DECAM ON BOARD 
-------------- 
 
2. (SBU) Thanks to a prior visit by members of ATF-Mexico, 
Barrientos was well versed on the eTrace system, fully 
supported Guatemala's participation, and stated that he had 
previously forwarded a copy of the MOU to both Ministry of 
Defense (MOD) and MFA lawyers for consideration.  He stated 
that if DECAM is able to gain access to eTrace he plans to 
implement a policy to enter information on all weapons 
presented for registration into eTrace in hopes of greatly 
reducing the common practice of locally registering, and thus 
legitimating, arms smuggled into to Guatemala from the United 
States.  A statute of Guatemala's current gun law, which is 
unfortunately included in the new draft gun law now before 
Congress, enables those in possession of unregistered weapons 
to register them by simply presenting an affidavit attesting 
that the weapon is a family heirloom passed down by a direct 
relative.  This loophole makes no mention of the age or type 
of weapon that can be registered using this process, and 
DECAM currently has no effective method of contesting these 
affidavits.  Barrientos hopes to use information obtained via 
eTrace to contest these bogus affidavits and seize the 
weapons in question.  He believes that access to eTrace will 
finally provide his office with a tool to stop the local 
registration of black market weapons, which should eliminate 
one of the factors driving the trade.  (NOTE: NAS believes 
that providing DECAM access to eTrace will complement plans 
to also assist DECAM with obtaining IBIS ballistic 
recognition equipment, that will increase Guatemala's ability 
to investigate high profile cases.  END NOTE.)  Barrientos 
points out that as DECAM is a dependency of the MOD, his 
office has no investigative authority beyond the limited 
scope of arms registration, but can share information with 
other Guatemalan agencies. 
 
MFA Cautiously Optimistic 
------------------------- 
 
3. (SBU) PolMil Officer met with Elena Barrientos (no 
relation to Colonel Barrientos) in the MFA's legal office 
regarding the eTrace MOU.  She agreed to make examining the 
MOU a top priority, but stated that as she would need to 
obtain clearance from both her office and the MOD's legal 
office she could not guarantee that the MOU would receive the 
necessary clearances by December 12.  PolMil officer made the 
point that as the December 12 ceremony would include MOU 
signings with other SICA countries it would be a strong 
indication of Guatemala's commitment to SICA and increasing 
international cooperation if Guatemala could also sign the 
MOU at the event.  She agreed that this would be a good 
QMOU at the event.  She agreed that this would be a good 
outcome and promised to "fast track" the clearance process. 
Colonel Barrientos informed PolMil Officer that the MOD's 
legal department has already cleared on the MOU draft and 
that the Minister of Defense personally expressed his support 
for the eTrace program.  PolMil Officer will follow up with 
Elena Barrientos and with members of the MOD's legal office 
to ensure that the clearance process stays on track. 
 
Next Steps 
---------- 
 
4. (SBU) The way forward on the eTrace MOU with DECAM was 
greatly facilitated by a recent visit by members of 
ATF-Mexico, who effectively explained eTrace to DECAM 
officials.  If DECAM makes good on its promise to enter all 
weapons presented for registration into eTrace it will 
provide a wealth of law enforcement information to U.S. 
officials, as well as serve to curb the high demand for black 
market weapons in Guatemala.  DECAM, however, is not a law 
enforcement agency with the ability to investigate or 
prosecute crimes or criminal groups.  Post believes that the 
National Police's Compilation, Analysis and Dissemination of 
Criminal Information Unit (CRADIC) should also be included in 
the program.  Unlike DECAM, CRADIC does have responsibility 
for investigating criminal organizations, and could use the 
eTrace data to uncover linkages between seemingly isolated 
criminal acts and transnational criminal organizations.  Post 
urges ATF to send a team to Guatemala to discuss eTrace with 
CRADIC leadership and the Ministry of Government, and to 
explore the possibility of including CRADIC in the eTrace 
system at some future date. 
 
 
McFarland