0 LMG Ü OPS 0 ( í I r ,V .'-PFN_0 D01 0 VDU 05( [5 Óffíg y . ' t ' //IJQ‘ÏMJ. STAFF . 9 GUATEMALA CITY L TO: INMEDIATE DIRECTOR.r FOR: _CHIEE/LA__ — 'SUHUECTE“ EYES ONLY - STATION INVESTIGATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 'Nï “' UIOLATIONS IN GUATEMALA? FEF: INONE.P TEXTzr 1. OVER THE PAST YEAR, STATION HAS EEEN RECEIVINS INCREASINcly DÏSTURBING PEPORTS OF ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS INVOLVINC THE-SERVICE, THE GUATEMALAN ARMY OR OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE GUATEMALAN SECURITY SERVICES. WE HAVE TAKEN ALL SUCH REPORTS SERIOUSLY AND HAVE ATTENRTED TO ORTAIN INFORMATION T0 CONFIRM OR DISPROVE THEM. OF COURSE, Ig, THIS HAS NOT BEEN EASY: THERE IS SELDOM SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE.TO C NARRANT INTELLIGENCE UISSENINATION. A .‘ "5 _ IN THE PAST I-‘E‘W WEEKS REPORTS RECE'IVED- —HAVE CREATED WHAT WE BELIEVB ARE REASONAHLE -—— GRODNDS POP BFLIEVING THAT CEPTAIN SPECIFIC ACCUSATIONS AND su OTHEP, MORE GENERAL ACCUSATIONS MAY BE TRUE. WE HAVE ARPIVED AT THIS CONCLUSION NOT JUST FROM EEPORTING ON INDIVIDUAL INCIDENTS, BUT ALSO FROM SUPPORTING REPORTING THAT HAS PROVIDED THE 'ATMOSPHEPICS' SURFOUNDING THE CASES. WE STEESS THAT IN ALL OF THESE CASES FURTHER INVESTIGATION IS WARRANTED, BUT WE PPESENT THE FOLLONING INFORMAION IN DETAIL TO PPOVIDE T0 HOS THE CONTENT OF SOME RECENT REVELATIONS. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THB L e. STATION HAS MADE THE FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF ALL OF TÉÉSE -¿HF’V xï . INCIDENTE A TOP PPIOPITY. FOLLOWING IS PECENT INFOPMATION ‘EF‘ Cyané; . .- ..'_ . 1., ¡gn-ql.“ . LW myw,p h“ -' /o/}, 3 ‘ OMA: f é» . '“ - :¡,....-_ “x 1.._ “¡if-s un v I. Y Y u.“ , , 1 :"—\ .5}: .a , . un. _u 2 4 a o n ) ua wo-n i-I'I‘f'." ¡"SÍ-x mamut. ¡1 HECEIVED ON INDIVIDUAL HUMAN RIGHTS CASES:r I A. MUPDER OF HICHÁ . [[DEVINHIJ. 0.8- CITIZENÍ’. — _ THIS IS THE’AIÏP-APEN'I‘ SEOUENOR OF EVENTS. 'THE COMHANDHR OF MILITARY ZONE 23, COLONEL [[GARCIAJI CATALAN, REPORTSD THE LOSS OF A GALIL RIFLE BY HIS TROOPS [A SOLDIER DESERTHD ANDÜTOOK HIS RIFLE WITH HIMI. GARCIA HAD LOST OTHER WEAPONS IN THE RAST, A SERIOUS OFFENSE AND A BLACK MARK IN HIS C¿){;) (¿>63? A MILITARY RECORD. WE SPECULATE THAT GARCIA CATALAN PROBABLY REPORTED THIS To THE GENERAL STAFF AND THB -SHRVICH' _ A 3- " - M. WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THEN ORDERED THAT THE WEAPON BE RECOVBRED, j. 31:: . - I ‘x. 7L A MISSION THAT WOULD HAVE BESN CARRIED OUT “BYTHE LOCAL 5-2 OFFICE, UNDER GA'RCIA'S DIRECT COM'MAND. CAPTAIN HUGO [[CONTRFPAS]I¡.FROM THE MZ 23 S-2 OFFICE, WAS SENT TO QUESTION DEVINE._ CONTRERAS HAD DEVINE APFESTED AND TOOK HIM TO THE KAIBIL BASE AT .POPTUN.. PETEN 'DERARTMENT. ü «- 9.. Q. DEVINEWAS TISD To A CHAIR AND SUFFOCATED WITH A PONCHO IN AN ATTENPT TO MAKE HIM TALK ABOUT THE NISSING RIFLE, - “CONTRERAS CONPIRMEDA THAT DÉVINE HAD THE RIFLE, BUT IT WAS NOT RHCOVERSD HIFI]. — AT SONS POINT, DEVINS DIHD OR WAS. KILLED BY CONTRERAS. HIS NBCK WAS CUT WITH A MACHETE [PERHAPS T0 HIDF MARKS ON THE NECK FROM THE STRANGULATÍON OR SUFFOCATION} AND 1 THE BODY WAS DUHRSD ON A ROAD NEAR HIS HOUSE. THIS INDICATES THAT THE n '. E i ENTIRE COHHAND STRUCTUPE OF THE HILITAFY ZONE WHERE THE KILLING TOOK PLACE WAS_CONTROLLED BY MEN KNOWN TQ BE CAPABLE OF MURDER ' ,l UNDER THE. MOST CASUAL PRETEXT. q É “PEPOPTED THAT {FNUI SPECIALIST [[ALFAROI], ONE OF THE ENLISTED MEN ACCUSED IN THE DEVINE IN FACT KILLED DEVINE. WE SEE NO CONFLICT IN THIS VERSION OF THEHÉEORY. CONSIDERING THE LOW REGARD IN WHICH ENLISTED MEN ARE HELD IN GUATEMALA, IF CONTREPAS WAS IN CCMMAND WHEN DEVINE WAS FILLED,-WOULD HAVE ¿"Lu nc wna In: KILLER EVEÑ IF SOHEBODY ELSE [SUCH AS ALFARO] DEALT THE DEATH BL(/.' -HELIEVES THAT THE .. VER-UP HAS BEEN. __*_______** . ORDERED BY HINISTER OF DEFENSE GENERAL LUIS ENRIQUE [IMENDOZAIJ TO PROTECT THE ARMY AND THE INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS TNVOLVED. q!!!!b {E_9E_ÏEE_ÏÍÏE_EïïÏï9N AND STATES THAT MENDOZA ALONE Is HOLDING UP THE TNVESTIGATION OF THE-DEVINE YILLING. ¿g_g¿g‘2ÏïNEENJ THOSE INVOLVED WOULD HAVE BEEN RETIRED GENERAL [[DOLANosll, THE FOPMER DEEENSE MINISTEP, - WHO MAY HAVE GIVEN THE ORDER TO INVESTIGATE TRE THEFT OF THE GALIL RIFLE,_COLONEL GARCIA CATALAN,.IIIB4AND CARTAIN CONTRERAS. GARCIA CATALAN AND MENDOZA ARE BOTH RROTEGEE OF FORMER MINISTER OE DEFENSE [‘IGRAMAJOIJ. ACCORDING TO-) GRAMAJO RETAINs STRONG TNELUENCE IN THE ARMY AND CONTTNDEs TO INFLUENCE THE PLACEMBNT OE KEY OFFICERS. HE SAID THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE DESIRE TO PROTECT GRAMAJO'S MEN (CAREFULLY PLACED IN KEY PSOTIONS BEFORE HE LEFT OFFICE, IN ANTICIPATION OF HIS EXPECTED 1995 PPESIDENTIAL PID) IS THE DPIVING FORCE BEHIND THE ABSOLUTE x. REFUSAL TO COOPERATE ON THE DEVINE CASE.r .r . _—-__.‘- “ww..—— W‘qu'rï: .‘Ï»‘.”k’ V ' B. KIDNARPING OF DIANA [[ORTIZJJ: DIAflfikÁJORTIZII IS A U.S. CITIZEN AND ROMAN CATHOLIC NUN WHO CLÁIMS T0 HAVE BEEN FIDNAPPED AND PELEASFD MORE THAN A YEAP AGO BY GUATEFALAN SECURITY KUKUES. UNTIL NOW, STATION (AND THE EHBASSY) HAS BEEN " , . INCLINED TO REGARD( R STORY WITH SUSPICION SEI ISE OF THE . l , TACTIGS COHMONLY USED BY LEFTIST PROPAGANDISTS IN GUATEMALA h Y [FALSE KIDNAPPINGS, ETC.] AND THE UNCONVINCING CONTENT OF HER STORY. HOWEVER, THAT SHE WAS IN ACT É Ümqu/ Í KIDNAPPED AS SHE CLAIMED, PROBABLY BY THE S-Z OFFICE OF M ' MILITARY zONE_302, WITH HEADOUARTERS IN CHIMALTENANGO, CHIMALTENANGO DEPARTMENT [SHE WAS KIDNAPPED IN ANTIGUA GUATEMALA, WHICH IS IN MZ 3021. STATION MUST STRESS THAT- HAS SIMPLY SAID THAT HE KNOWS SHE WAS KIDNAPPED, BUT HAS NOT w PROVIDED ANY SPECIFIC INFORMATION SURROUNDING THE KIDNAPPING. m 4‘ IN VIEW OF THE EXTREME SENSITIVITY OF THIS CASE, THIS IS A CRUCIAL POINT. AS HQS MAY BE AWARE, THE CASE HAS RECEIVED EXTENSIVE NEWS COVERAGE IN THE U.S., INCLUDING A STORY ON THE 3Q; ¿7 20/20 NEWS SHOW. IN THE OPINION OF_SHE WAS PROBABLY NOT C5) a . N M RAPEU OR OTHERWISE MISTREATED As SHE CLAIMED, HOWEVER. GÍÍÍÍD SAID THATWOMEN ARE NOT NORMALLY SEXUALLY MOLESTED AND IE THERE 5 HAB BEEN ANY PHYSICAL MISTREATMENT BY HER CAPTORS SHE WOULO. 1 .HAVE BEEN HILLED RATHER THAN RELEASED."III'SAID THAT, ACCORDING TO WHAT HE KNOWS OF SUCH AFFAIRS, WOMEN WHO ARE NOT RELEASED ARE USUALLY STABBED AND LEET AT A PUBLIC BUs_TERMINAL ‘SO'THEY WILL¿BE FOUND AND THE DEATH REPORTED AS AN ORDINARY CRIMINAL INCIDENT. THOSE RELEASED UNHARMED ARE SOMETIMES DRUGGED ANO THEN RELEASEB. WHEN THEY COME TO THEY ARE UISORIENTED AND OFTENÁUNABLE TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OE WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. THIS MAY WELL HAVE BEEN THE CASE WITH ORTIZ. ’ADDED THAT ORTIz WAS IN CONTACT WITH LEETIST GUEPRILLAS, WHICH LED'TO HER ARREST. WE REPEAT, QWAS UNABLE TO GIVE FURTHER DETAILS, BUT WAS CLEAR IN STATING THAT OPTIZ HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED.T C. FRANK [[VARGAsll, SANDINISTA MILITARLAINTELLIGENCE OFFICER. VARGAS WAS SHOT TO DEATH ON THE STREET IN ZONE 10, GUATEMALA CITY IN LATE 1989. ACCOROINC Toqllll EE WAS SHOT EY —# . ,_ . “un no m nmus ON W THE KILLING. STATION SUSPECTS THAT VARGAS TÜRNED DOWN AN 3‘. /' WCRüITMENT PITCH OR IGNORED A DEMAND THAT HE CEASE OPERATIONS IN GUATEMALA CITY.__ D. MIRNA [[MACKI] CHANC: - REPORTS THAT THE- SERVICE ASSASSINATED THE POLICE OFFICER ASSIGNED To INVESTIGATE A NUMBER OF HUMAN RIGHTS CASES, INCLUDING THE MURDER OF MYRNA [[MACK11 CHANC, A MEMBER OF THE GUATEMALAN GUERRILLA POLITICAL STRUCTURE. ALTHOUGH_- DID NOT SAY THAT TH}! N SERVICE KILLED HACK,— SAID THAT HE BELIEVES FROMTHE NATURE OF THHÜLLING AND THE ATTEMPTS TO SHIFT THE BLAME To , l.) a? L / THE -SERVICE [THE PRIME 'SUSPECT', WHO CANNOT BE LOCATED, IS A FORMER -MEMBER] THAT-THE-SERVICE br ¡7 MAY WELL HAVE KILLED HER. TO BALANCE THIS, _REPORTED :7 THAT A CRIMINAL KILLED THE POLICE OFFICER BECAUSE OF A CORRUPTION CASE THE SLAIN pOLICEMAN HAS INVOLVED'IN. THE - SERVICE PRODUCED A TAPE WHICH HAS A CONFESSION OF. THE ALLEC'ED KILLER, A PETTY CRIMINAL. “REPORTS THAT THE l-SERVICE'INDUCED A CRIMINAL TO TAKE THE FALL, FOR THE KILLING, WITH A FROMISE OF LATER RELEASE. THIS IS ROSSIBLE, AND IT IS ROSSIBLETHAT THE ACCUSED CRIMINAL OR OTHERS HERE ASKED To CARRY OUT THE KILLING BY THE— SERVICE. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THE WERE NOT INVOLVED.__ E. ALLEGED KILLING OF FIFTEEN CRIMINALS“ "" _. -REPORTS THAT IN EARLY OCTOBER 1991 SOME ITEMS, INCLUDING A RADIO, WERE STOLEN FROM AN “VEHICLE THAT WAS ON A SURVEILLANCE MISSION IN GUATEMALA CITY. “FLACED ANOTHER CAR NITH 'BAIT' IN THE SAME AREA SOME TIME AFTER THE INCIDENT AND BVENTUALLY WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE 15 MEMBERS OF A CRIMINAL GANG OPERATING IN___I‘,ILE-«AREA. THEY HERE LOCKED IN THE BACK OF A VAN. AFTER SEVERAL DAYS WITHOUT FOOD CP WATER, THRFE‘ OF THE CPIMINALS WEP-E TAKENOUT AND SHCT, TFE‘IP uvylnp.¿unmwlrlzu WITH NUTES'PASTED T0 THEIR FOREHEADS. THESÉ , .u WERE THEN DUMPED I( . PUBLIC AREA. NOTICES HACÏAPPEARED IN THE NEWSPAPER ASKING FOR INFORMATION ON THEIR ÏHEREABOUTS. THE OTHER TWELVE WERE SHOT AND BURIED. _ 2. IN ADDITION T0 THE ABOVE, THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AGAINST HABITUAL CRIMINALS, NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS AND TERRORISTS, BUT WE D0 NOT HAVE ANY CLEAR ,1 INFORMATION ON OTHER CASES. IT SHOULD HE REMEHEERED THAT {¿:}{í{> ALMOST ANY MURDER IN GUATEMALA IS LIKELY To BE ATTRIEUTED T0 (¿ÁXÏÏP THE -SERVICE. IN FACT, THERE IS SO MUCH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HERE (NOT T0 MENTION POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF A VIOLENT A jjgï ¿si " NATURE) THAT IT IS USUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WHO IS f REALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL ACT. AN EXCELLENT ' fi- G/loup unrch ¡Alcuqc EXANPLE OF THIS WOULD BE THE KILLING OF ELEVEN PERSONS BYífifiï . ofima fi'GUATEHALAN NAVA. IF.THE NAVAL OFFICERS IN CHARGE HAD NOT CARRIED OUT THE KILLINGS IN SUCH A CLUMSY FASHION, IT IS . .PROHABLE THAT NOBODY NOULD HAVE EVER SUSPECTED THE NAVY OF CARRYING OUT THE KILLINGS. :THEY NIGHT WELL HAVE BEEN FALSELI ATTRIHUTED To IN ANOTHER INSTANCE, a flHAVB 'HEEN ACCUSED OE HAVING TRACKED. DOWN THE GANG THAT RARED AND ROFEED A GROUP OF GERMAN TOURISTS. IT HAS EVEN REEN RUMORBD THAT THEY RECEIVED DIRECT ORDERS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF GUATEMALA T0 DO THIS. OF COURSE, THERE IS No PROOF WHATSOEVER THAT THIS HAPPENED. TO FURTHER ILLUSTRATE THE POINT, THE KILLING OF FRANK VARGAS, THE SANDINISTA, HAS EEEN ATTRIEUTED TO THE SANDINISTAS, LOCAL CONTRA SUPPORTBRS, LOCAL CRIMINALS (VARGAS WAS REPORTED TO BE INVOLVED IN DIRECT KINDS OF ILLEGAL ACTIVITY) AND, OF COURSE¡ R E G A R D L E S S O F ={'_.'¡‘:-;_Ï=_¿.:af ¿éSTATEMENT, WE CANNQÏkBULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT HE IS WRONG AND THAT WAS HERELY BOASTING AND TAKING CREDIT POP A CRIFE COMMITTED BY a I 1 ANOTHER PERSONA REOÁRDIIQG THE SUPPORTING 'ATEOSPRERICS',-. \ ¡AVE ALL Now REPORTED ON PÉÏÏTTERN OF HUMAN RIGHTS v'IOLATIo'Ns BY THE- SERVICE 9’AND THE GUATEMALAN ARMY IN GENERAL. THE EARLIER MENTIONED KILLÍNG OF ELEVEN pERsoNs BY A GUATEMALAN NAVY COHHANDER A FEW WEEKS Aco, A HATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD, IS NOW PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE. THE N GENERAL OPINION EXPRESSED BY ALL OF THEM IS THAT THE Í - EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING OF CERTAIN CATEGORIEs OF PERSONS IS . ALMOST ROUTINE. IT is APPARENTLY CONSIDERED JUSTIEIED TO KILL S f5 GUERRILLAS ERo REFUSE To COOPERATE WITH THE ARMY, common I 5 {im CRININALS AND.NAÉCOTICS TRAFFICKERS.. REPORTS OF THIS KIND ARE ONÉ THING, HOWÉVEPl PFOOF OR SOLID EVIDENCE IS ANOTHER.r 3. COS COMMENTS: -4. FILE: NONE- ú ú DATE: 10/15/91 REL: co'ORDINATORs: BB . ,7 ’ ‘ WGP- w SM _ ._ o e (LH 5 / _ - . (1.“