Page 6 is DIF and will not be released DTG 071712Z APR 06 FROM b 3 10 USC 424 CONTROLS S r n n NODllRX 1 4 DOCNO b 3 10 USC 424 BODY COUNTRY U COLOMBIA CO I b 3 10 USC 424 I b 3 10 USC 424 _ RETIRED COLOMBIAN ARMY GENERAL RITO ALEJO DEL RIO SERVES AS A PERSONAL ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE VELEZ ON MILITARY MATTERS U WARNING U THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE REPORT CLASSIFIED 8 CQ N19FORN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOI U 20060201 b 3 10 USC 424 b 1 1 4 c SUMMARY t RETIRED COLOMBIAN ARMY GENERAL RITO ALEJO DEL RIO SERVES AS A PERSONAL ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE VELEZ ON MILITARY MATTERS REPORT INCLUDES HOME PHONE NUMBER AND TWO CELL PHONE NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH GEN DEL RIO TEXT t RETIRED COLOMBIAN ARMY GENERAL RITO ALEJO DEL RIO SERVES AS A PERSONAL ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE VELEZ ON MILITARY MATTERS GEN DEL RIO STARTED ADVISING PRESIDENT URIBE IN 2002 GEN DEL RIO WAS COMMANDER OF THE COLOMBIAN ARMY 17TH BRIGADE FROM 1997-1998 AND IS KNOWN AS THE EL PACIFICADOR DEL URABA BECAUSE HE MADE AN ALLIANCE WITH THE PARAMILITARIES TO FIGHT JOINTLY AGAINST THE FARO IN A SERIES OF OFFENSIVE COMBAT OPERATIONS TO PUSH THE FARC OUT OF URABA b 6 b 1- 1 4 c page 5 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu