b 3 10 US 424 HEADER R 1709362 JAN 97 FM DIA WASHINGTON DC INFO RUEACMC CMC WASHINGTON DC RUFTNABICOMUSNAVCEN RUCBAICILANTCOM NORIQLK VA RUWSM 1 USCINCTRANS COTT AFB l RUCQVABIUSCINCSOC ACDILL AFB FL RHLBAAAIUSCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PM RUEAIIAICIA WASHINGTON DC RUDMGRDICOGAR WASHINGTON DC RUETIAHIDIRNSA FT GEORGE G MEADE MD RUFGAIDIUSCINCEUR VAIHINGEN GE RUEALGXISAFE R 1619462 JAN 97 b 3 10 USC 424 b 3Y 50 USC 3024 1 TO RUEKDIAIDIA WASHINGTON DC INFO RHLBAAAIUSCINCSO QUARRY HEIGHTS PH RUEHCISECSTATE WASHD RUEAIIAICIA WASHDC BT CONTROLS b 3 10 USC 424 e b 3 10 USC 424 SERIAL U b 3 50 USC 1 THIS IS A COMBINED MESSAGE I BODY COUNTRY U OLOMBIA CO 3024 iy s k 0 3 10 U SC 42 B page 62 c---6 R b 3 50 USC 1 3024 i - UNLIKELY ONE GENERAL ORDERED ASSASSINATION OF ANOTHER U WARNING U THIS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT NOT FINALLY EVALUATED INTELLIGENCE ecroc-r DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE nni- M AR1217 b 3 10 USC 424 b 1 b 3 10 USC 424 1 4 c b 1 1 A b 1 1 4 0 b 1 1 4 c _2 IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION SOME JUNIOR OFFICERS EXPRESSED SKEPTICISM OF THE MILITARY'S SWIFT DECLARATION THAT IT HAD BEEN PERPETRATED BY FARC REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLOMBIA GUERRILLAS BG GIL WAS VERY POPULAR WITH MANY JUNIOR OFFICERS THIS POPULARITY WAS A RESULT OF HIS REMARKABLE SUCCESS AGAINST THE GUERRILLAS AND FOR HIS STRONG PUBLIC STATEMENTS CONDEMNING CORRUPT PUBLIC OFFICIALS 3 ----IT IMPOSSIBLE THAT RAM¡REZ WOULD HAVE HAD ANY PART IN THE ASSASSINATION ALTHOUGH THE TWO GENERALS HAD VERY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES AND MANAGEMENT STYLES THEY WERE CLOSE FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES b 1 1 4 c SEGRE pape 63 b 1 1 4 c THESE TWO GENERALS WORKING TOGETHER THEY SEEMED TO NAVE UNUSUALLY CLOSE PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS THAT THERE HAD BEEN A FALLING OUT BETWEEN THEM PRIOR TO THE ASSASSINATION SOURCE HEARD THROUGH MULTIPLE SUB-SOURCES THAT RAMIREZ WAS VERY DISTRESSED WHEN HE HEARD OF GIL'S ASSASSINATION 4 - RAMIREZ'S REPUTATION FOR HAVING HELPED NARCOTRAFFICKERS IS WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE COLAR ALTHOUGH RAMIREZ IS PERCEIVED BY MANY COLAR OFFICERS AS A PERSON CAPABLE OF DOING JUST ABOUT ANYTHING WHEN MONEY IS INVOLVED NEVERTHELESS HE IS ALSO KNOWN AS A PERSON WHO HIT THE GUERRILLAS HARD RAMIREZ IS KNOWN TO HAVE LITTLE SYMPATHY FOR THE GUERRILLAS AND iS SUSPECTED OF LOOKING THE OTHER WAY WHEN TROOPS UNDER HIS CONTROL COMMITTED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS 5-M b 1 1 4 c b 1 1 4 c THE GUERRILLAS SPENT SEVERAL MONTHS PLANNING THE ASSASSINATION THEY OBSERVED GIL'S VEHICULAR MOVEMENTS APPARENTLY GIL TOOK THE SAME ROUTE EVERY DAY FROM HIS RESIDENCE TO WORK b 1 1 4 c GUERRILLAS USING A DEAD DOG TO PREVENT THE DISCOVERY OF THE EXPLOSIVES BURIED ALONG THE ROAD THE DOG'S CARCASS DISCOURAGED CASUAL PASSERSBY FROM INADVERTENTLY DISCOVERING THE EXPLOSIVES b 1 b 3 10 USC 424 b 3 50 __-_USe-3024 i 1 4 c SECRE1 pape 64 -irErGsnR i b 1 1A c b 1 1 4 c b 1 1 4 c MG RAMIREZ HAS PROBLEMS INSOFAR AS HIS ALLEGED TIES TO NARCOTRAFFICKERS RAMIREZ'S INVISIBLE HAND REGARDING HIS CONTINUING INFLUENCE IN BOTH THE 20TH BRIGADE AND THE COLAWS INTELLIGENCE NETWORK BASED ON HIS PREVIOUS SERVING AS BOTH JOINT INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR D-2 AND ARMY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR E-2 NEVERTHELESS RAMIREZ'S WELL-KNOWN FRIENDSHIP WITH GIL AND LACK OF A CLEAR MOTIVE IN DOWNPLAYING THE POSSIBILITY THAT RAMIREZ PARTICIPATED IN TRIS ACT RAMIREZ BECAIJSE OF HIS NOTORIOUS REPUTATIONS FOR ABUSING GUERRILLA HUMAN RIGHTS AND ASSOCIATING WITH NARCOTRAFFICKERS MAKES HIM AN EASY TARGET ON WHICH TO PIN THE ASSASSINATION OF BG GIL b 1 1 4 c b 1 1 4 c b 3 10 USC 424 b 3 50 USC 3024 i Page 65