UNCLASSIFIED Page l CONFIDENTIAL n a CONF' IDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION ARA-DO MEXICO 06242 01 OF 02 092141Z ADS-00 INR-07 EUR-00 SS-00 CIAE-00 DODE-00 NSCE-00 NSAE-00 HA-09 PM-10 INM-07 INRE-00 C-01 P-02 039 W ------------------355466 092206Z 66 P 092131Z MAR 89 FM AMEMBASSY MEXICO TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1007 INFO AMEMBASSY OTTAWA AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES AMCONSUL CIUDAD JUAREZ POUCH RELEASED IN PART AMCONSUL GUADALAJARA B 1 l 5 D AMCONSUL HERMOSILLO POUCH AMCONSUL MATAMOROS POUCH AMCONSUL MAZATLAN POUCH UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE AMCONSUL MERIDA POUCH REVIEW AUTHORITY APPEALS REVIEW PANEL AMCONSUL MONTERREY APPEAL ACTION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELEASED REASON S Bl 1 4 D AMCONSUL NUEVO LAREDO POUCH DATE CASE ID 13 OCT2004 200301533 AMCONSUL TIJUANA POUCH INFO LOG-00 H-01 SP-02 CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 01 OF 02 MEXICO 06242 E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PHUM PGOV MX SUBJECT MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST REF 1 MEXICO 5081 CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2 SUMMARY EMBOFF MET WITH MEXICO'S LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ROSARIO IBARRA DE PIEDRA WHO COMMENTED THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED GOM PARDON OF PRISONERS ACCUSED OF COMMITTING CRIMES OF A POLITICAL AND SOCIAL NATURE SHE EXPRESSED RELIEF AT THE RECENT RESIGNATION OF MEXICO CITY POLICE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF CONFIDENTIAL I ION Bl CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 MEXICO 06242 I UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY MELVIN E SINN DATE CASE ID 15 OCT 2003 200301533 01 OF 02 092141Z n a CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED I Bl Pag» UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL n a ITHE RlGHTIRECTION JTHE FACTTOREMAINS THAT THE GOM IS ADDRESS PAST ABUSES 3 Page 2 MOVING IN Bl END SUMMARY OVER BREAKFAST ON MARCH 8 POLOFF MET ITH MEXICO'S LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ROSARIO IBARRA DE PIEDRA WHO COMMENTED ON RECENT HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS ON CURRENT POLITICAL EVENTS 4 ADDRESSING THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED GOM PARDON OF POLITICAL PRISONERS SEE REFTEL ROSARIO IBARRA SAID THAT OF THE 402 PRISONERS MENTIONED FOR RELEASE BY THE GOVERNMENT ONLY THREE HAD BEEN RELEASED TO n TF Bl ISHE WOULD CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR THE RELEASE OR C L A R I FICATION OF THE 551 ARRESTED OR DISAPPEARED FROM HER OWN LIST s· ROSARIO IBARRA ADDED THAT THE NEWLY CREATED HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE AT THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT UNDER LUIS ORTIZ MONASTERIOS WAS ALSO PART OF THE SAME POLITICAL STRATEGY TO APPEAR MORE OPEN AND THEREBY IMPROVE THE GOM 1 S IMAGE SHE SAID SHE RESPECTED AND LIKED ORTIZ MONASTERIOS BUT SHE WOULD PUT US PEE'r 'l'O E f° R I L ALL THE Dl-SA J EEAR ED ARE G€0UNT D OR N ™EX l'GO DIFFERENTIATING HER POSI Y6N7'R1 lrT m HUMJrn TGHTS ACTIVISTS IN ARGENTINA SHE OBSERVED THAT UNLIKE THEM CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 MEXICO 06242 01 OF 02 092141Z SHE DID NOT DEMAND THAT THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES BE ARRESTED AND PUNISHED INSTEAD HER INTEREST WAS SIMPLY TO SEE THOSE ARRESTED OR DISAPPEARED BE ' RELEASED OR ACCOUNTED FOR 6 COMMENTING ON THE RECENT RESIGNATION OF MEXICO CITY POLICE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF NAZAR HARO SHE STATED THAT IT HAD COME ABOUT IN PART FROM INTERNAL DOMESTIC PRESSURES AND ALSO FROM THE EXISTING CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST HIM PENDING IN THE UNITED STATES 7 REFERRING TO THE FORMER MEXICAN SOLDIER WHO DECLARED IN CANADA THAT HE HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT DEATH SQUAD ACTIVITIES ROSARIO IBARRA COMMENTED THAT ONE OF HER OWN PEOPLE HAD INTERVIEWED THE FORMER SOLDIER EXTENn a CONFIDENTIAL UNCLASSIFIED Pag» UHClASSlHED - Page 3 CONFIDENTIAL n a SIVELY MANY PARTS OF iiIS STORY OBTAINED ROM QTHER SOURGES I 1B I Bl ALREADY THERE HAVE BEEN 42 POLITICALLY MOTIVATED KILLINGS MOSTLY OF CAMPESINO LEADERS OR ORGANIZERS AND ONE JOURNALIST Bl CONFIDENTIAL NNNN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 01 ACTION ARA-00 MEXICO INFO ADS-00 NSCE-00 C-01 LOG-00 H-01 SP-02 06242 02 OF 02 INR-07 NSAE-00 P-02 EUR-00 HA-09 039 W 092141Z SS-00 PM-10 ------------------355461 CIAE-00 INM-07 DODE-00 INRE-00 092206Z 66 P 092131Z MAR 89 FM AMEMBASSY MEXICO TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1008 INFO AMEMBASSY OTTAWA AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES AMCONSUL CIUDAD JUAREZ POUCH AMCONSUL GUADALAJARA AMCONSUL HERMOSILLO POUCH AMCONSUL MATAMOROS POUCH AMCONSUL MAZATLAN POUCH AMCONSUL MERIDA POUCH AMCONSUL MONTERREY AMCONSUL NUEVO LAREDO POUCH AMCONSUL TIJUANA POUCH CONFIDENTIAL SECTION 02 OF 02 MEXICO 06242 n a CONFIDENTIAL UKCUSSlHED Pag» -·· UNClASSIFIED D Page 4 CONFIDENTIAL n a E O 12356 DECL OADR TAGS PHUM PGOV MX SUBJECT MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST 11- ------r---------------J 11 COMMENT IBARRA WAS IN I 1 Bl SHE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 MEX- C _ 6'Q 4 2 FIEuD THE FACT REMAINS THAT THE GOM IS - - THE DEG IS l ONS 'BROM THE CENTER HOWEVER WILL NOT PRE EMPT FU ' CURE 11 BQSE§l RIGHT DIRECTION TO ADDRESS PAST ABUSES M0TIVATED BY llOG COND1iTl 0NS IN OTHER PARTS DRAFTED POL VMROCHA ·o 1· MJ X·IC0 GAMBLE CONFIDENTIAL NNNN n a CONFIDENTIAL UClASSIFIEO Pag»