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### Viewing cable 09BOGOTA3441, XXXXXXXXXXXX TO AMBASSADOR: GOC ANGRY AT USG SILENCE ON VENEZUELA; PROBLEMS WITHIN MOD; NO NEW PROSECUTOR GENERAL

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09BOGOTA3441 | 2009-11-25 20:08 | 2010-12-08 21:09 | SECRET//NOFORN | Embassy Bogota

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    S E C R E T BOGOTA 003441

    NOFORN
    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 2019/11/25
    TAGS: PGOV PREL ASEC MOPS PHUM KJUS PINR VE CO
    SUBJECT: XXXXXXXXXXXX TO AMBASSADOR: GOC ANGRY AT USG SILENCE ON  VENEZUELA; PROBLEMS WITHIN MOD; NO NEW PROSECUTOR GENERAL

    REF: A. BOGOTA 3421; B. BOGOTA 3375; C. BOGOTA 3271

    CLASSIFIED BY: William R. Brownfield, Ambassador; REASON: 1.4(B), (D)

    SUMMARY

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    ¶1. (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told the Ambassador on November 24 that President  Uribe was angry with the USG for its lack of response to  Venezuela's aggressions towards Colombia.
    XXXXXXXXXXXX  also said the  GOC was interpreting the
    cancelation of Deputy Secretary of State  James Steinberg's December
    1-3 visit to Colombia as a political  signal. The Ambassador explained
    that the visit was only canceled  due to a scheduling conflict.
    XXXXXXXXXXXX understood, but said this  was further
     indication of how bad the worrisome anti-USG reaction now was i
     Colombia. Even the private sector and former presidents  and ministers
    were lashing out. The Ambassador said he would seek  to address this
    perception with the media, and urged the GOC not to  fall into
    Venezuelan President Chavez' rhetorical trap. XXXXXXXXXXXX
    said that Uribe would discuss Venezuela with Brazilian President
    Lula in Manaus on November 26.

    ¶2. (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX also told the Ambassador that Minister
    of Defense  Gabriel Silva and Armed Forces Commander Freddy
    Padilla do not get  along; that the Uribe-Supreme Court standoff
    would continue well  into next year, with the Supreme Court likely
    refusing to select a Prosecutor General unless Minister of Interior and
    Justice (MOIJ)  Fabio Valencia Cossio resigned; that the CNP had asked
    prosecutors  to begin arrests and prosecutions in the Administrative
    Department  of Security (DAS) wiretap cases; and that extradited narcotics
    traffickers and paramilitaries were preparing a smear campaign
    against XXXXXXXXXXXX. End Summary.

    URIBE ANGRY AT USG SILENCE ON VENEZUELA

    ---------------------------------------
    ¶3. (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX invited the Ambassador and ORA
    Chief  to lunch November 24 to share his worries about the growing
    anti-United States reaction in Colombia. At a security meeting on
    November 23, President Uribe, for the first time in
    XXXXXXXXXXXX memory, expressed open anger with the USG's
    fence-sitting on Venezuela's aggressive threats and posture (ref A).
    The Colombian  private sector and the Presidential Advisory Board
    (former presidents and ministers) were also ventilating against the USG
    in  private and public. XXXXXXXXXXXX said he was very concerned.
    The  Ambassador said he would try to address some of these perceptions
    with the press on November 25, but stressed the importance of not
    falling into President Chavez' rhetorical trap. Chavez was
    currently winning the public relations struggle in Colombia, which
    is neither in the USG or GOC's interest. Chavez hopes to isolate
    Colombia from the region; he is now accomplishing that and dividing
    Colombia from the United States. XXXXXXXXXXXX shared that
    Uribe had  just decided to attend the Summit of Amazon Nations in Manaus,
    Brazil, on November 26, where he would work with President Lula on
    Venezuela.

    DEFENSE MINISTRY DISARRAY
    -------------------------
    ¶4. (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX said there were serious, growing
    problems in the MOD (which oversees both the military and the police)
     Minister  Silva did not trust Armed Forces Chief Gen. Padilla; they now
    rarely spoke to one another. XXXXXXXXXXXX also feels that Silva
    allows  his personal secretary (from the private sector) too much access to
    his meetings, which is a growing security concern. Padilla does
    not allow Army Commander Gonzalez to run the Army, and Silva does
    not support Padilla, so the Army is adrift and senior officers are
    playing one off against the other. Compounding things, the Navy
    was feeling under assault due to the Rear Admiral Gabriel Arango
    Bacci narcotics trafficking case (ref B). Only the Air Force and
    CNP seemed to be operating on all cylinders. XXXXXXXXXXXX
    himself has  comfortable access to both Silva and Uribe.
    XXXXXXXXXXXX urged the USG  to pay attention to MOD
    dysfunctionality.

    NO PROSECUTOR GENERAL FOR MONTHS, MINISTER OF
    INTERIOR & JUTICE RESIGNATION MAY BE ONLY SOLUTION --------------------------------------------- -----
    ¶5. (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX said that the standoff between the
    Supreme Court  and President Uribe on naming a new Prosecutor
    General would  continue well into 2010. The Supreme Court justices
    were visiting  Spain now and would go into recess upon their return.
    In January,  the justices' focus would be on electing a new Supreme
    Court president. (Note: Last year, this took three months and 130
    votes. End Note.) XXXXXXXXXXXX was convinced that the only
    solution to  the Executive-Judiciary standoff was to remove MOIJ
    Minister  Valencia from office. The Supreme Court had personalized
    much of its dislike for the Uribe Administration in Valencia.

    ¶6. (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX conceded that the Court had a point
    when it  claimed Uribe changed signals on the three-person list of
    nominees  for Prosecutor General. The Uribe Administration haD asked
    Inspector General Alejandro Ordonez to find a solution with the
    Court. Ordonez worked out a deal whereby the Court would accept
    the list if Juan Angel Palacio's name was pulled and replaced by
    former magistrate Gomez Gallego. When Ordonez presented this
    solution to Uribe, the President said he would not abandon his
    candidate Camilo Ospina and replaced Palacio with State Counselor
    Marco Antonio Velilla Moreno instead (Note: Lawyer Virginia Uribe
    is the third candidate on the list. End Note.). The Court
    promptly rejected Velilla for his lack of penal experience. This
    rejection of the compromise he had been asked to work out angered
    Ordonez. XXXXXXXXXXXX thought a long term solution to
    Colombia's  judiciary woes might be to split the MOIJ into two
    ministries --  Interior and Justice -- but that was unlikely before the
    May 2010  presidential elections. XXXXXXXXXXXX planned to tell
    Uribe that the  only way he saw to resolve the Prosecutor General
    issue in the near  term was for Valencia to resign, with an understanding
    that the Supreme Court would then select one of the three nominees on the list.

    DAS WIRETAPS INVESTIGATIONS
    ---------------------------

    ¶7. (S/NF) The Ambassador inquired as to the state of the
    investigations into the illegal wiretaps by the Administrative Department of Security (DAS). XXXXXXXXXXXX said CN investigators had  developed cases that should allow prosecutors to arrest and prosecute the suspects (ref C). However, he feared that the prosecutors assigned to the Supreme Court were new and that the supervisory Court magistrate was determined to make a case against  a senior official in the Presidential Palace. Lead prosecutor  Maria Consuelo Rincon opposed any prosecution until the  investigators had reached the intellectual author. The CNP had  delivered its investigatory results to the prosecutors with formal recommendation to proceed with arrests and prosecutions, in an attempt to force a decision by the prosecutors. XXXXXXXXXXXX expected a positive response next week. He acknowledged that there are  probably more senior people involved in the illegal wiretaps, but  arrests and prosecutions had to begin in order to force the lower level suspects to talk.

    SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST NARANJO
    ------------------------------

    ¶8. (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX said Baruch Vega, a drug trafficker
    who had  served time in the United States and now resided in Miami,
    was  conspiring with Don Mario and other extradited United Self-
    Defense  Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries to build a false
    case against him. He said that a number of his officers had reported
    being approached by these individuals seeking dirt on XXXXXXXXXXXX. He thought some smear was inevitable, and said he would share the  information he had with U.S. law enforcement.

    COMMENT
    -------
    ¶9. (C/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX is now the second most popular person
    in Colombia  and perhaps the smartest, best informed member of the GOC. His  views and observations are usually worth serious consideration. End Comment. BROWNFIELD

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