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### Viewing cable 08SANJOSE389, COSTA RICA: VP CHINCHILLA ON SECURITY ISSUES

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08SANJOSE389 | 2008-05-14 14:02 | 2011-03-07 18:06 | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | Embassy San Jose

Appears in these articles:
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-06/Investigacion/NotasDestacadas/Investigacion2702320.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-06/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2702325.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-06/Investigacion/NotaPrincipal/Investigacion2702324.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-06/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2702326.aspx
http://www.nacion.com/2011-03-06/Investigacion/NotasSecundarias/Investigacion2702327.aspx

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    VZCZCXYZ0012
    PP RUEHWEB

    DE RUEHSJ #0389/01 1351446
    ZNR UUUUU ZZH
    P 141446Z MAY 08
    FM AMEMBASSY SAN JOSE
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9705
    INFO RUEHZA/WHA CENTRAL AMERICAN COLLECTIVE
    RHMFIUU/CDR USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
    RUEABND/DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMIN HQ WASHINGTON DC
    RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC

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    UNCLAS SAN JOSE 000389

    SENSITIVE
    SIPDIS

    DEPT FOR WHA/CEN, WHA/PPC, INL/LP

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PREL PGOV PINR SNAR CS
    SUBJECT: COSTA RICA: VP CHINCHILLA ON SECURITY ISSUES

    REF: SAN JOSE 287

    ¶1. (SBU)  SUMMARY.  On April 29, Charge, DEA Country Attache,
    ODR Chief and NAS officer met with Vice President (and
    Minister of Justice) Laura Chinchilla to discuss current and
    planned bilateral USG security assistance, including the
    Merida Initiative, to Costa Rica.  We also explained the
    delayed entry into the U.S. of Costa Rican Attorney General
    Francisco Dall'Anese on April 23 at Miami International
    Airport(septel), and briefed Chinchilla on the status of
    Costa Rica's pending (due to shortage of funds) new national
    wiretap facility.  Chinchilla gave us the green light to
    proceed with our planning to conduct a National Security
    Planning Workshop in early August and asked for police
    professionalization training and help to remove crack cocaine
    from the streets of Costa Rica.  END
    SUMMARY.

    =================
    MERIDA INITIATIVE
    =================

    ¶2. (SBU) We briefed Chinchilla on the Merida Initiative,
    focusing on the major programs that would affect Costa Rica
    if the proposed legislation was passed by the U.S. Congress.
    In her capacity as Minister of Justice, Chinchilla was
    particularly interested in prison management assistance.  She
    emphasized that Costa Rica needed the Merida Initiative to
    help address its deteriorating domestic security situation in
    all its aspects and she appreciated any assistance the USG
    could provide.  She asked that the GOCR be involved in the
    plan to assist Costa Rican law enforcement entities.  To
    further that request, we briefed the Merida Initiative and
    legacy INL assistance programs to the new Minister of Public
    Security, Janina Del Vecchio, on May 7.  Del Vecchio appeared
    to be very engaged on the topic and requested as many details
    as possible.  NOTE: We continue to consult closely with the
    affected Costa Rican security agencies on all aspects of USG
    security assistance, including the potential Merida
    Initiative.  END NOTE.

    ================
    WIRETAP FACILITY
    ================

    ¶3. (SBU) We updated Chinchilla on the progress of Costa
    Rica's new wiretap national facility.  Funding, even with
    $100K dedicated from INL funds and $700K from the GOCR,
    remains short by about $700K (the facility's estimated cost
    is approximately $1.5 million).  Also, the Costa Rican Drug
    Institute (ICD) and the Costa Rican Electricity Institute
    (ICE, which controls the national telecom) need to complete
    internal GOCR agreements to harmonize software and hardware
    issues.  Chinchilla fully supports the wiretap facility and
    said the sooner it was in operation the better to help combat
    narcotrafficking and organized crime.

    ============================================
    POLICE PROFESSIONALIZATION AND CRACK COCAINE
    ============================================

    ¶4. (SBU) Chinchilla requested police professionalization
    assistance for Costa Rica's various police entities.  She
    said that the police here try hard but need to get better at
    basic police tasks.  She cited as a positive example that
    could apply to Costa Rica, the police professionalization
    program that the USG funds in Panama.  We told her that the
    Merida Initiative included funding for police training and
    equipment.  NOTE: Post is investigating various options for
    police professionalization training, including the NGO that
    NAS Panama is using in their program.  END NOTE.

    ¶5. (SBU) Chinchilla also requested assistance to combat the
    growing epidemic of crack cocaine use in Costa Rica.  She
    noted that several U.S. cities had successfully implemented
    anti-crack campaigns and said that those could serve as
    models for Costa Rica, especially for San Jose.  Partially
    due to the serious crack problem, Chinchilla added that the
    people of Costa Rica had a sense that the government only
    works to combat international narcotics trafficking and does
    not do enough to address domestic drug consumption problems.
    NOTE: After the meeting, we double-checked statistics
    provided to us by the Costa Rican Anti-Drug Police (PCD).
    The PCD's statistics report that 70 percent of their 2007
    anti-drug operations were from national trafficking (286
    cases) versus 30 percent (125 cases) for international.
    Additionally, of 400 detained individuals in 2007, 75 percent
    (303 persons) were Costa Rican versus 25 percent (102)
    foreigners.  We will work with the GOCR to dispel the notion
    that the bulk of drug cases are international.  END NOTE.

    ¶6. (SBU) In our separate meeting with Del Vecchio on May 7,
    she also emphasized the alarming impact that crack cocaine
    was having on Costa Rica's youth.  She told us that an
    estimated 80 percent of crimes in Costa Rica are related to
    the trafficking, distribution and selling of crack cocaine.
    By far, she said, it was Costa Rica's number one internal
    drug problem.

    ===============================
    SUPPORT FOR DOD-FUNDED PROJECTS
    ===============================

    ¶7. (SBU) We briefed Chinchilla on several DOD-funded
    assistance projects in Costa Rica, including a National
    Security Planning Workshop (to follow up the 2006 workshop
    she attended), support for the new Costa Rican police
    academy, upcoming visits by WHINSEC Mobile Training Teams,
    and various humanitarian projects.  Chinchilla, recalling the
    utility of the 2006 National Security Workshop, gave us the
    green light to conduct the follow-on, tentatively scheduled
    for this summer.  She reiterated her appreciation for all of
    the security-related support that the USG provided Costa
    Rica.  Del Vecchio echoed Chinchilla's gratitude for USG
    security assistance, underlining that "the more the better,
    and the quicker the better."

    =======
    COMMENT
    =======

    ¶8. (SBU) Chinchilla's (and Del Vecchio's) strong support for
    USG security assistance from both civilian and military
    sources is a full 180 degree turn from the Arias
    Administration's position from even 12 months ago.  The
    deteriorating domestic security situation, mainly due to
    rocketing violent crime as a result of increased
    narcotrafficking, helped push the Arias Administration to
    admit that it needed USG help.  Though bilateral relations
    with the U.S. have been historically good, the GOCR's
    re-iterated request for security assistance (especially from
    the Minister of Public Security) is a welcome and positive
    development.  Del Vecchio repeated several times that she
    wanted to get USG security assistance accelerated and on a
    high level as soon as possible.  It seemed clear to us that
    she was receiving pressure from the top leadership in the
    country, quite possibly from President Arias himself, and
    that she needed to quickly get a handle on security issues
    and begin to reverse the deteriorating domestic security
    situation.  During his May 1 State of the Republic address,
    Arias stressed that the country's domestic security problems
    were not "imagined" and were his administration's top
    concern.  This seemed a deliberate rebuttal to Del Vecchio's
    earlier comments (reftel) that the perception of domestic
    security problems were worse than the reality.
    BRENNAN

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