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### Viewing cable 06BOGOTA2291, AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO

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06BOGOTA2291 | 2006-03-14 15:03 | 2011-03-09 12:12 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Bogota
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    P 141502Z MAR 06
    FM AMEMBASSY BOGOTA
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3118
    INFO RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 6651
    RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 7373
    RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ MAR LIMA 3401
    RUEHZP/AMEMBASSY PANAMA 8901
    RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 4046
    RUEHGL/AMCONSUL GUAYAQUIL 3493
    RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
    RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC
    RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
    RHEHOND/DIR ONDCP WASHINGTON DC
    RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHDC
    RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
    RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHDC

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    C O N F I D E N T I A L BOGOTA 002291

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/04/2015
    TAGS: KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
    SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO

    REF: A. BOGOTA 1965 AND PREVIOUS

         ¶B. BOGOTA 1987

    Classified By: Ambassador William B. Wood.
    Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d)

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    Summary
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    ¶1. (C) On March 8, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo
    shared his views on the ELN, the paramilitary demobilization
    process, and the country's security situation with the
    Ambassador over dinner at the residence.Restrepo said the
    recent round of talks with the ELN in Havana had been
    difficult, but productive.  The GOC may be prepared to allow
    the opening of more Casas de Paz around the country if the
    ELN agrees to a cessation of hostilities.  Restrepo said the
    OAS report on re-emerging paramilitary activity had given the
    OAS Mission greater legitimacy but the groups mentioned in
    the report are little more than criminal organizations, not
    new paramilitary entities.  He acknowledged that
    reintegrating thousands of demobilized illegal combatants
    would be difficult and agreed that a national "czar" to
    coordinate these efforts was still necessary.  Restrepo
    predicted the conflict with the FARC will likely move to
    rural counties, and the GOC is working on a strategy to
    secure those areas.  During dinner, Restrepo was interrupted
    constantly by phone calls from senior Colombian officials,
    including President Uribe, regarding questions over the
    demobilization of a FARC company the day before.  End Summary.

    -------------------------------------------
    ELN Negotiations Difficult, but Productive
    -------------------------------------------

    ¶2. (C) Restrepo said the recent round of talks with the ELN
    in Havana had been difficult (see ref A).  At one point, the
    ELN negotiators sought to have him removed from the
    negotiations and threatened him in front of the Spanish and
    Cuban representatives.Restrepo said members of Colombian
    civil society had advised the ELN against talking to him,
    calling him an "extremist."  Restrepo said the ELN is
    committed to the negotiations, but this did not necessarily
    mean they were prepared to conclude an agreement.  Restrepo
    underscored that the ELN wants near-term, tangible benefits
    from its negotiations, such as the lifting of Interpol red
    notices to allow them travel to Europe, and the release of a
    former ELN commander from Valle de Cauca, now incarcerated
    and charged with a mass kidnapping in Cali.  Restrepo
    reiterated the GOC,s preference that negotiations continue
    in Cuba, where the GOC can maintain better control, rather
    than Europe, as the ELN has advocated.

    ¶3. (C) Restrepo assessed the negotiations have reached a
    point where neither side can leave the table without
    suffering political costs.  The ELN expects President Uribe
    to win the May election and has decided to work within this
    &political reality,8 which he thought would contribute to
    further progress in the April round of talks.  Restrepo added
    that the FARC opposes the ELN,s decision to negotiate with
    the GOC, placing the ELN in a more vulnerable security
    situation, improving the prospects that the ELN will stick
    with the process.

    ------------------------
    Future of ELN Guarantors
    ------------------------

    ¶4. (C) Restrepo said the civil society guarantors of the
    GOC-ELN talks are struggling for continued relevance.  In his
    view, their presence is less necessary now that negotiations
    have begun.  Some civil society groups, such as human rights
    NGO MINGA, have asked for Casas de Paz in other parts of the
    country, but the GOC is hesitant to support that idea because
    it would be unable t provide security for them at this time.
     The GOC has proposed, however, that if the ELN halts all
    hostilities, it will allow other Casas de Paz to be opened, a
    proposal that has received support from some organizations,
    such as the labor federation CUT.

    ---------------------------------
    Rumors of Paramilitary Resurgence
    ------------------------------------

    ¶5.  (C) Restrepo said the March 1 OAS report noting a
    re-emergence of paramilitary activity in some parts of the
    country gave the OAS Mission greater legitimacy, but put the
    GOC in a difficult political situation (Ref B).  He has
    received similar reports of illicit activity*sometimes from
    former paramilitary leaders themselves*but has been unable
    to find evidence to support the claims. Restrepo acknowledged
    that the GOC should take responsibility for any new emergence
    of paramilitaries, but insisted it was limited in what it
    could do about localized paramilitary groups, since those
    groups had not been at the negotiating table.  He said these
    groups are essentially localized mafias, lacking in the
    discourse, ideology, and national unity that the
    paramilitaries once espoused.

    ¶6. (C) Restrepo said the demob reinsertion process was at its
    lowest point in terms of credibility, and the OAS report
    reinforced that perception.  He agreed that a "czar" for
    re-integration efforts was still necessary.  At the moment,
    each government entity involved was moving at its own pace
    out of sync.  Restrepo said Jorge 40,s planned
    demobilization on March 10 would mark an important step in
    the demobilization process, but a long road still lay ahead
    in terms of justice and reparations.

    --------------------------------------
    Mounting Concern for Rural Communities
    ------------------------------------------

    ¶6.  (C) Restrepo predicted the conflict with the FARC would
    likely move to the corregimientos (rural county equivalent),
    and said the GOC was already developing a plan to improve
    security.  Many of these communities, because of their
    location in mobility corridors and links to the illicit
    economy, are vulnerable to FARC incursions.  If the FARC
    successfully starts taking over these areas, Restrepo said
    the dynamic of the conflict would change. As an example, he
    cited a community located in a mobility corridor between San
    Luis and Puerto Triunfo, Antioquia where a small group of
    guerrillas recently arrived and advised the population they
    were again in charge.  While the guerrillas did not take
    military action against the community, they intimidated the
    locals, including demobilized paramilitaries still in that
    area.  He worried that the military does not know the local
    geography and is not focused on the strategic importance of
    these small populations.  Restrepo said these towns need
    greater attention from the military and intelligence
    entities, as well as more social programs.  Restrepo,s
    office plans to write up a paper on the threat to the
    corregimientos and what can be done to correct it.  He agreed
    to provide the Embassy with a copy.

    -------------------------
    FARC Demobilization Drama
    --------------------------

    ¶7. (C) The meeting was interrupted a few times by phone calls
    from Colombian officials, including an unhappy President
    Uribe, regarding the demobilization of a FARC company the day
    before (septel).  Although press reports initially claimed
    the company had handed over an airplane during the
    demobilization, subsequent reporting revealed the plane had
    been in Colombian custody for two years.  Restrepo said Uribe
    was concerned that the handling of this issue had damaged GOC
    credibility.  As an aside, Restrepo said the FARC had lost
    ground with the international community and that the
    International Commission, which had put forward the latest
    proposal on a humanitarian exchange in December 12, had
    little more to offer to the process.
    WOOD

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