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### Viewing cable 08BOGOTA2674, COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN

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    UNCLAS BOGOTA 002674

    SIPDIS
    SENSITIVE

    DEPT FOR INL/LP AND WHA/AND

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
    SUBJECT:  COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN
    INTERNATIONAL IMPACT

    REFTEL: BOGOTA 1988

    ¶1. (SBU) SUMMARY:  While recent GOC success liberating the hostages
    has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made
    by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces
    proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army.  The Narcotics
    Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported elite Jungla units (Colombian
    Antinarcotics Police Commandos) employ dedicated intelligence
    support and helicopters to interdict large quantities of illegal
    narcotics and destroy drug production facilities throughout
    Colombia.  The Junglas are often the force of choice for GOC and USG
    authorities seeking to capture High Value Targets (HVT), such as
    narcotrafficking and guerrilla leaders.  The Junglas have also
    deployed to help protect high-risk manual eradication operations.
    USG-supported Jungla international training courses and mobile
    training teams enhance the professionalization of regional neighbors
    and important U.S. partners, including Afghanistan and Mexico.  The
    high degree of self-reliance and superb Jungla training regimen make
    the Junglas one of the Embassy's most effective and nationalized
    programs.  END SUMMARY.

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    Internationally Recognized Professionals
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    ¶2. (SBU) Widely considered to be among the finest Special Forces
    units in Latin America, over a dozen Colombian and foreign
    newspapers, magazines, and television programs have profiled the
    Junglas in the last year alone.  The Junglas consist of 500
    specially selected and trained policemen divided into three regional
    companies (Bogota, Santa Marta, and Tulua) and at each location are
    supported by Colombian Antinarcotics Police (DIRAN in Spanish)
    assigned aircraft.  Jungla tactical equipment, much of it supplied
    by NAS as part of Plan Colombia, has provided them a distinct
    tactical advantage over narcoterrorist threats.  Jungla individual
    equipment models those used by U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers,
    and includes latest generation weapon systems, encrypted
    communications, and protective equipment to enhance survivability.
    Jungla personnel also undergo regular human rights training and
    vetting, both as part of local courses and U.S. training.

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    Key to Mission Success
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    ¶3.  (SBU) Intelligence and air mobility (See Reftel) are key to
    successful Junglas operations.  The Junglas depend heavily on Drug
    Enforcement Administration (DEA) and DIRAN- provided intelligence,
    as well as NAS-supported police aviation assets, to identify and
    reach otherwise inaccessible narcotics targets.  Intelligence
    officers work closely with the Junglas to screen informants and
    analyze intelligence to locate cocaine hydrochloride (HCl) labs
    hidden under jungle canopy and typically holding at least $500,000
    USD in infrastructure investment, plus large quantities of cocaine.
    Although informants are the most reliable method for locating these
    remote targets, the DIRAN's C-26 Intelligence Surveillance and
    Reconnaissance (ISR) fixed-wing aircraft also contribute
    significantly to Jungla operations.  This aircraft, equipped with
    infrared and communications intercept equipment, helps develop
    intelligence prior to each operation.  DIRAN's Air Intelligence
    Analysis Center then uses C-26 generated information to develop
    target packages for the Junglas.  During operations, well trained
    police helicopter pilots deliver Junglas to the target while the
    C-26 serves as an airborne command and control aircraft.

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    Record Interdiction Successes at 2008 Midpoint
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    ¶4.  (SBU) Jungla units have grown in both strength and effectiveness
    in recent years.  In 2007, they achieved their highest interdiction
    numbers to date as they destroyed 62 HCl labs and 821 base labs,
    while also seizing over 28 metric tons of cocaine and 11 metric tons
    of marijuana.  While 2007 showed very good results, the Junglas may
    do even better in 2008.  To date, the Junglas have: 1) more than
    doubled 2007 seizures of marijuana to a current total of 25 metric
    tons; 2) equaled last year's total cocaine seizures of 28 metric

    tons; and 3) destroyed over 800 combined HCl and base labs.  These
    impressive accomplishments put the Junglas on track to far exceed
    previous year interdiction results.

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    ¶5.  (SBU) The specialized training, high alert status and inherent
    air mobility assets of the Junglas make them a natural choice for
    time-sensitive and complex HVT missions, as well as for protecting
    vulnerable manual eradicators.  Their efforts have helped lead to
    the capture of leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
    (FARC), National Liberation Army (ELN), Self-Defense Forces of
    Colombia (AUC), and other major narcotrafficking groups in recent
    years.  The Junglas often execute these HVT missions jointly with
    the Colombian military, and in particular the Colombian Air Force.
    As the GOC has increased its emphasis on manual eradication,
    narcoterrorist groups have similarly raised their efforts to counter
    these operations with mines, small arms, and mortar fire.  When
    manual eradication efforts in Caucasia, Antioquia were struggling
    due to repeated guerrilla attacks in February 2008, the Junglas
    deployed to improve the local security situation - a task they
    successfully accomplished - but at a cost of two Junglas killed and
    five wounded.

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    ¶6.  (SBU) A fifty-man Jungla instructor cadre augmented by a small
    team of U.S. Army Special Forces personnel run the 18-week Jungla
    training program.  The program focuses on improving Jungla advanced
    skills and incorporating new technologies and lessons learned from
    around the world into the training.  Jungla instructors are drawn
    from experienced members of the operational companies and can
    receive assignments for up to five years before returning to the
    operational units.  Specialized training in the course includes
    small arms employment, drug lab destruction, night operations, small
    unit tactics, demolitions, and medical training.  Selected Jungla
    personnel also receive advanced training at the Western Hemisphere
    Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) at Fort Benning,
    Georgia and at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA), in San
    Antonio, Texas.  Beginning in 2007, the Jungla School opened its
    doors to international students, training to date 70 students from
    eleven Latin American countries and Afghanistan.  In 2006 and 2007,
    the Junglas sent Mobile Training Teams (MTTs) to work with
    U.S.-sponsored Narcotics Interdiction Units in Kabul, Afghanistan
    and Baeza, Ecuador.  The Mexico Police Academy is currently hosting
    a nine-man Jungla Instructor MTT that is training 60 Mexican
    policemen through August 2008 in Jalisco.

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    A Bright Future
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    ¶7.  (SBU) The Jungla Program is one of NAS's most "sustainably
    nationalized" programs.  USG assistance channels through a single
    Department of State field advisor who directly works with Colombian
    National Police commanders to coordinate training, operational
    assistance, and logistical support.  Jungla training is led by their
    own instructors, operational missions are planned and conducted by
    their host nation chain of command, and the increasing frequency of
    joint operations allows the GOC to leverage different service
    capabilities to accomplish complex missions in the most efficient
    and effective manner.  While USG logistical support is still present
    and essential, its importance will diminish as the GOC assumes
    increasing responsibility for these functions in the years to come.

    ¶8.  (SBU) COMMENT:  The Jungla program directly compliments the
    overall USG antinarcotics effort in Colombia, including aerial
    eradication, manual eradication, and air bridge denial.  NAS Bogota
    expects to deliver three more upgraded C-26s to DIRAN within the
    next year.  The many Jungla contributions to antinarcotics efforts,
    both in Colombia and on the international scene, demonstrate the
    high return that this sustained USG investment continues to yield.

    BROWNFIELD

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