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UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 000114 
 
SIPDIS 
 
INL/RM/MS FOR TIM BARRY; INL/LP FOR AIMEE MARTIN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: AMGT ASEC ES SNAR
SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR INL END USE MONITORING REPORT 2008 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
 
REF: A. A) BARRY/STAPLETON EMAIL 29 JANUARY 
     ¶B. B) SAN SALVADOR 0078 
 
¶1. As requested in ref. A, INL San Salvador forwards the 
following additional information for the 2008 End Use 
Monitoring Report. 
 
¶2. Location and date of on-site inspections performed: 
 
PNC/DAN Headquarters: Scheduled inspections performed 
2/22/08; 8/25/08; 09/30/08; unscheduled inspections performed 
5/30/08; 11/28/08. 
 
PNC/TAG Facility: Scheduled inspections performed 2/28/08; 
6/27/08; 9/26/08; unscheduled inspections performed 1/24/08; 
4/04/08; 12/05/08. 
 
PNC Forensics Lab (AFIS system): Scheduled inspection 
performed 10/30/08; unscheduled inspection performed 12/15/98. 
 
DGCP/Izalco Prison: Scheduled inspections performed 5/05/08; 
9/29/08; 11/24/08; unscheduled inspection performed 1/28/08. 
 
Attorney General FIU: Scheduled inspection performed 3/28/08; 
unscheduled inspection performed 10/03/08. 
 
Attorney General TIP Unit: Scheduled inspection performed 
4/29/08; unscheduled inspection performed 10/27/08. 
 
¶3. Impact on INL program of vehicles, computer equipment, and 
canines provided to GOES: 
 
Vehicle for the Attorney General TIP Unit: In addition to 
providing mobility for basic operations, the Mitsubishi sedan 
vehicle has enabled the TIP Unit to coordinate with the PNC 
and other authorities in remote areas of the country, and to 
access border inspection posts at international frontiers 
where instances of trafficking are likely to come to light. 
 
Vehicles for the PNC/DAN: The vehicles (SUV's and sedans) 
provided to the PNC/DAN provide the anti-narcotics police 
with basic mobility for routine operations, as well as 
transport for surveillance, special enforcement actions, and 
development of investigative leads.  The vehicles also 
empower the PNC/DAN to more effectively cooperate with USG 
law enforcement entities.  The Zodiac boat provided to the 
PNC/DAN enables them to conduct limited operations in the 
near-shore environment. 
 
Computers for the PNC/DAN: Provision of computers and related 
basic office equipment enables the PNC/DAN to track cases, 
maintain databases and spread sheets on operations and 
seizures, and to share information with USG counterparts. 
 
Computers for the PNC K-9 School: This equipment allows the 
unit to track canine health records, maintain control of 
scheduled k-9 rotations and deployments, monitor operating 
expenses, and share information with USG counterparts. 
 
Computers for the PNC/TAG: This computer equipment, used in 
conjunction with INL-provided Analyst Notebook software, 
allows the PNC/TAG to process operational law enforcement 
information in order to produce case summaries and link 
charts, trace connections amongst cases, develop operational 
leads, and disseminate information on transnational street 
gang activity with USG law enforcement counterparts. 
 
Computers for PNC Forensics Lab: The AFIS system will 
eventually allow the PNC to rapidly compile, process, and 
disseminate biometric information on criminal suspects. 
 
Computers for the Attorney General FIU:  These computers and 
software allow the FIU to compile, analyze, process, archive, 
and disseminate information on suspect instances of financial 
crime.  The computers are also used to produce evidentiary 
packages in support of criminal prosecutions. 
Computers for PNC Benevolence/Welfare Unit: This equipment 
supports the basic office functions of the PNC unit tasked 
with providing support to PNC officers wounded in the line of 
duty, as well as to family members of slain PNC officers. 
 
Computers for PREVEE drug demand reduction NGO: This 
equipment helps PREVEE to produce materials for outreach, 
collaboration, and other aspects of drug demand reduction for 
Salvadoran civil society. 
 
Canines for PNC/DAN: The dogs purchased for the PNC/DAN K-9 
unit (11 narcotics detection, 4 bulk currency detection) are 
at the forefront of anti-narcotics operations in El Salvador. 
 K-9 teams deployed to Comalapa International Airport, the El 
Amatillo and La Hachadura border inspections stations, and 
 
the international maritime port at Acajutla have played vital 
roles in both illegal narcotics and bulk currency seizures. 
The K-9 unit has generated drug and currency seizures 
stemming from routine inspections, and has also been 
successfully used to operationalize information received via 
other channels.  As such, the PNC/DAN K-9 unit must be seen 
as a primary tool in USG counter-narcotics assistance. 
 
¶4.  Please direct any additional queries to INL Country 
Director Anthony Stapleton, 503-2501-2040, 
stapletonak@state.gov. 
BLAU