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2009-06-04 14:29:00
09STATE57530
Secretary of State
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
08MEXICO3137|09MEXICO52140
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TAGS: ETTC KOMC MX
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 STATE 057530 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
MEXICO CITY FOR STEWART BEITZ 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETTC KOMC MX
SUBJECT: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK 
ON LICENSE 050016624  
REF: 08 MEXICO 3137 
 
¶1. This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 
 
¶2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls 
Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting 
a post-shipment check on license 050016624 for the export of 
firearms to Mexico.  Post is requested to complete this Blue 
Lantern check within 45 days. Lack of response to a Blue 
Lantern check will affect pending and future licenses 
involving parties to this license. 
 
¶3. (SBU) Reason for Request:  According to eTrace data from 
the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives 
(BATFE), an AR-15 type rifle exported to the Secretaria de la 
Defensa Nacional (SEDENA) on license 050016624 was recovered 
in Panindicuaro, Michoacan (serial number L428091).  The 
firearms on this license were destined for ultimate end-use 
by the Secretarias de Seguriada Publica in Baja, Chihuahua, 
and Michoacan.  Several other firearms recovered in illicit 
caches and traced by BATFE have been linked to transactions 
to which the foreign intermediate consignees in this case, 
Central Aduanas de Mexico and Eduardo Jordan, were party. 
 
¶4. (SBU) Action Request:  Post is requested to making 
inquiries with appropriate Government of Mexico (GOM) 
officials in order to confirm the receipt of the firearms 
listed below and seek information on how the AR-15 rifle 
recovered in Michoacan was diverted.  Post should request 
that GOM account for all the firearms received on this 
license.  In addition, Post is requested to establish the 
bona fides of the foreign intermediate consignees Central 
Aduanas de Mexico and Eduardo Jordan and clarify their roles 
in this transaction (NOTE: Post is not/not requested to 
contact Central Aduanas de Laredo in Texas).  The following 
points are included for guidance: 
 
(To the Government of Mexico) 
 
--Did GOM receive all 1,030 AR-15 type rifles exported under 
license 050016624?  Can you provide documentation 
demonstrating receipt of the rifles by SEDENA?  Can you 
provide documentation demonstrating that the firearms were 
transferred to and received by the Secretarias de Seguriada 
Publica in Baja, Chihuahua, and Michoacan? 
 
--Did GOM authorize the retransfer of any of these rifles? 
If so, what parties were involved in the re-export?  Please 
provide all available information regarding the retransfer, 
whether authorized or otherwise. 
 
--Does GOM maintain sufficient records that allow a thorough 
inventory of rifles in its stock?  Please account for the 
current location of the 1,030 AR-15 type rifles. 
 
(To Central Aduanas de Mexico in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, 
Mexico) 
 
--When was your company established and who are its 
principles? 
 
--What goods and services does your company provide?  Who are 
your regular customers and where do they reside? 
 
--What is your role in these transactions?  Did you ever have 
physical possession of these firearms?  Please provide all 
available information regarding your role in this 
transaction, including any documentation that demonstrates 
that the firearms were placed in GOM custody. 
 
--What is your relationship to Central Aduanas de Laredo in 
Laredo, Texas?  Do you have any official business partnership 
or agreements with the company?  Are any payments, good, or 
services exchanged between your company and Central Aduanas 
de Laredo?  Please describe in detail the partnership, 
agreements, and/or exchanges. 
 
--What was Central Aduanas de Laredo's role in this 
transaction?  Did they ever have physical possession of the 
 
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firearms? 
--What is your relationship with Eduardo Jordan?  Do you have 
any official business partnership or agreements with Mr. 
Jordan?  Are any payments, good, or services exchanged 
between your company and Mr. Jordan?  Please describe in 
detail the partnership, agreements, and/or exchanges. 
 
--What was Eduardo Jordan's role in this transaction?  Did he 
ever have physical possession of the firearms? 
 
--Are you familiar with the regulations governing the import 
of U.S.-origin defense articles, including restrictions on 
re-transfer or re-export? 
 
(To Eduardo Jordan) 
 
--You previously stated that you are a marketing agent for 
Bushmaster Firearms (REFTEL).  Is this still true?  Did you 
ever have physical possession of the firearms during the 
course of this transaction? 
 
--What is your relationship to Central Aduanas de Mexico and 
Central Aduanas de Laredo? Do you have any official business 
partnership or agreements with the companies?  Are any 
payments, good, or services exchanged between you and the 
companies?  Please describe in detail the partnership, 
agreements, and/or exchanges. 
 
--What was Central Aduanas de Laredo's role in this 
transaction?  Did they ever have physical possession of the 
firearms? 
 
--What was Central Aduanas de Mexico's role in this 
transaction?  Did they ever have physical possession of the 
firearms? 
 
In its reply, Post is encouraged to comment on any 
information pertinent to this transaction such as security of 
facilities, end-use, and concerns about the entities involved. 
 
¶5. (U) Details of license applications: 
 
DTC Case: 050016624 
 
QUANTITY/COMMODITY: 
 
1,030 Bushmaster M4A2-type Carbines, Model XM15E2S 
 
License Value: USD $974,380 
 
SELLER: 
 
Bushmaster Firearms International 
999 Roosevelt Trail 
Windham, ME 04062 
 
FOREIGN INTERMEDIATE CONSIGNEES: 
 
Central Aduanas de Mexico 
Donato Guerra 1242 Colony Sector Aduana CP 
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas 88000 
Mexico 
Tel: 867 12 76 66 
 
Eduardo Jordan 
Pedro Ascencio NO 211-28 Villas de San Agustin 
Metepec Edo de Mexico 52140 
Mexico 
Tel: 52 614 488 4218 
 
FOREIGN END-USER: 
 
Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional 
Direccion General de Industria Militar 
POC: COL Ricardo Martin Rodriguez 
Campo Militar No 1-D, Tecamachalco 
Naucalpan de Juarez 
Mexico 
Tel: 52 55 5589 1197 
 
Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional 
Direccion General de Industria Militar 
POC: COL Ricardo Martin Rodriguez 
Av Industria Militar No 1111 Lomas de Tecamachalco 
 
STATE 00057530  003 OF 003 
 
 
Naucalpan de Juarez 53950 
Mexico 
Tel: 52 55 5589 1197 
 
PURPOSE: 
 
For official government use.  The carbines are destine to the 
General Direction of the Military Industry and will be 
distributed for sale to the Secretarias de Seguriada Publica 
in Baja, Chihuahua, and Michoacan. 
 
¶6. (U) Submitted in support of the license application were 
the following documents (PM/DTCC will fax documentation to 
Posts upon request): 
 
Statement from Bushmaster Firearms indicating that a 
commission will be paid to Eduardo Jordan. Signed by Shannon 
Shuman dated 4 October 2006 
 
Signed DSP-83 Nontransfer and Use Certificate signed by 
Shannon Shuman dated 4 October 2006 and Juan Alfredo Oropeza 
Garnica (Government of Mexico) dated 7 September 2006 
 
Importing Contract No. 093/2006 signed by Juan Alfredo 
Oropeza Garnica, Guzmar Angel Gonzalez Castillo, Ricardo 
Martin Rodriguez, and Lauro Rodolfo Felix Lugo (Government of 
Mexico) and John Desantis and Allen Faraday (Bushmaster 
Firearms) 
 
¶7. (U) Please slug reply for PM/DTCC - BLUE LANTERN 
COORDINATOR and include the words "Blue Lantern" and the case 
number in the subject line.  POC is Kyle M. Ballard, Phone: 
202-663-1929; Email: BallardKM@state.gov; SIPRNET: 
BallardKM@state.sgov.gov.  The Blue Lantern Guidebook (ref) 
is available as a PDF file in the Bunche Library's E-Book 
Collection on the DOS Intranet: 
http://virtuallibrary.state.gov/ 
BlueLanternGuidebook2006%2520 final .pdf 
 
¶8. (U) Department is grateful for Post's assistance in this 
matter. 
CLINTON