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UNCLAS MADRID 000161 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR DAVID DIVINE AND MAJOR GARY TOWN 
DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/WE 
OSD FOR ANDY WINTERNITZ 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM SP
SUBJECT: SPAIN:  HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING RESULTS FOR SOCOM 
CONFERENCE ATTENDEES 
 
REF: A. SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE PROGRAM/DAVID DIVINE E-MAILS 
     ¶B. DMS MESSAGE DTG 211144Z JAN 10 
 
¶1. (U) Pursuant to provisions of the Leahy Amendment and 
Foreign Assistance Act, Post has carefully reviewed the human 
rights records of the following Spanish candidates who have 
been invited to participate in the 5th Annual Sovereign 
Challenge Foreign Military Attache (FMA) conference, to be 
held March 8-11 in Key West, Florida.  Subject conference is 
sponsored by U. S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) out 
of Tampa, Florida.  U.S. Embassy Madrid's Leahy Vetting Group 
has no credible information that any of the below named 
officers have been involved in gross human rights violations 
or drug 
trafficking violations. 
 
¶2. (U) The following Attaches assigned to the Spanish Embassy 
in Washington, DC, have been invited to participate in the 
USSOCOM conference and vetted by agencies at Post: 
 
-- Brigadier General Rafael Vaquero Fernandez 
DPOB:  21 May 1954, Madrid, Spain 
Spanish Passport XF001116 
Defense Attache 
 
-- Major Jose Mellado 
DPOB: 3 July 1964, Velez-Malaga, Spain 
Spanish Passport XF006188 
Ministry of Interior Attache 
 
¶3. (U) Post appreciates the State Department's assistance in 
 
clearing these individuals for participation in subject 
conference. 
SOLOMONT