Hide header UNCLAS SAN JOSE 000130 SIPDIS DEPT FOR INL/LP, INL/RM, WHA/CEN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SNAR [[Narcotics]] AMGT [[Management Operations]] PGOV [[Internal Governmental Affairs]] PINR [[Intelligence]] PREL [[External Political Relations]] AFIN [[Financial Management]] CS [[Costa Rica]] SUBJECT: COSTA RICA 2009 END-USE MONITORING (EUM) REPORT REF: 09 STATE 119905; 09 SAN JOSE 933

¶1. Per Ref A, Embassy San Jose provides the following information regarding EUM of resources acquired with U.S. Department of State International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) funds.

¶2. EUM Program Coordinator: NAO Robert B. Andrew, IVG 220-2253, andrewrb@state.gov. The NAO is part of the Embassy's Political/Economic Section.

¶3. Inventory System: Embassy San Jose NAS section maintains an inventory of donated property using an excel spreadsheet; however, we are developing a more efficient system using Microsoft Access.

¶4. Embassy's Narcotics Affairs Officer and Program Assistants are responsible for the EUM. On-site inspections are performed and the equipment donated is checked against an inventory log. DEA Special Agents and Office of the Defense Representative staff periodically visited Costa Rican counternarcotics installations and verified the proper use and continued maintenance of equipment acquired with INL funds.

¶5. The Drug Control Police (PCD), National Police Academy, Costa Rican Coast Guard (SNGC), Air Surveillance Section (SVA), Canine Unit of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS)and Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Narcotics Section, Financial Crimes/Money Laundering Unit, Audio/Photograph Unit of the Forensics Lab, Surveillance/Monitoring Unit, Cybercrimes Unit, Judicial School and Canine Unit of the Organization for Judicial Investigations (OIJ), Supreme Court's Child and Sex Exploitation Unit (CSE) from the Prosecutors Offices, Costa Rican Institute on Drugs (ICD), and Intelligence and Security Bureau (DIS) from the Ministry of the Presidency all used INL-funded equipment and training in their operations according to the terms of the Letters of Agreement (LOA's) signed with the GOCR.

¶6. All donated equipment is documented with a specific document signed by an Embassy representative and the senior official from the recipient GOCR agency. The donation document specifies the equipment being donated and notes the inventory and manufacturer's serial number. The documents include the following text: "If the donated items do not meet the user's needs, according to the letter of agreement, then the items may not be reassigned to another Department and the U.S. Embassy Political Section must be notified immediately."

¶7. On-site scheduled inspections of all GOCR recipients were performed in November and December, 2009 and January, 2010, except for the Prosecutor's offices in Limon, Perez Zeledon, Quepos and San Carlos. We also have not yet visited the border installation at Penas Blancas, which we will visit in mid-February and we will report septel. Visits to these outlying areas are infrequent due to limited INL funding and insufficient staff.