The State Department submitted this report to Congress on
July 27, as
ordered by the conference committee report for the Colombia
aid package
legislation. (The report required "a report on the
proposed uses of all
funds under this heading on a country-by-country basis for
each proposed
program, project or activity." It only includes the
State Department portion
of the aid package -- about 90% of the aid, the rest is
Pentagon aid -- so
some items have lower amounts and others are missing
entirely.)
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COLOMBIA
1. SUPPORT FOR THE PUSH INTO SOUTHERN COLOMBIA
Train and Equip CNBNs
The Department plans to use $7 million to provide weapons,
ammunition and
communications equipment to the three Counternarcotics
Battalions (CN BNs)
and the Counternarcotics Brigade (CN BDE) Headquarters. The
first
Counternarcotics Battalion has been formed and trained.
This funding will
provide weapons to the second and third Counternarcotics
Battalions and
ammunition and equipment for all three. Additionally, it
will be used to
provide weapons and ammunition to the Counternarcotics
Brigade Headquarters
element. Funding may also be used to provide communications
equipment to the
Battalions and Brigade Headquarters. All communications
equipment procured
for the Colombian military and police will be coordinated
to ensure
interoperability.
Army Counternarcotics Battalion UH-1N Program
The Department plans to use $60 million to inspect,
refurbish, configure,
deploy and operate up to 15 additional UH— lN
helicopters, currently in
storage, for the Army Counternarcotics Battalion. These UH-lNs,
together
with the 18 UH-lNs already in country, will enable the CN
BDE to conduct
larger scale airmobile operations. Current plans have all
33 UH-lNs
operational by the time the third CN BN is trained and
ready for field
operations around June 2001. These additional helicopters,
together with the
additional Huey IIs and UH-60s, will require the training
of additional
pilots for the Colombian Armed Forces. The balance of the
funding, if any,
will be used to procure and put in place stocks of required
spare parts and
components; pay for additional pilot and mechanic training
for the Colombian
Army (COLAR) ; and provide additional logistical,
maintenance,
infrastructure, operations technical advice/assistance, and
other support to
the COLAR.
Army Counternarcotics Battalion UH-60 Black Hawk Program
The Department plans to use $208 million to procure up to
sixteen UH-60
Black Hawk helicopters for the COLAR through the Defense
Security
Cooperation Agency’s (DSCA) Foreign Military Sales (EMS)
program. DSCA
coordination will integrate the additional UH—60
helicopters into the
existing COLAR aviation force structure. This all-inclusive
package is
intended to include training (pilot, mechanic, and other
aviation
specialists) , operational support and maintenance
(including spare parts)
costs for two years, armament, ground support equipment,
and technical
assistance. The UH—60 helicopters will enable the COLAR
to engage in
longer-range missions and missions in less secure areas.
The first UH-60
should be available to the COLAR approximately 14 months
after the contract
is finalized. Delivery should take place at the rate of
two-to- three
aircraft per month.
Army Counternarcotics Battalion UH-1H Huey II Program
The Department plans to use $60 million to convert up to 30
UH-lH
helicopters into Huey II helicopters. Costs include the
conversion kits,
installation costs and transport costs. Funds permitting,
this program will
also provide training for additional pilots and mechanics,
acquire special
mission equipment, and provide logistical support for the
completed Huey
II's and cover associated operations and maintenance costs.
Final field
deployment depends on the speed of conversion, availability
of trained
pilots and crews, and the identification of sustainment
funds (i.e., spare
parts and fuel).
Sustain Army Counternarcotics Battalions
The Department plans to use $6 million to provide fuel,
rations, ammunition,
spare parts and other equipment to sustain the operations
of the three
counternarcotics battalions and the brigade headquarters.
Funds permitting,
this program will also support other units conducting
counternarcotics
operations or units in support of the Counternarcotics
Battalions and
Brigade Headquarters that have passed the human rights
vetting process.
Forward Infrastructure Development
The Department plans to provide $3 million for construction
projects in
support of the Counternarcotics Battalions, the Brigade
Headquarters and the
COLAR aviation units. These projects will develop forward
infrastructure
that will enable the Counternarcotics Battalions to expand
their area of
operation. This includes development of forward operating
sites to provide
the ability to refuel and rearm tactical mobility
helicopters in the field.
Possible locations include Larandia, Tolemaida, San Jose
del Guaviare, Tres
Esquinas, Villa Carzon, and others as may be operationally
required.
Force Protection Enhancements
The Department plans to use $4 million for security
upgrades and projects
for all counternarcotics bases and facilities. Priority
will be given to the
Counternarcotics Battalions and the Brigade Headquarters,
their facilities
and forward operating sites, and the protection of high
value assets (i.e.,
helicopters, etc.). Upgrades will include design,
construction, materials,
field fortifications, intelligence gathering/security
systems, and training.
Logistical Support
The Department plans to use $4.4 million to improve the
Colombian Military’s
(COLMIL) logistical system. We will help the COLMIL rapidly
upgrade that
portion of their system that will support the
Counternarcotics Brigade and
Battalions and supporting units. This program will improve
the Colombian
logistical/supply system by providing logistical control
hardware and
software, overhauling the fuel shipping and storage system,
overhauling the
spare parts supply system, and logistical training for
those Colombians who
manage the system. This program will also provide for
limited acquisition of
material handling equipment and infrastructure development.
Additionally,
this will facilitate end use monitoring requirements.
Army Counternarcotics Battalion Organic Intelligence
The Department plans to use $9 million to procure three (3)
Schweizer
aircraft for the Colombian Air Force (FAC) to provide
intelligence
information in support of the Counternarcotics Brigade and
Battalions. These
aircraft will complement the existing Schweizers already in
country. These
aircraft will have Forward Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR)
and a direction—
finding/intercept capability and will be used to locate
traffickers’
cdmmunications sites, observe trafficker activities at
night, locate
laboratories, and provide Colombian counternarcotics forces
early warning of
attacks by drug traffickers and their armed associates.
Training for Senior Commanders
The Department plans to use $1.1 million for Colombian
senior commanders,
brigade level and higher, to attend specialized
senior—level seminars,
exercises, and war games. This training will focus on
strategic thinking,
joint doctrine, and inculcating respect for human rights
into all aspects of
military doctrine. The training will reinforce many of the
reforms
recommended by a Department of Defense contractor studying
the Colombian
Military.
Army Counternarcotics Battalion Communications
The Department plans to use $3 million to establish a
secure communications
network for the Counternarcotics Battalions, aviation
units, and Brigade
Headquarters. This network will also connect the CN BDE
with the national
command system. All communications equipment procured for
the COLMIL and
Colombian National Police (CNP) will be coordinated to
ensure
interoperability. Funds permitting, this program will
extend secure
communications to other vetted and cleared units
participating in
counternarcotics operations or supporting the CN BN and CN
BDE.
Alternative Development in Southern Colombia
The Department plans to use $10 million to provide the
social and economic
incentives to assist farmers and communities to eliminate
coca and develop
sustainable licit alternatives in six municipalities in the
department of
Putumayo. Over five years, USAID will contribute to the
voluntary
abandonment of 6,000 hectares of small-farmer production.
This will directly
impact approximately 2,650 farm families, or 13,250
persons. Initially, the
effort will be focused on the municipalities of Puerto
Guzman, Villa Garzon,
and Puerto Caicedo, with rapid expansion into the four
remaining
municipalities. The activity promotes the transition of
small—farmer
production from illicit coca to licit agricultural and
livestock
alternatives through provision of modern production
technologies,
processing, credit, marketing, and assistance to producer
associations.
Additional non-agricultural activities may be added in
Putumayo, including
vocational training, technical workshops, and food security
activities to
assist families displaced by the spraying of coca crops to
transition to
alternative productive activities. In more remote
coca-producing areas,
licit production will include agro-forestry and tree
cropping, as well as
programs tailored to the indigenous population. The
activity will facilitate
access to improved schools, health services, potable water,
sewerage, and
electricity in collaboration with community organizations,
nongovernmental
organizations, and municipal governments. Alternative
development activities
will be coordinated with interdiction and law enforcement
efforts that
disrupt narcotrafficking, eradicate coca by spraying, and
destabilize the
market for coca leaf and products.
Temporary Emergency Resettlement and Employment
The Department plans to use $15 million for both emergency
and longer—term
assistance to persons displaced in southern Colombia.
Emergency Assistance
will be delivered through the Bureau of Population,
Refugees and Migration
of the State Department (PRM) to support International
Organizations’ (IOs')
and Non-Governmental Organizations’ (NGO’s) efforts to
provide emergency
assistance to internally displaced persons and those who
may cross borders
and seek refugee status. PRM will also support 10 and NGO
capacity-building
programs with the Government of Colombia (GOC) . Activities
will be closely
coordinated with the GOC. Mid- to longer-term assistance
will be delivered
by USAID through IOs and U.S. NGOs working with Colombian
counterparts to
provide health, education and shelter to better assist the
displaced to
reintegrate into the economic, social and political life of
the country.
Activities will also include employment opportunities,
vocational training
and income generation, as well as social communication
campaigns and small
community projects in receptor communities that are often
poor and lack
basic infrastructure. USAID will utilize a municipal- based
approach in
coordination with local leaders to stabilize the receptor
communities,
promote democratic participation, and support access to
state social
services such as health, education, and justice. The
program will increase
community stability through strengthened local capacity to
provide basic
social services to vulnerable groups, and by the increased
presence of
international organizations to assist in the return or
relocation of
displaced persons. Funds may also be used for GOC
humanitarian assistance
activities for displaced persons.
2. SUPPORT FOR INTERDICTION EFFORTS
Upgrade Colombian Air Force OV-1O Aircraft
The Department plans to use $15 million to fund an existing
FMS case for the
upgrade of up to 11 Colombian Air Force OV-10 aircraft for
counternarcotics
air interdiction missions. Upgrades will include the
overhaul and upgrade of
the 11 OV-10s, service life extension program, overhaul and
upgrade of the
T-76 engines, avionics upgrades, installation of new
propellers and exhaust
modifications, and instruments modifications for night
vision goggle (NVG)
compatibility.
Upgrade Aircraft for Night Operations
The Department plans to use $1.9 million to assist the
Colombian Navy/Coast
Guard in analyzing littoral and maritime surveillance
requirements and to
assist them with the procurement and installation of an
appropriate suite of
sensors for installation in their existing aircraft.
Additionally,
communications will be standardized to ensure
interoperability with
Colombian and U.S Forces.
Airfield Upgrades
The Department plans on providing the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers $8
million for airfield upgrades for interceptor aircraft.
Airfields planned
for upgrades include Tres Esquinas, Marandua, Larandia,
Apiay, and others to
be determined based on changes in narcotics trafficking
patterns. Upgrades
will include runway improvements, ramp space, additional
aprons for parking,
and security upgrades in support of the air interdiction
program. Together
these upgrades will extend the range of Colombia' s air
interdiction
program.
Upgrade U.S. Customs Service P—3 Aircraft Radar Programs
The Department plans on providing $68 million to the United
States Customs
Service (USCS) to fund upgrades for radars for USCS P—3
AEW aircraft.
Currently, all four Customs P—3 AEW aircraft are
configured with the APS-138
radar, which is approximately 25 years old. To keep current
with the U.S.
Air Force (USAF) early warning radar system (APS—145) and
to be able to use
USAF maintenance facilities for the APS 145, USCS must
upgrade from the
APS—138 to the APS—145.
Support for Colombian Air Interdiction Program
The Department plans to use $19.5 million to continue
support for the A-37
upgrade program initiated for Colombia and Peru with funds
provided from the
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999.
This support includes completing the upgrades to the A—37
aircraft,
providing sustainment, and providing operational fuel,
spare parts and
ammunition for the A-37’s, OV-l0’s and Tucano aircraft
for air interdiction
missions.
Support for Colombian Riverine Interdiction Program
The Department plans to use $12 million to procure critical
replacement
outboard engines, other spare parts, communications
equipment, and fuel for
Colombian Marine counternarcotic forces conducting riverine
interdiction
operations. Additionally, we will provide fuel for coastal
maritime
operations by the Colombian naval forces conducting
interdiction operations.
Ammunition for Colombian Riverine Interdiction Support
The Department plans to use $2 million to procure
ammunition for the
Colombian Marines conducting riverine counternarcotics
interdiction
operations, and limited amounts of ammunition for the
Colombian Navy for
coastal interdiction operations.
Colombian Navy Operations Infrastructure Support
The Department plans to use $1 million to contract for
improvements to
Colombian Naval pier facilities for the recently received
USCG 82’ Coastal
Patrol Boats.
OFAC Entitlements
The Department plans to use $2 million to assist the
Department of Treasury
Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC) to expand the
critical U.S. and
bilateral sanction program against Colombian kingpins and
other specially
designated narcotraffickers (SDNT) under the International
Emergency
Economic Powers Act (TEEPA) and the Foreign Narcotic
Kingpin Designation Act
(FNKDA) legislation. This funding will provide personnel
and program costs.
3. SUPPORT FOR THE COLOMBIAN NATIONAL POLICE
Secure Communications
The Department plans to use $3 million to procure ground
and airborne
communications systems. Final equipment purchases will be
coordinated with
MILGP Colombia to ensure compatibility with Colombian Armed
Forces.
Weapons and Ammunition
The Department plans to use $3 million to procure weapons
and ammunition,
including for ground and air operations and base defense.
UH-60 Black Hawk Procurement and Support
The Department plans to use $26 million to procure two
UH— 60 Black Hawk
helicopters for the Colombian National Police (CNP) through
the DSCA EMS
process. These two helicopters will complement the six that
were procured
and delivered to the CNP through the Omnibus Consolidated
and Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999. A DSCA-coordinated
site survey team
will make recommendations regarding the incorporation of
the UH- 60
helicopters into the existing CNP force structure and
consider the
requirements for COLAR acquisition of UH-60 helicopters in
building the
training and support packages. This all-inclusive program
includes funding
for operational support and maintenance (including spare
parts) costs for
two years, as well as training (pilot, mechanic, and other
aviation
specialists), armament, ground support equipment, and
technical assistance.
The addition of UH—60 helicopters will better enable the
CNP to accompany
the COLAR on its UH-60 supported missions.
Enhance Logistical Support
The Department plans to use $2 million for fuel and fuel
handling charges
for the CNP, provide training and equipment to improve the
CNP logistical
system and integrate NAS and CNP financial management,
procurement, and
inventory control/end—use monitoring systems.
CNP Forward Operating Capability and Force Protection
The Department plans to use $5 million in conjunction with
the CNP Border
Base Construction and the Airfield Security funding to
construct forward
operating locations (FOLs) in order to provide the CNP with
the ability to
operate under a secure environment without the necessity to
defend a large
number of bases with its limited manpower. This funding may
include
procurement for an additional cargo aircraft, contracted
airlift support,
forward area refueling points, and additional auxiliary
fuel tanks. FOLs
will be determined following completion of a CNP
construction review.
CNP Border Bases Construction
The Department plans to use $5 million in conjunction with
the Force
Protection and Airfield Security funding to provide the CNP
with a small
number of permanent bases, along with a larger number of
transient
facilities. The permanent bases will extend CNP presence to
key border
areas. The transient facilities would usually consist of
low—maintenance
barracks and heliport/refueling facilities that require no,
or limited,
permanent presence and would be located on secure Colombian
military bases.
The objective is to have the CNP reach any part of the
country, safely and
securely. Sites will be determined following completion of
a CNP
construction review.
Additional CNP Airmobile Unit
The Department plans to use $2 million to procure
additional airmobile
equipment, communications equipment, training, operations
support and
construction of airmobile headquarters and barracks. These
airmobile units
are critical to the coordination of CNP and COLAR
operations.
Upgrade CNP Aviation Facilities
The Department plans to use $8 million to provide major
structural repairs
and a new apron at Guaymaral. A hangar expansion at
Mariquita that will
include shops, classrooms, and barracks will also be
funded. Funding will
also include a portion of a new CNP air service
headquarters and hangar with
ramp at El Dorado airport. Funds permitting, this program
will also support
other CNP aviation facilities, to include forward operating
sites.
Additional Spray Aircraft
The Department plans to use $20 million to procure
additional commercial
agricultural spray aircraft, and of those funds, not less
than $12 million
will be allocated for procurement, training, and operations
of Ayers 2RT-65
agricultural spray aircraft. We intend to use the
notwithstanding
authorities contained in Section 481 (a) (4) of the FAA of
1961 (P.L.
87-195) for such procurement. We may also activate
additional OV—10 spray
aircraft for use in Colombia. Funds permitting, we will
procure additional
multi—spectral digital imaging systems (MDIS) to enhance
spray capability.
MDIS provides the capability to photograph coca growing
areas and produce
imagery that depicts coca, for use for targeting, mission
planning, and
verification purposes.
Upgrade Existing CNP Airplanes (including FLIR)
The Department plans to use $5 million to upgrade the
avionics in up to 24
Huey II helicopters and two Bell 212’s. Funding will also
be used to procure
armoring and spare parts for up to 15 Huey II’s and
possibly improved CNP
OV-l0 FLIR equipment to enhance the reconnaissance,
detection, and
interdiction capability of that aircraft. Steps will be
taken to ensure
communications interoperability with COLAR and Colombian
Air Force aircraft
and headquarters.
Upgrade (12) UH-1H Helicopters to Huey II Configuration
The Department plans to use $20.6 million to: (1) procure
and ship
conversion kits, and provide technical assistance for the
CNP to conduct
five upgrades, which they intend to do ‘in- house”; (2)
establish and
administer contract action for up to an additional seven
upgrades to be
accomplished by a U.S. contractor; and (3) deploy and
logistically support
all the completed Huey II’s. Costs include the conversion
kits, installation
costs and transport costs. Funds permitting, this program
will also provide
training for additional pilots and to acquire special
mission equipment.
Sustainment and Operations.
The Department plans to use $5 million to support and
sustain CNP air and
ground counternarcotics operations with fuel, ammunition,
rations and other
equipment. This support will allow the CNP to increase its
capability to
support and augment interdiction and aerial eradication
efforts in Southern
Colombia. It will also allow for high volume surge
operations against
large—scale coca cultivation in areas not subject to
heavy spraying up to
this point (most notably Putumayo)
Training for Pilots and Mechanics
The Department plans to use $2 million for training pilots
and mechanics.
This will focus on the additional training required by
increased aircraft
being provided and assist the CNP in expanding their pilot
and mechanic
pool.
Airfield Security
The Department plans to use $2 million in conjunction with
Force Protection
and CNP Border Base Construction projects to ensure that
the Colombian
National Police are able to provide support and security to
their forces
conducting counternarcotics operations anywhere in the
country. Base defense
unit upgrade is critical due to the guerrillas’ ability
to mass forces at
remote CNP locations. This upgrade will include design,
materials,
construction, lighting, sensors, and additional
intelligence support to
track movement and location of hostile forces, as well as
additional
equipment and training for CNP base security forces. This
complements
funding for security projects provided by the Omnibus
Consolidated and
Emergency Supplemental AppropriatiQns Act, 1999. Airfield
locations will be
determined following completion of a CNP construction
review.
Enhanced Eradication
The Department plans to use $4 million to purchase
additional equipment,
fuel, and herbicide and meet other operating expenses
required to expand
aerial eradication.
Spare Parts
The Department plans to use $3 million for spare parts for
Bell 212
helicopters, Huey II helicopters, UH—60 helicopters, C—
26 engines and other
CNP aircraft, to enhance their overall spares inventory.
4. SUPPORT FOR ALTERNATIVE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN
COLOMBIA
Environmental Programs
The Department plans to use $2.5 million to assist the GOC
to promote
sustainable production for alternative crops through
agro-forestry systems
particularly suited to the financial and ecological
conditions of small
farms in remote tropical lowland regions. Indigenous
peoples inhabit four of
USAID’s eight target departments. A number of parks,
forest preserves and
indigenous reserves overlap, are adjacent, or are close to
each other. The
protection of indigenous territorial rights, therefore,
frequently also
results in the protection of parks. The activity will
finance integrated
pest management training of producer groups, promote
sustainable forest
management, and
promote a coordinated cross—border environmental
management program dealing
with the need for mitigation actions arising from
coca-related activities in
southern Colombia and northern Ecuador.
Voluntary Eradication Programs
The Department plans to use $30 million to provide the
social and economic
incentives to assist farmers and communities to eliminate
coca and develop
sustainable licit alternatives. Over five years, USAID will
contribute to
the voluntary abandonment of 7,000 hectares of small farmer
coca (2,000 in
Caqueta, 2,000 in Bolivar, and 3,000 in Norte de Santander).
This will
directly impact approximately 3,000 farm families, or
15,000 people. The
activity promotes the transition of small farmer production
from illicit
coca to licit agricultural and livestock alternatives
through provision of
modern production technologies, processing, credit,
marketing, and
assistance to producer associations. In more remote
coca—producing areas,
licit production will include agro—forestry and tree
cropping, as well as
programs tailored to the indigenous population. The
activity will facilitate
access to improved schools, health services, potable water,
sewerage, and
electricity in collaboration with community organizations,
nongovernmental
organizations, and municipal governments. Alternative
development activities
will be coordinated with interdiction and law enforcement
efforts that
disrupt narcotrafficking, eradicate coca by spraying, and
destabilize the
market for coca leaf and products.
Assistance to Local Governments
Includes “Community Level Alternative Development”
The Department plans to use $22 million for assistance to
local governments
and community—level alternative development. Sound local
governance is
essential to building a more transparent, responsive and
participatory
democracy. Good local governance is also fundamental to
carrying out
alternative development, and displaced persons programs.
First priority will
be municipalities where alternative development is active,
and will
coordinate with programs for displaced persons. Other
democracy programs,
such as human rights and administration of justice, will
also be closely
coordinated with this activity. The project will assist
civil society in the
target municipalities to improve its participation in
setting priorities and
making key decisions through the use of the wide range of
legal
participatory mechanisms that presently exist under
Colombian law.
Activities in each municipality will improve efficiency and
accountability
in municipal operations through greater transparency of
municipal functions
and more responsible citizen oversight of municipal
performance. In
addition, technical assistance and support will be provided
to
popularly-elected local government officials to improve
their capacity to
fulfill their functions. The local governance program will
offer grants to
support social infrastructure (e.g., schools, health posts,
and community
centers) as a practical mechanism for activities aimed at
strengthening
local governance on both the civil society and the
municipal government
sides.
Assistance for Internally Displaced Persons
In parallel with the similar program in southern Colombia,
the Department
plans to use $22.5 million for both emergency and
longer—term assistance to
persons displaced in the northern and central areas of
Colombia. Emergency
assistance will be delivered through the Bureau of
Population, Refugees and
Migration of the State Department (PRM) to support
International
Organizations’ (IOs') and Non-Governmental
Organizations’ (NGOs’) efforts to
provide emergency assistance to internally displaced
persons. PRM will also
support 10 and NGO capacity- building programs with the
Government of
Colombia (GOC) Activities will be closely coordinated with
the GOC. Mid- to
longer—term assistance will be delivered by USAID through
IOs and U.S. NGOs
working with Colombian counterparts to provide health,
education and shelter
in a post-emergency situation. Activities will also include
employment
opportunities, vocational training and income generation,
as well as social
communication campaigns and small community projects to
reduce resentment by
receptor communities that are often already poor and lack
basic
infrastructure. USAID will utilize a municipal— based
approach in
coordination with local leaders to stabilize the receptor
communities,
promote democratic participation, and support access to
state social
services such as health, education, and justice. The
program will increase
community stability through strengthened local capacity to
provide basic
social services to vulnerable groups, and by the increased
presence of
international organizations to assist in the return or
relocation of
displaced persons. Funds may also be used for GOC
humanitarian assistance
activities for displaced persons.
AID Operating Expenses in Colombia
The Department plans to use $4 million to increase the
USAID operating
expenses approved in the FY 2000 and FY 2001 budgets,
allowing for the
acquisition and support of staff required to manage the
increased program.
Community—Level Alternative Development
Included in “Assistance to Local Governments”
5. SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUDICIAL REFORM IN COLOMBIA
Protection of Human Rights Workers
The Department plans to use $4 million to protect human
rights workers as
part of a broader USAID initiative to improve investigation
and prosecution
of human rights abuses and thereby reduce the impunity of
those who violate
human rights. The USAID protection program will complement
the program
initiated by Colombia’s Ministry of the Interior and
local NGOs,.which
provides basic protective measures such as bodyguards,
radio communication
networks, bullet—proof vests, armed vehicles, metal
detectors, and
reinforced doors for the human rights organizations, their
workers, and the
country’s labor unions.
Strengthen Human Rights Institutions
The Department plans to use $7 million to provide technical
assistance and
support to GOC agencies and civil society organizations
working in the human
rights area. The program will improve the capacity of major
human rights
institutions and groups to make citizens aware of their
rights, document
human rights violations, and monitor individual cases.
Coalitions between
and among the GOC and civil society will also be supported
in order to
remove the obstacles to improving the human rights
situation in Colombia. In
this way, information can be shared and made public, human
rights policy can
be promoted, and efforts can be better coordinated.
Assistance will be
complemented by outreach educational activities to citizens
to inform them
of their rights and responsibilities within a democracy and
how to take
preventive action or recourse in case of violations. USAID
will also focus
on improving the information systems and monitoring
mechanisms currently
being employed by the GOC and civil society organizations
to report abuses
and monitor investigation and prosecution by the
responsible government
authorities.
Establish CNP/Fiscalia Human Rights Units
The Department plans to use $25 million to establish and
train new “vetted”
Colombian law enforcement task forces (and expand one
existing task force)
specializing in the investigation and prosecution of
alleged human rights
violations, to cross—train other existing “vetted”
Colombian law enforcement
task forces in the unique aspects of conducting criminal
investigations and
prosecutions related to human rights violations, and to
provide necessary
operational resources to these Colombian law enforcement
task forces.
Modeled after the highly successful U.S. organized crime
task forces, these
Colombian law enforcement task forces consist of trained
prosecutors and
investigators who work in a task force setting to
investigate and prosecute
those alleged to have committed or directed serious human
rights abuses or
related criminal offenses. In addition to the specialized
human rights task
forces, other Colombian law enforcement task forces
specializing in
anti—corruption, asset forfeiture/money laundering, and
counternarcotics
will be cross—trained on the unique aspects related to
the investigation and
prosecution of human rights— related cases. All members
of all of the task
forces undergo extensive background checks, including
polygraph
examinations, and receive special training both in Colombia
and in the U.S.
Training includes techniques for investigating and
prosecution complex
criminal cases, with emphasis on the unique aspects of
human rights-related
cases. Training will include instruction on international
human rights norms
and monitoring, international humanitarian law, and the
roles and
responsibilities of other governmental entities and non—
operational
resources, including operational costs associated with unit
deployment and
travel.
Judicial System Policy Reform
The Department plans to use $1 million to reinforce the
USAID program to
promote policy dialogue and informed public debate
necessary to permit
needed reforms in the judicial system as well as to
substantially increase
public trust. In addition to direct work with the Superior
Judicial Council
and the Ministry of Justice, the activity promotes
participation of
interested Colombian NGOs and universities in the promotion
of policy
reforms, procedural changes, or reinterpretation of current
law. As a step
towards improved case management, the program will assist
the Ministry of
Justice to commission an annual evaluation of the status
and disposition of
cases brought before the judicial system.
Criminal Code Reform
The Department plans to use $1.5 million to support
Colombia’s transition to
a modern accusatorial system of criminal justice. Funding
will assist
Colombia in implementing and modifying, as necessary, its
recently enacted
criminal procedure code, criminal code and related
statutes. Implementation
will include: (1) introduction and training in oral,
accusatory, and
transparent trial procedures in which an accused is
afforded the right to
confront the evidence against him/her; and (2) adoption and
implementation
of effective investigative techniques, which provide
prosecutors and
investigators the ability to undertake investigative
activities, pursuant to
appropriate judicial authorization, without revealing the
existence of the
investigation to its target. Such reforms are essential for
Colombia to
develop the capacity to confront serious crimes, including
sophisticated
criminal conspiracies in the areas of narcotics, money
laundering, human
rights abuses, and corruption. In addition to substantive
and procedural
code reform and implementation activities, this initiative
will include
public education programs through governmental and
non—governmental entities
and professional associations to ensure due process and
transparency and to
gain public trust and confidence in the fairness,
responsiveness, and
effectiveness of the system of criminal justice in
Colombia. Support
provided will include expert consultation and conferences
in the U.S. and
Colombiaand public education programs.
Prosecutor Training
The Department plans to use $4 million to expand the
present program in
support of Colombia’s criminal courts, the Prosecutor
General, and the
Attorney General to improve their timeliness and
performance in
investigation, indictment, prosecution, and adjudication of
criminal cases.
This is particularly important in light of the recent legal
and procedural
changes that require greater rigor on the part of Colombian
prosecutors,
especially in human rights cases. Increased court
efficiency is an important
factor in reducing the large numbers of persons
incarcerated that are
awaiting trial or sentencing (approximately half of the
prison population) .
Prosecutors in the field are primarily responsible for
investigating common
crime, but rarely for serious human rights violations. The
expanded program
will include training in case management and organizational
teamwork,
material and logistical support (including
security/protection equipment) ;
and targeted programs for improving administration of
justice in Putumayo
and other regions. Among the areas of emphasis will be
establishment of
consensus on the basic guidelines of criminal justice,
including definition
of the elements of guilt, standards of proof, and
procedures for presenting
different types of evidence in criminal cases.
Judges Training
The Department plans to use $3.5 million to train Colombian
trial judges in
conducting trials using the new oral, accusatory criminal
trial procedures.
They will also be trained in specialized subject areas,
such as money
laundering, asset forfeiture, and organized crime, as well
as in the new
investigative techniques used by prosecutors, the probative
value of oral
evidence at trial, and selected legal and evidentiary
topics. This training
will assist them in making proper determinations of law and
fact under the
new system, such as applying a probable cause (“prueba
minima”) standard in
accepting or rejecting indictments. In addition, the
Consejo Superior de
Judicatura that oversees the Colombian court system will be
offered advice
from U.S. tribal justice experts to assist in the
Consejo’s work with
Colombia’s indigenous peoples’ justice systems.
Casa de Justicia Judicial Training
The Department plans to use $1 million for eight additional
Casas de
Justicia (Justice Houses) to make community legal aid and
mediation services
broadly available to ordinary Colombians. These USAID-supported
centers,
presently in nine poor municipalities (expanding to 27
municipalities total
in 2000), will include a public defender, an ombudsman,
mediators and
conciliators, a prosecutor, and in some cases, social
service officers.
Public Defender Program
The Department plans to use $2 million to fund training and
management
processes to mobilize additional public defenders and place
them in high
priority areas around the country, particularly in Putumayo
and in the
various Casas de Justicia elsewhere, both for legal
representation and to
conduct their human rights duties. This will improve the
fairness of the
judicial system and assist the GOC to assure due process of
law and adequate
representation of poor defendants by retaining a trained
cadre of public
defenders within a framework that ensures quality
performance. It will also
better enable public defenders to fulfill their role as
human rights
promoters.
Asset Forfeiture—Money—Laundering Task Force
The Department plans to use $29 million to support an Asset
Forfeiture-Money
Laundering Task Force ($15 million), and an Organized
Financial Crime
Program ($14 million) as follows.
Asset Forfeiture/Money Laundering Task Force
The Department plans to use a portion of these funds to
establish and train
new “vetted” Colombian law enforcement task forces (and
expand the one
existing task force) specializing in the investigation and
prosecution of
money laundering and other financial crimes and the
forfeiture of the
instrumentalities and ill—gotten gains of narcotics and
related crimes.
Similar to the Asset Forfeiture/Money Laundering Task
Force, these units
will be modeled after the highly successful U.S. organized
crime task
forces, and will consist of trained prosecutors and
investigators who will
work in a task force setting. All members of the Units will
undergo
extensive background checks, including polygraph
examinations, and receive
special training both in Colombia and in the U.S. Training
will include
techniques necessary to conduct specialized financial
investigations and
prosecutions, management of complex financial information,
as well as other
sophisticated investigative techniques. The Colombian Asset
Forfeiture/Money
Laundering Units will work closely with U.S. law
enforcement agencies to
develop complex investigations in support of the Bilateral
and Multilateral
Case Initiatives. Support will include the provision of
training, technical
assistance, equipment, and necessary operational resources.
Anti-Corruption Program
The Department plans to use a portion of these funds to
establish and train
new “vetted” Colombian law enforcement task forces (and
expand the one
existing task force) specializing in the investigation and
prosecution of
public corruption and related criminal offenses. Modeled
after the highly
successful U.S. organized crime task forces, the Colombian
Anti-Corruption
Units will consist of trained prosecutors and investigators
who will work in
a task force setting. All members of the Units will undergo
extensive
background checks, including polygraph examinations.
Training will be
conducted in both Colombia and the U.S. and will include
techniques
necessary to conduct specialized corruption-related
investigations and
prosecutions, as well as other sophisticated investigative
techniques.
Support will include the provision of training, technical
assistance,
equipment, and necessary operational resources.
The USAID component of the Anti-Corruption Program will
strengthen GOC and
municipal financial controls and increase citizen oversight
of public
resources. The program will establish standards and
procedures for internal
controls; train internal audit staff, and assist ministry
and municipal
internal control units to adopt modern internal audit
techniques. The
program will provide grants to NGOs to organize awareness
campaigns and
support citizen groups at the local level to form oversight
committees, as
well as provide them with technical assistance.
Asset Management Program
The Department plans to use a portion of these funds to
assist the Colombian
Government, through the Ministry of Justice, in developing
effective systems
for managing and disposing of seized and forfeited assets,
similar to the
asset management program administered by the U.S. Marshals
Service in the
U.S. Assistance will include a review of the current
operations of the
Colombian asset management system and the conduct of a
needs assessment; and
the development of appropriate protocols, policies and
procedures to
establish an effective property management and disposal
program for the
particular types of assets targeted for forfeiture under
the laws of
Colombia (e.g., agricultural holdings). Assistance will
also include
training and program implementation and may include
planning, development or
procurement of secure facilities and equipment for the
safeguarding of
assets in custody.
Financial Crime Program/Organized Financial Crime
The Department plans to use a portion of these funds to
support programs to
combat organized financial crime in Colombia. The funds
will be used to
support a comprehensive program to investigate and
prosecute
narcotics—related financial crimes, including the
so—called Black Market
Peso Exchange (BMPE), whereby narcotics traffickers launder
drug proceeds
through the illicit importation of consumer goods to
Colombia. The program
will also entail measures directed against tax evasion,
money laundering,
and financial institution fraud. A portion of the funds
will be devoted to
combating the counterfeiting of U.S. currency, as Colombia
has the highest
rate of counterfeiting of U.S. currency in South America.
Other measures
will focus on regulation and investigation of
remitters/currency exchange
houses that form part of the BMPE, and other money
laundering rings. The
program will include training of both Colombian law
enforcement officials
and financial regulators. Components of the programs
include: (1) support
for the recently developed Colombian Financial Intelligence
Unit, which has
been modeled after its U.S. counterpart, the Financial
Crimes Enforcement
Network; (2) support for specialized training for Colombian
prosecutors and
investigators to enable them to effectively use financial
intelligence and
information in complex investigations and prosecutions; (3)
support for
specialized training, hardware, and software to Colombian
financial sector
regulators and institutions; (4) establishment of effective
financial
information exchange mechanisms between financial
investigative entities in
Colombia and their counterparts in the U.S. and elsewhere;
and (5) provision
of training, equipment, and necessary operational support
and resources.
The Department plans to use a portion of these funds to
implement a new
passport system that will give Colombian authorities
valuable new law
enforcement and security capabilities. An updated
computerized system will
improve the integrity of the Colombian passport, deter the
use of false and
altered documents by money launderers and drug smugglers,
and give officials
responsible for counternarcotics and anti— corruption
enforcement a new tool
to investigate the activities of suspected criminals.
Anti-Kidnapping Strategy
The Department plans to use $1 million to assist the
Government of Colombia
to develop and implement a comprehensive program to
investigate and
prosecute kidnapping and extortion. This multi—faceted
program will include
the establishment of an operations center to coordinate
intelligence and
information sharing related to kidnapping and extortion and
a “vetted”
Colombian law enforcement task force consisting of
specially trained
investigators and prosecutors to investigate and prosecute
these crimes.
Where appropriate, the task force will work closely with
the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, particularly in cases involving U.S.
nationals.
Judicial Police Training Program
The Department plans to use $3 million to expand and
support the recently
established unified law enforcement training academy in
Colombia. The
academy will provide training to all Colombian police
agencies in order to
implement a standard curriculum developed with U.S.
assistance. The
technical police curriculum will be enhanced though the
participation of
judges, prosecutors, and academics, to ensure that
graduates are informed of
human rights law, oral court procedures, and other reforms
that are coming
into place in Colombia. The integrated approach to reform
of administration
of justice in Colombia includes the professionalization of
police
investigators, particularly those of the Technical
Investigation Corps, also
called the judicial police. Protection of crime scenes,
conservation of
evidence, and appropriate treatment of suspects and victims
fall to police
officers in their support to investigating prosecutors, and
can turn a case
when it is presented to the court. Support will include
facility design
assistance, curriculum and program design and development,
training, and
equipment.
Witness and Judicial Security and Witness/Judicial Security
Human Rights
Cases
The Department plans to use $15 million for the following
programs.
Operational Expenses and Human Rights Cases
The primary focus of the witness and judicial security
programs will be
direct operational support to witness and judicial official
security and
protection activities, especially those related to human
rights cases in
Colombia. Assistance may include support for a full gamut
of operational
resource requirements, including direct financial support
to protection and
security operations in Colombia and elsewhere and the
provision of
operational services and specialized equipment.
Program Enhancements
The Department plans to use these funds to assess the
urgent general
requirements in Colombia for effective protection of
witnesses and judicial
officials now at risk. The U.S. Marshals Service and other
appropriate U.S.
agencies will assist the Colombian authorities in
conducting threat
assessments, evaluating existing programs, and developing
and implementing a
comprehensive program for the protection of witnesses and
judicial
personnel. Support provided will include sharing of
substantive expertise,
protection program design and development, and the
provision of equipment
and training.
Armed Forces Human Rights and Legal Reform
The Department plans to use $1.5 million to train and
support the activities
of a dedicated cadre of Colombian military human rights/law
of war trainers
that will travel to all Colombian military units to
implement a standard
training program on human rights and law of war. Training
will be conducted
at the Judge Advocate General’s School and in Colombia.
Army JAG School
The Department plans to use $1 million to support the
establishment of a
separate Judge Advocate branch in the Colombian military
and a separate
Judge Advocate General’s School in Colombia. Funding will
support the
creation of a separate officer branch for Judge Advocates
with a specified
manpower plan. It will also establish a professional
training school in
Colombia to train the new judge advocate corps in
operational law and other
associated legal disciplines.
Training for Customs Police
This includes $1 million for “Customs Training
Assistance”.
The Department plans to use $3 million to assess the
resource and training
requirements for the Customs Police affiliated with the
Colombian Customs
Service (DIAN) . The scope of the assessment will include
investigative,
border inspection, and border control functions of the
Customs Police.
Follow—on support will include training curricula
development and the
provision of appropriate specialized training and
equipment.
Maritime Enforcement & Port Security
The Department plans to use $2.5 million to provide support
and training for
a comprehensive maritime enforcement and port security
program in Colombia,
including coordination of maritime and port security
authorities with the
Colombian Anti—Narcotics police, the Navy and Coast
Guard, the
Counternarcotics Task Forces, the Customs Police, the
Financial Intelligence
Unit, and the Prosecutor General’s Office. The maritime
enforcement and port
security program will monitor and adjust as appropriate the
relationships
and division of responsibilities between the Colombian
Prosecutor General’s
Office and the Colombian Navy with respect to the
collection, transfer and
preservation of evidence. Investigations developed in
connection with the
maritime enforcement and port security program will be used
to support the
Bilateral and Multilateral Case Initiatives. Support will
include the
provision of training, equipment, and necessary operational
resources.
Multilateral Case Initiative
The Department plans to use $3 million to support and
expand the
U.S./Colombia cooperative initiative to investigate,
prosecute and arrest
transnational narcotics traffickers and money launderers
and to collaborate
with other nations in the Caribbean and Latin America in a
multilateral and
mutually supportive approach to the investigation,
prosecution, and
disposition of these cases. The initiative envisions joint
targeting and
investigative planning among participating national
authorities to ensure
optimal use of extradition in order to deny havens to the
traffickers and to
ensure that these transnational criminals face justice in
the most
appropriate jurisdictions. Support provided will include
investigative
planning and appropriate operational resources. Support
provided to the
Multilateral Case Initiative will substantially complement
and reinforce,
but will not duplicate support provided to the Asset
Forfeiture, Money
Laundering, and Financial Crimes Programs.
Prison Security Program
The Department plans to use $4.5 million to enhance the
training of
Colombian correctional personnel and implement the U.S.
Bureau of Prisons
advice and recommendations to the Government of Colombia
related to prison
security contained in survey reports prepared in 1995 and
1997. The
Colombian prison security program will require extensive
follow—up missions
by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. The program will include
evaluations and
enhancements to medium and maximum prison facilities
located throughout
Colombia, with special emphasis on the maximum—security
facilities used to
house notorious narcotics traffickers being sought for
extradition to the
U.S., violent criminals, terrorists, guerrillas,
paramilitaries, and others
convicted of serious human rights abuses. Support will
include the provision
of subject matter expertise and assistance, training,
equipment, and
necessary operational support. This funding continues
projects begun with
funding from the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency
Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999.
Banking Supervision Assistance and Revenue Enhancement
Assistance
The Department plans to use $1.5 million to provide
technical assistance and
training by the U.S. Treasury to the GOC’s Bank
Superintendent for improved
supervision of the financial sector, as well as training
and support for
Colombian Customs officers for border security, control of
contraband
importation, and increased revenue collection.
Customs Training Assistance
Included in “Training for Customs Police"
Conflict Management and Peace Process
The Department plans to use $3 million to assist the
Government of Colombia
to evaluate its negotiation strategies and to refine
approaches to social
and economic issues that surround the negotiations with the
FARC and the
ELN. Assistance will be provided to NGOs, universities and
other civil
society groups to gather data to inform the discussion of
issues, conduct
studies, and facilitate forums for dialogue.
U.N. Office of Human Rights
The Department plans to use $1 million to support the
Bogota Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The
funds will be used to
monitor and elevate awareness of the human rights
situation, strengthen the
performance and abilities of UNCHR, and enhance its
contributions to
promoting the protection of human rights and the rule of
law.
U.S. Government Monitoring
The Department plans to use $1.5 million to increase
Embassy Bogota and
Department staffing in order to enhance monitoring and
reporting
capabilities as well as to meet new requirements. Funds
will also be used to
enhance the capabilities of the U.S. Embassy in Bogota to
monitor the
information necessary for its increased reporting
responsibilities,
contributing to promoting the protection of human rights.
Organized Financial Crime
Included in “Asset Forfeiture-Money laundering Task
Force”
Rehabilitation of Child Soldiers
The Department plans to use $2.5 million for administration
and
implementation of demobilization and rehabilitation
activities for child
soldiers in Colombia.
Witness/Judicial Security Human Rights Cases
Included in “Witnesses and Judicial Security Programs”
REGIONAL
Peru
The Department plans to use $32 million to procure and
provide up to five
KMAX helicopters to the Peruvian National Police (PNP) .
Included in this
package is initial training for pilots and mechanics,
logistical (including
spare parts) and technical support for four years. The PNP
will use these
helicopters to provide extended logistical support for the
PNP narcotics
police mobile basing plan for drug interdiction. These
helicopters will
replace the operationally expensive and unreliable Russian
MI—17
helicopters.
Bolivia
Interdiction: The Department plans to use $25 million to
support
interdiction and eradication efforts in the Chapare and
Yungas coca growing
regions. Funding will also support border control and
inspection facilities
on the Paraguayan/Argentinean/Brazilian borders; improved
checkpoints in the
Chapare; intelligence collection; training for helicopter
pilots and C—130
pilots and mechanics; spare parts for C-130 aircraft,
helicopters and
riverine boats; vehicles; training for police and
controlled substance
prosecutors; and justice sector reforms.
Alternative Development: The Department plans to use $85
million to initiate
alternative development in the Yungas region and to further
strengthen the
sustainability of alternative development in the Chapare.
In the Yungas,
USAID plans to launch a quick-start high-impact development
program that
will help the Government of Bolivia (GOB) to achieve its
goal of eradicating
surplus coca from the region and prevent its resurgence.
Program components
include a community development fund that consists of road
maintenance and
improvements; income enhancing activities; strengthening
municipal
development; improved health services; and public awareness
campaigns. In
the Chapare, alternative development assistance will be
broadened and
deepened for former coca growers whose coca has been
eradicated but who have
not yet received assistance. Assistance will strengthen the
self—sustaining
process of alternative development by enhancing high-value
crop and
livestock production, food security, road improvements,
access to
electricity, agro—processing centers, agro-forestry and
tourism promotion.
Assistance may be provided through international
organizations to support
infrastructure improvements in the Yungas, improve crop
disease research
facilities, and support agricultural rehabilitation of
legitimate crops in
the Yungas and the Chapare through farmer capacitation and
training.
Ecuador
Interdiction: The Department plans to use $12 million to
create and improve
border checkpoints along the Colombian border, and to
improve
communications, mobility, interoperability and intelligence
collection and
information sharing among the police and military units in
the northern
border regions. Additionally, funding will improve port
security and
inspection facilities along the coast.
Alternative Development: The Department plans to use $8
million for
alternative development and other economic activities to
consolidate
legitimate government presence in three northern Ecuador
provinces. USAID
efforts to strengthen municipal governments and local
organizations and
provide reliable public services will promote a more stable
society and
reduce Ecuador’s vulnerability to the potential impact of
Plan Colombia.
Other Countries (Brazil, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, El
Salvador,
Trinidad & Tobago)
Brazil
The Department plans to use $3.5 million to upgrade the
intelligence
collection systems in the Amazon Basin regions of Brazil to
further enhance
the Brazilian SIVAM radar network being installed. Funding
will also procure
small boats for the Amazon River interdiction efforts.
Venezuela
The Department plans to use $3.5 million to provide
interdiction support for
the counternarcotics law enforcement units of the Technical
Judicial Police
(PTJ) and the National Guard for ground and port
interdiction. Additionally,
funding will support judicial reform and drug policy
coordination and demand
reduction.
Panama
The Department plans to use $4 million to establish a
“vetted” unit task
force to be established by DEA and the Technical Judicial
Police (PTJ) .
This task force will increase cooperation and teamwork in
counterdrug law
enforcement. This funding will establish, train, and equip
the 25-member
unit and fund it for four years. Funds will also provide
support for the
National Maritime Service for the 82’ Coastal Patrol
boats, border control
programs and a stolen vehicle fraud training program.
Costa Rica
The Department plans to use $1.9 million to procure 24’
rigid hull
inflatable boats, support for 82’ coastal patrol boats
(e.g., spare parts,
maintenance), and training for Costa Rican Coast Guard
mechanics and boat
operators.
El Salvador
The Department plans to use $3 million to support a new
anti-narcotics
police headquarters, the establishment of an interagency
narcotics
operations center, search/detection/interdiction equipment,
maritime
interdiction equipment, and training for judges, police and
prosecutors.
Trinidad and Tobago
The Department plans to use $2.1 million to assist the
Government of
Trinidad and Tobago in procuring maritime sensor systems
for its two C—26
aircraft. This funding will link like maritime
counternarcotics surveillance
systems in the eastern Caribbean between the Regional
Security System (RSS)
and Trinidad and Tobago. Additional funds will provide some
spare parts for
the C-26 aircraft.
All programs included in the emergency assistance to
Colombia and the region
will require direct involvement of U.S. Government staff
and significant
management and administrative resources. Therefore, a small
amount of the
Plan Colombia Supplemental funding will be used to perform
critical core
administrative functions that directly support these
programs.
ASSISTANCE FOR COUNTERNARCOTICS ACTIVITIES
SUPPORT FOR THE PUSH INTO SOUTHERN COLOMBIA 390,500,000
SUPPORT FOR INTERDICTION EFFORTS 129,400,000
SUPPORT FOR THE COLOMBIAN NATIONAL POLICE 115,600,000
SUPPORT FOR ALTERNATIVE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN
COLOMBIA 81,000,000
SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUDICIAL REFORM IN COLOMBIA
122,000,000
REGIONAL 180,000,000
$1,018,500,000
SUPPORT FOR THE PUSH INTO SOUTHERN COLOMBIA
Train and Equip CNBNs 7,000,000
Army Counternarcotics Battalion UH1N Program 60,000,000
Army Counternarcotics Battalion UH-60 Black Hawk Program
208, 000,000
Army Counternarcotics Battalion UH-1H Huey II Program
60,000,000
Sustain Army Counternarcotics Battalions 6,000,000
Forward Infrastructure Development 3,000,000
Force Protection Enhancements 4,000,000
Logistical Support 4,400,000
Army Counternarcotics Battalion Organic Intelligence
9,000,000
Training for Senior Commanders 1,100,000
Army Counternarcotics Battalion Communications 3,000,000
Provide Alternative Development in Southern Colombia
10,000,000
Temporary Emergency Resettlement and Employment 15,000,000
$390,500,000
SUPPORT FOR INTERDICTION EFFORTS
Upgrade Colombian Air Force OV-l0 Aircraft 15,000,000
Upgrade Aircraft for Night Operations 1,900,000
Airfield Upgrades 8,000,000
Upgrade U.S. Customs Service P-3 Aircraft Radar Programs
68,000,000
Support for Colombian Air Interdiction Program 19,500,000
Support for Colombian Riverine Interdiction Program
12,000,000
Ammunition for Colombian Riverine Interdiction Support
2,000,000
Colombian Navy Operations Infrastructure Support 1,000,000
OFAC Entitlements 2,000,000
$129,400,000
SUPPORT FOR THE COLOMBIAN NATIONAL POLICE
Secure Communications 3,000,000
Weapons and Ammunition 3,000,000
UH—60 Black Hawk Procurement and Support 26,000,000
Enhance Logistical Support 2,000,000
CNP Forward Operating Capability and Force Protection
5,000,000
CNP Border Bases Construction 5,000,000
Additional CNP Airmobile Unit 2,000,000
Upgrade CNP Aviation Facilities 8,000,000
Additional Spray Aircraft 20,000,000
Upgrade Existing CNP Airplanes (including FLIR) 5,000,000
Upgrade (12) UH-1H Helicopters to Huey II Configuration
20,600,000
Sustainment and Operations 5,000,000
Training for Pilots and Mechanics 2,000,000
Airfield Security 2,000,000
Enhanced Eradication 4,000,000
Spare Parts 3,000,000
$115,600,000
SUPPORT FOR ALTERNATIVE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN
COLOMBIA
Environmental Programs 2,500,000
Voluntary Eradication Programs 30,000,000
Assistance to Local Governments 1 12,000,000
Assistance for Internally Displaced Persons 22,500,000
AID Operating Expenses in Colombia 4,000,000
Community—Level Alternative Development 1 10,000,000
$81,000,000
1 Narratives for Community-Level Alternative Development
and Assistance to
Local Governments are combined.
SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUDICIAL REFORM IN COLOMBIA
Protection of Human Rights Workers 4,000,000
Strengthen Human Rights Institutions 7,000,000
Establish CNP/Fiscalia Human Rights Units 25,000,000
Judicial System Policy Reform 1,000,000
Criminal Code Reform 1,500,000
Prosecutor Training 4,000,000
Judges Training 3,500,000
Casa de Justicia Judicial Training 1,000,000
Public Defender Program 2,000,000
Asset Forfeiture—Money—Laundering Task Force 2
15,000,000
Anti—Kidnapping Strategy 1,000,000
Judicial Police Training Program 3,000,000
Witness and Judicial Security 3 5,000,000
Armed Forces Human Rights and Legal Reform 1,500,000
Army JAG School 1,000,000
Training for Customs Police 2,000,000
Maritime Enforcement & Port Security 2,500,000
Multilateral Case Initiative 3,000,000
Prison Security Program 4,500,000
Banking Supervision Assistance 1,000,000
Revenue Enhancement Assistance 500,000
Customs Training Assistance 4 1,000,000
Conflict Management and Peace Process 3,000,000
U.N. Office of Human Rights 1,000,000
U.S. Government Monitoring 1,500,000
Organized Financial Crime 2 14,000,000
Rehabilitation of Child Soldiers 2,500,000
Witness/Judicial Security Human Rights Cases 3 10,000,000
$122,000,000
2 Narratives for Asset Forfeiture-Money Laundering Task
Force and Organized
Financial Crime are combined.
3 Narrative for Witness and Judicial Security and
Witness/Judicial Security
Human Rights Cases are combined.
4 Narrative for Training for Customs Police and Customs
Training Assistance
are combined.
REGIONAL
Development Interdiction Total
KMAX Helicopters 32,000,000
Bolivia 85,000,000 25,000,000 110,000,000
Ecuador 8,000,000 12,000,000 20,000,000
Venezuela 3,500,000 3,500,000
Brazil 3,500,000 3,500,000
Panama 4,000,000 4,000,000
Costa Rica 1,900,000 1,900,000
El Salvador 3,000,000 3,000,000
Trinidad and Tobago 2,100,000 2,100,000
$180,000,000