(EST PUB DATE) FATHER CARNEY, THE OLANCHO OPERATION, AND REYES MATA - 1983 - 84

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 0001338937
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: June 23, 2015
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2010
• Case Number: F-2001-01650
• Publication Date: January 1, 1984

I. Father Carney, the Olancho Operation, and Reyes Mata - 1083-
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A. Do you recall the late 1983 Olancho operation, also (b)(3)
known as the Patuca River Operation? Do you recall anything
about how Reyes Mata died? What do you remember, if anything,
about an American priest's involvement with Reyes Mata's Group,
whether he was present during the operation, and what may have
happened to him? Do you recall whether this American priest may
have been Father James Carney, alias "Padre Guadalupe"?
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B. What do y? (JA GQ?`~
you know about a Honduran Special Forces soldier
or officer named Vasquez in connection with the Olancho Operation
and/or Father Carney? Z- C10,1_1-;- f , o c4 v / - h ca d a 6o v
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C. Do you remember whether
ascertain what ha was tasked to
peened to Carney? Wha was
response?
contacts, any did
at any time about the Olancho Op
eration,1Reyes,Mata,yand/ork to
Carney, and what did they tell you?
E. What was your underst
d
an
ing-of the Embassy's role in the
investigation of the
cooperate in the investigation? LCrd~Lment orricers
dination
process, and who had the lead in thetinvwas the estigation?
F. What do you know about the US military's operations in
Olancho in September 1983? Are youbaware of any CIA officers who
were working in Olancho (particularly at.Aguacate) during the
Olancho operation, and what can liri:iu__tAal ::j
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activities if any
II. State Department Human Rights Reports
A. What was your understandin
of
g
the role of
Headquarters in providin
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f
g
n
ormation to the State Department
for the Department's yearl
h
y
uman rights report to Congress?
What was the coordination process?
B. Do you recall who took the lead in preparing the report
at the Embassy? What in fnrm=t-;
person? How was Agency information yincorpora e intovthe that
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 reports? What disagreements, if any, concerning the Honduras
human rights reports do you recall? How were they resolved?
C. Do you recall any classification issues? Was there an
human rights information y
the report? If so, why? considered too sensitive for
D. Did you read the draft human rights reports on Honduras
during the period when you were assi
Did you think they fairly depicted the human rights situation in
please explain why. Do you have any reason to
believe the Ambassador/Embassy was
rights abuses in the re ort? pressured to downplay human
of such pressure? Do you have any personal knowledge
III.
chain of command officers an managers in the
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 IV. Congressional Notification and Politicization
A. do you know if
Congression le ions ing Honduras asked out human.
rights issues? What did ~mbassy tell them? Are:you
aware of any failure to provide information to Congress or to
Congressional delegations concerning human rights abuses
committed
in Honduras? Are you aware of any information on
instances of human rights abuse in Honduras that you believe
should have been but was not passed to Headquarters,
policymakers, and/or Congress?
B. Do you recall any cases of politicization of reporting
on Honduras? Do you recall any analysis being altered in
response to political concerns? If so, who suggested that it be
changed and for what reasons?
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V. Honduran Securi Intelligence Service Involvement in Human
Rights Incidents
B. Did you ever have concerns that particular units might
have been engaged in specific human rights abuses (Special Unit
of FUSEP/DNI, the 316th Military Intelligence Battalion, the
Counter-Intelligence Division of the C-2)? Did you ever have
concerns that any of these Units/personnel might have been
engaged in summary killings other than in combat? If so, what
was the basis for your concerns? Did you ever discuss such
concerns with any other Agency/State/DOD personnel? r
C. To your knowledge, did take any action
to resolve allegations of human rights abuses--by the Hondurans
or in other international press--against Honduran
security/intelligence units
D. Do you know of any abuses/human rights incidents
possibly committed by Honduran security or intelligence units
that--for lack of evidence or any other reason--were never
reported officially (e.g., cable or memos) to
Headquarters? If so, please describe the incident and your
 understanding of why it was not reported. Who decided not to
report it?
E. What do you know about the Honduran Anti-Communist
Liberation Army (ELACH) and any human rights abuses it may have
committed? Do you know of any Honduran security/intelligence
personnel who may have belonged or had contact with ELACH?
so, who were they and what was their relationship with ELACH'.
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