VISIT OF SECRETARY OF STATE GEORGE P. SHULTZ TO CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: November 12, 1985
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CEORGB P. 880LT!
TO CARTAGENA, COLOMlsIA
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SECRET/MNIN?EL/NO~OAN/NOCONTRACT/ORCON
visit of Secretary of State
George P. Shults
to Cartagena, Colombia
(CI lased on infocoation availably to TAG, theca is no direct
threat to Secretary Shults during bis upcowi~q visit to i
Cartagena, Coloabia tb attend theiOAS Con~eCenCe. 80reve[~ tbf
overall security envicontoent for Americans in Coloabia at thi? ~
tine is very precarious and the potential tbreat to the
6eccetary is coneideced high: Thy following pro)eetions can be
?ade relative to? this visit.. (DBCI.: OADR~
1.: Possibility of anti-U.S.:protests/des~onstrations during the
visit - dIGH
2. Possibility of ? terrorist attack against the Secretary
during the visit - xIGx
1. Possibility of a terrorist attack against local.dignita[.i~a
or other viaitinq dignitarieci with whoa the Secretary vlll
s~eet during the visit - BIQ1
~. Possibility of a physical attack against the BecretarY by ?
mentally unbalanced individual - ALMAY6 POSSIBLE, BUT TAG
TILES INDICATE LON
S. Presence of indigenous anti-U.S. terrorist groups in the
country - YES
rre9ucncy of anti-o.s. incidents (w-aior protests, bowbi~e~a,
threats, etc.) in the country - 8IG?
7. Anti-U.S. aentitaent in .the country - MODERATE ~
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B. Capability of police and protective services - GOOD
ZZlREJ1T ~ ANALYSIS ~ ~ i
(C) Becurity concetn~: toc U.S. intetests to Coloabia stew tcow
;the political terrorises and criminal violence that i? present ~
:throughout the country. Aaecicans lace a th#eat which is
rapidly intensifying [ro^ Colowbia'a leftist terrorist groups,
'all of which are anti-U.6. in attitude. Tbete groups bave ~
~Caciied out attacks against J-we~cieane le the past, and
;anti-O.S. plotting'and actions by lettiat terrorist area:
espected to continue. In~!addit'ion, tbceats to U.S. inte~iat?~I
by Colowbian drug ~~ ~ i
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SE_ f MN I NTEL/NOtORN/NOr~JNTRACT/ORCON !
trattickers have .eeee anotees aignitieant diasnsion to t'?
security situation for americans.
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past, the extraditions of Coloobian drug tratficker? in e~cly
1feS to the 0.6. and the strong support the U.B. Goverax{e t
gives to Colombia's anti-narcotics proq=~ have increased~tAa
potential for reprisals against O.S.
Colombia's drug a,afia. (DECL: interests by elementN o!
011DR ) ~
(C) This two-told threat against 0.8. i
which during the last year has varied innintensitynvithotlbi~,
drug t[aftickera presenting the;greater tbtsat during the lrDt'
half of the year and the quercillas ~, ,
Chreat ~ in the second half, ; as ptessnting the, gceater~ '~I__
the recent M-19 terrorist attackaon Noveabero6sol9?Sxagain~t~h
the Colombian Palace of Justice in Bogota. Du[inq thli attaiek '
approximately 35-~5 heavily arwed M-19'
.palace .through the basement in ~ truck~loadedlwithet~de~othe .
support a lengthy stay, initial ceports indiCated,S00
individuals were held hosts e ~ ~
8owever~ 9 cost of Which later escaped,
, at the conrluafon`of the 28-hour hostage/barricade ,
incident, 88 persons vere dead, _lnciudin
Supreme Courc )uaticea, 13 wilit;ary and 9 12 of th? netionh? Z~
of the terrorists (ibout t0) and san Police personnel, 11 ~
terrori'sta included three ?coasandanteai:ilians. The dead ~
(D6CL: OADR) j. f
{C) This lstet M- 9 attack i? ,significant for man t ~
The attack itself aid a fire which, accordin to C y easons.
aouress, vas set byl the quertillis, destroyed many o!'~ttiien , I
archives, including 'any docus~ents related to narcotics
traftickera and U.S. e,ctredition;tequests. Bmbasa to
indicates that Colombian Justice Minister Enrique Parejors~atedl
on Noveaber 8 chac ?~verythinq indicates that there'is ? ?,ry
close connection between the crilainel acts which were cat[isd
out egainat the Supreme Court of'Justice and the activities p!
the narcotics traffickers.' Thcapparent collusion of M-19 a~a'
the dcuy tcatfickers represents a for4ldable alliance capable
of presenting a serious aecurity!threet to both Colombian ind ~
O.S. interests. (D~CL: OJ1DR) '
{S/NOl-ORN/NOCONTRI-CT/KNINTEL/ORCON) That M-19
suffered major ~
personnel and leadership losses Burin ~
unquestioned, whether they villstep9backstroaeterrorist iS
activitie? Eor a period of time to rs-
hand, bscoee more bisarrely dangerous aaptheyrdeap~tatelybtty
to [ecoup their atat.ua ae a isajor guerrilla lorce remains to be
SECRET INTEL NOtORN NOCOMTW-~ ORCON
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seen? current
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SECRET MNIHTEL
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