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SUMMARY: (S) THE PERUVIAN NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE HAS AN OVERSEAS INTELLIGENCE NETWORK COMPRISING AT LEAST 17 RETIRED ARMY OFFICERS ASSIGNED T0 PERUVIAN OVERSEAS DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS. THE OFFICERS ARE ASSIGNED IN AT LEAST SEVEN COUNTRIES: THREE ARE ACTIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.

TEXT:1. (S) THE PERUVIAN NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE (SIN) CREATED AN OVERSEAS INTELLIGENCE NETWORK ON THE ORDERS OF SIN DE-FACTO CHIEF VLADIMIRO MONTESINOS TORRES. THE NETWORK CONSISTS OF RETIRED PERUVIAN ARMY (EP) OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO PERUVIAN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS OVERSEAS. WITHIN THE SIN, THE OFFICERS ARE OFFICIALLY REFERRED TO AS "ENLACES EXTERNOS" (OVERSEAS LIAISON OFFICERS). THE NETWORK HAS EXISTED SINCE AS EARLY AS MID-1995.

2. (S) THERE ARE CURRENTLY SOME 17 SIN INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY OVERSEAS. COUNTRIES TO WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED INCLUDE THE UNITED STATES, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, BOLIVIA, CHILE, BRAZIL, AND SOUTH KOREA. MANY OF THE OFFICERS ARE COVERED AS COMMERCIAL ATTACHES. THREE OF THE OFFICERS ARE ASSIGNED IN UNITED STATES. TWO AND A HALF REDACTED LINES.

3. (S) THE SIN INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS WERE ALL PERSONALLY SELECTED BY MONTESINOS AND NORMALLY PROVIDE THEIR INTELLIGENCE REPORTING THROUGH DIPLOMATIC POUCH. UNLIKE PERUVIAN MILITARY ATTACHES ASSIGNED OVERSEAS, WHOSE INTELLIGENCE REPORTING NORMALLY IS TO THEIR PARENT MILITARY SERVICE, THESE OFFICERS REPORT DIRECTLY BACK TO THE SIN.

4. (S) THE SIN INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS STATIONED OVERSEAS MAKE USD 3500-7000 PER MONTH EACH, DEPENDING ON THE COUNTRY TO WHICH THEY ARE ASSIGNED.

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