Tools of Torture and Repression in South America Law enforcement equipment promoted on Combined Systems Inc.’s website202 Paraguay: Seguridad, Inteligencia y Tecnología del Paraguay SA (SIT) distributes law enforcement equipment manufactured outside Paraguay and also provides private security services. SIT has sold a wide range of equipment to public agencies, including Defense Technology (US) chemical irritant hand grenades to the Ministry of the Interior,203 Glock (Austria) pistols to the National Anti-Drug Service (SENAD), and Monadnock restraints (US)204 and ATK (US) ammunition to the National Police.205 Illustrative case study: Diversion of imported goods from Paraguay. A 2009 classified US pre-license check, made public by Wikileaks, names Dalmacio R. Marengo as owner and manager of the company TSB Sport Hunting-Fishing-Munitions and owner of Safari Sport S.A. The check concluded that Marengo was ‘not a bonafide end-user’ and recommended that the license be rejected, as arms previously imported by Marengo had allegedly ended up in the possession of FARC.206 Marengo and the companies he is associated with continue to supply law enforcement equipment to the Paraguayan authorities. Safari Sport SRL was contracted directly to supply Aguila Ammunition kinetic impact ammunition to the Ministry of Justice in 2015 and Dalmacio Ramón Marengo Colonel was named as the company’s 202 See https://www.combinedsystems.com/index.php [accessed 1 June 2016]. Ministerio del Interior, ‘Adquisicion de Proyectil Lacrimogeno, Granada de Mano, Balin de Goma, Cartuchos y Spray de Agente Incapacitante’, Id: 242825 <https://host243.dncp.gov.py/licitaciones/adjudicacion/contrato/242825-seguridad-inteligencia-tecnologia-paraguay-sa-sit4.html> [accessed 20 November 2015]. 204 Ministerio del Interior, ‘Adquisicion de Equipos Especiales para la Policia Nacional’, Id: 264510, <https://host-243.dncp.gov.py/licitaciones/adjudicacion/contrato/264510-seguridad-inteligencia-tecnologiaparaguay-sa-sit-4.html#items_adjudicados> [accessed 20 November 2015]. 205 Policia Nacional / Ministerio del Interior, ‘Adquisición de Municiones y Balines de Goma’, Id: 282852, <https://host-243.dncp.gov.py/licitaciones/adjudicacion/contrato/282852-seguridad-inteligencia-tecnologiaparaguay-sa-sit-5.html> [accessed 20 November 2015]. 206 Wikileaks, ‘Cable: 09ASUNCION214_a’ <https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09ASUNCION214_a.html> [accessed 1 June 2016]. 203 45