JFK Assassination System Date: 4/28/201 Identification Form A Agency Information - . AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10222-10267 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: = 9-57631-1ST NR 9, 2ND NR 9 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, NY TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: . Released under the John Kennedy LSsassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#: NW 54463 Date: WO-1i2-2017 ~ DATE: — 06/17/1974 PAGES: 7 SUBJECTS : MAB, INTV, MARQUEZ, GUILLERMO MARTINEZ, ASSA, REL, THREATS, TELCAL, LTR DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4: CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 07/27/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: INC TTY v9.1 6 HW 54463 Docld: 32298491 Page 1
f 3 B. hs 5 i : FLORAL Buteau or weston | Peers . | / | 7 MAY 231974 co, oh —| . oy ; “Gen. inv. we ee : ,  S5@AN URGENT MAY 23, 1974 CLS TELETYPE / to DIRECTOR 185-261797. + REASON BY bose “ders FBI LABORATORY s INTERNAL SECURITY DIVISIONS Spee. inv. a ramming ef prutiectihin’ Leval Coun. — Telephone Rm, .) Directur Sac’y al H INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION AN JUAN 9-999.’ us WASHINGTON M MIAMI 195-29 94 ale 3P | CONFIDEMPIAL >) | ZEROC AN ORGANIZATION), IS = CUBA EXTORTION ——/év = GOOG D Man t | ! UNSUB : AXA "ZERO" 5 JULIO ATON constant Pant TOMAS GARCIA all ES LTE IL If —— FS ae FUSTE 3 ET AL - VICTIMS, EXTORTION. . S76 3 a ~ (plese Ce. bw fof a fF BALK : ad Ce C an G-5723 a Ppt Cte va RE MIAMI AIRTELS (2), MAY 21, B53! y ten s. ON MAY 21, 1974, MM 155a-KS, WHO IS PERSONALLY ACOUATNTEREN 7 Z * AND IN FREQUENT CONTACT WITH LUIS NORBERTO TORNES GARCTA, AKA‘ & Wh _ . . * IN LUIS TORNES , FBT NO. 487 IZLE, PUBLISHER OF "IMPACTO", WHICH NA > tn ty oO m6} S io o QS J tt o> = nN o) Oo. ON = 7) = poms “x © aa Gq) ri J erg te > ie ar @ 70 ty “yg Oo 0 par tr a -y x > rn rm om wo FRIDAY TOR NES ADMITTED TO HIM THAT HE HAD SENT A ga wr: \ THREATENT NG LETTERS TO A NUMBER OF YE ‘IN CLUDING TONE : ap. . \\ GAR CIA FUSTE “AND MAX LESNICK. U) exon "OT a a wn ® 183 J JUL ECLA DATE \s END PAGE ONE S HW 54463 Docld:32296491 Page ?
S were Seppe pie ra ra 2 . = a7 & PAGE TWO (i25-22094) eT ee TORNES ALSO DISCLOSED THAT FERNANDO CARRANDI, VHO OPERATES THE. AIP PRINTING SHOP, BEACOM BLVD., MIAMI’, COLLABORATED WITH TORNES IN THE PREPARATION OF THESE "ZERO" LETTERS. Xu BECAUSE OF COMMENTS MADE BY TORNES, MM 155@-KS RECEIVED | THE IMPRESSION THAT TORNES WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE MAY 13, 1974 a, | BOMBING OF LESNICK'S C*FICE AT REPLICA PUBLISHING CO. u] | TORNES ALSO STATE THAT IT IS NECESSARY FCR HIM TO CONTINUE WITH THE CAMPAIGN OF SENDING OUT THREATENING LETTERS, BUT HE DID NOT DISCLOSE THE ISENTITIES OF ANY ADDITIONAL VICTIMS. XA) (MM 1550-KS SAID TAT CARRANDI, ACCORDING 10 TORNES, HATES LESNICK, ox_|y MIAMI FILES REFLECT THAT FERNANDO JESUS CERRANDI VALDEZ, AKA, FERNANDO CARRANDI, WAS BORN MAY 10, 1925 AT SANTA CLARA, LAS VILLAS PROVINCE, “UBA, ALIEN REGISTRATION NO. A 12 418 957, HAVING ARRIVED IN U.S, IN 1961. HE HAS BEEN EYPLOYED BY A NUMBER OF PUBLICATICNS DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1962 TO 1972. Ly INFORMATION IN RE AIRTELS REFLECTS THAT TORNES HAD A CONTACT IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO WHO DISTRIBUTED COPIES OF “IMPACTO” FOR TORNES. K(u) WITH RESPE CT TO THE EXTORTION LETTER RECEIVED BY "EL MUSDO”, | ”, END PAGE TWO HW 54463 Docld:32296491 Page 3
vo meres ge PAGE THREE C195 -22994) SAN JUAN, PUERTO RI: vO 5 » POSTMARKED APRIL 32, 1974, SAN JUAN, MM 155¢- KS SUSPECTS THAT TORNES MAY HAVE rn CLOSED THIS LETTER IN AN ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO HIS SAN JUAN DISTRIBUTOR FoR REMAILING IN SAN Juan, Gn) SAN JUAN IS REQUESTED To. EXEPDITE [NYE STr ‘CATION REQUESTED IN MIAMI AIRTELS , MAY (él, 1974, WITH SPECIF Tc ASCERT AINING IDENTITY oF THE "IMPACTO" WHOM TORNES SENT AS MANY AS EMPHASIS ON NEWSPAPER DISTRIBUTOR TO 15,266 COPIES ON F ASH OCCASION Fop DISTRIBUTION, IF THIS InNDrIvipy AL’*S IDENTITY Ts ' ESTABLISHED , OBTAIN NECESSARY IDENTIFYING DATA AND REQUEST - "BI LABORATORY TO COMPARE HIS FINGERPRINTS WITH ANY LATENTS Dp: "ZERO" LETTERS SUBMITTED To THE LABORATORY B SAN JUAN ALSO REQUESTED TO “TELOPED ON 2Y SAN JUAN AND MIAMI, Ru) SEND MIAMI AS snon AS POSSIBLE XEROX COPY OF "ZERO" LETTER AND ENVELOPE REC ETV ED BY “EL MUNDO" FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES MIAMI. LA FRY LABORATORY IS REQUESTED To COMPARE FINGERPRINTS of FERNANDO JESUS CARR ANDI VALDEZ, BORN MAY 12, 1925, CUBA, WITH ANY LATENTS DEVELOPED on "ZERO" LETTERS SuBMTI TEN BY SAN JUAN AND MTanz. INVESTIGATION CONTINUTNe . G-ASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL To PROTECT MM 155e.Ks (& U) HW 54463 Docld:32296491 Page 4 a wo rt accentuated wa a eg See ne ar