424-10221-1029 AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10221-10297 RECORD _ SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 174-2-14253 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: CIA FROM: CIA TO: DIRECTOR. FBI TITLE: DATE: 09/04/1976 PAGES: 4 SUBJECT: OBA, ASSOC, BOMBINGS, ACA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret . NEW CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION: -REVIEW_DATE: 08/17/1998 UPDATE _ DATE: STATUS  Redact ° RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) COMMENTS: HY 50953 DBoctd: 32340904 Page i
bagpse RUEALIA g2ie SECRET OUT "NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNIST “SITUATION UNDER WHICH THE CUBAN PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE, BUT BECAUSE OF co MMUNTST PENETRATION OF LATIW® AMERICA.” IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED THAT TWO BOMBINGS OCCURRE D THE Does HAVING BEEN AGAINST THE’ ‘CUBANA DE AVIACION OFFICE LOCATED AT TOCUMEN _INTERNATIONA AAIRPORT WHICH SERVES PANAMA CITY AND THE \ i “EU G8 8096" ' PANAMA CANAL ZONE. aul 3, COSTA RICA: A. THE LOCAL PRESS OF 5 AUGUST 1976 REPORTED THE i ARREST OF THREE MEN c SAR D WITH P CING BOMBS TN THE OFFICES OF THE LEF T rw ING NEWSPAPER THEASOCTAL IST. PARTS PUEBLO,” THEYCOSTA RICAN POPULAR FRONT PARTY AND A. rs THE ACTIVITIES OF THE MEN ARRESTED WERE SAID TQ fen O BE DIRECTED BY ,THE ALATIN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY “COUNCIL” FOUND Ele RY nile Chile. Cuba ORL ANDO BOSCH) AVILA o ONE OF THE MEN, ‘Evartstote GARCIA YSARMTENTO , VAS fmm Ke Chile. g WHYLE THE OTHER TWO, JOSE ANTONIOPGUIDOAESPINOZA AND MARIO GONZALEZ Hee cB SAID TO BE A CUBAN WHO IS NOW A doc COSTA RICAN CITIZEN , CARVAJAL, ARE COSTA RICAN NATIONALS. GARCIA/WAS SAID ALSO TO REPRE- SENT A PRO-CHILE ORGANIZATION, CITED As//COMITE COSTARRICENSE PRO- CAs‘ VERDAD CHILENA," AND TO BE LINKED WITH BOSCH. ACCORDING TO| | COSTA RICAN AUTHORITIES DISCOVERED AMONG (>) _ - | HY 50953 DBoctd: 32340904 Page 2?
on : . | | ~ . Lo vod RUEATIA 8212 SECRET THE PER SONAL EFFECTS OF THE MEN ARRESTED A LETTER FROM BOSCH MEN - TLANING HIS GROUP AS RESPONSIBLE FOP A BOMBING ACTION TAKEN AGAINST PUBANA DE AVIACION AT KINGSTON, JAMAICA. et SNR, t AT ABOUT 9729 HOURS LOCAL TIME: ON ey. AUGUST 1976 TWO HIGH EX- PLO SIVE DEVICES WERE DETONATED IN SAN JOSE. ONE HAD BEEN PLACED Cas Fa A’. g OUTSIDE THE OFFICES oF JIBERIA AIRLINES BUT HAD AT) BEEN MOVED BY A STREET CLEANER TO A POINT FARTHER WEST OF THE SAME STREET WHERE IT / Cos¥a FC OFFICES OF Ti} ANACO SHIPPING _ LINE IN THE PAVAS DISTRICT “OF SAN | JOSE, THE EXPLOSIONS INJURED SIX PERSONS. THE PRESS DESCRIBED THE | EXPLODED IN FRONT/OF OTHER OFFICES THE OTHER EXPLODED OUTSIDE THE ty t BOMBS AS HAVING BEEN FABRICATED WITH C-4 EXPLOSIVE | AND DETONATED BY CLOCK MECHANISMS. IT ALSO NOTED THAT IBBRIA HAS AIR ROUTES SERVICING CUBA AND NANACO IS ASSOCIATED ne ann MULTINACTONAL DEV CARIBE (NAMUCAR) TO WHICH CUBA BELONGS, AND RELATED THE BOMBINGS TO a aceall SIMILAR ACTS THAT HAVE occuRR®D IN PANAMA, AND COLOMBIA. © eaeecmmemetreinaentted Oe et TT RMIT A, | —commen te 1 THAT en THERE HAS BEEN A RASH OF BOMB INCIDENTS IN SAN JOSE DURING THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THE EARLIER ONES ENTAILED THE USE OF BLACK POWDER- TYPE INGREDIENTS, NORMALLY PURCHASED LOCALLY FOR RELIGIOUS CELEBRA~ TIONS, AND THEREFORE WERE NOT ESPECTALLY DANGEROUS OR DAMAGING. THE _— HY 50953 DBoctd: 32340904 Page 3