“¥ wee) net t ae Calle de Nubes #2 GQu Rancho Tetela, Cuernavaca, Mexico ‘ yd source advised that on June 13. 1967, eyom sexvants that the owner af th houge referred.to as Salvader Secalzetti, : The it was cete at that. addr n O noo @ fo) - 2.0 ee TA fais ea An eighth source advised on June 30, 1967, that inquiry conducted in Cuernavaca, Mexico, discloses that Rancho Tetela is a subdivision located at some distance from the center of town. The house at Nubes 42 is a small - palace resembling a‘ fortress, nore Luxurious than some of the best homes in Mexico... .Nubes Street is the top of reat iA 4 ae. a hill and is reached by Via Lectea St . -. Continuing. the source said that ran at #2 is a white house with three stcries and many windows. It is located on a huge lot of approximately 7,000 meters and completely enclosed with a tall white wall with metal gates. The garden has many floodlights on posts. The building is remote from any cther habitation, although ween. was a house under construction on one side and a deep canyon on the other. Imme sdiately facing the house is a small traffic circle with a garden ) vi Source said that workers in the neighborhood stated that the house at Nubes #2 was occupied by Americans i. and that there was a black Mercedes at this house. Source. - ( determined that a black Mercedes with Mexican’ license plates _ from the Federal District, #507 SY, was parked inside the wall at ‘this address ru mM) The fourth source advised on July 26, 1967, that | agents from Mexican Immigration had made inquiry at Nubes #2 in Cuernavaca and were told by a servant that the American occupying the house was then in the U. S. The servant stated that this individual rarely left the house while in Cuernavaca except to go to the golf cub (gh As oe A ninth source advised on October 24, 1967}. that an individual believed to be identical with subject. had been Seen at the house at Nubes #2 in Cuernavaca on that "Col ws 3. a yd ~ . : ‘ ~ L : , : ve . . t f : , MW 45792 Docld: 32292303 Page 5
by ~ 5 ~ aoe SAMUEL GIANCANA erat rm str G This individual was observed leaving the house in a black. Mercedes sedan with Mexican license 507 SY. He was seen ‘with and without sunglasses and was wearing a gray hat with black band and smcking a cigar. The source was quite certain of the Adentitication Qf.) u , ba A tenth source advised on September 18, 1967, that Ewes tigators for Mexican Immigration had again mad t Nubes #2 in Cuernavaca and that the housekeeper at address stated that the occupant, who was referred to. "Sam,' had departediby car for the U. S. during the e: part of September 1967. Interviews with servants indi that "Sam" had been in residence at that location from time to time for approximately one year. According to the SCUrce, . ‘the black i864 Mercedes was observed at this residence ' w) obs On September 20, 1967, the fourth source stated that Mexican Immigration was confident that the subject was . re the person who had been residing at Nubes #2 in Cuernavaca «Pky (g Jb . The tenth source advised on October 23, 1967, that | [the manager of the golf club in Cuernavaca had reviewed . . | ; photographs of the subject and confirmed that subject had . _ Played golf there on the previous day, Gctober 22, 1987. . ’ Subject at the time was using the name Scalzetti and was - accompanied by an attorney from Mexico City, Jorge castillo “AW. An eleventh source advised that on December 8, 1967, Ruth Dorenberg, a real estate agent in Cuernavaca, stated ~ that she had handled the sde of the property at Nubes #2. ! She said that the property formerly belonged to a Mr. ANDRES and currently belonged to a company called “Las Nubes, S.A.,". which is administered by attorney Jorge Castillo. Ruth- Dorenberg did riot identify the occupants of the property & The fourth-source advised on. April 3,. 1968, that Ruth Dorenberg had been interviewed by. agents of ; Mexican Immigration. Her full name is Ruth Dorenberg - ~Pennivich and she acknowledged selling the house at Nubes #2 and that the house was in the name of a company called _ "Las Nubes, S. A.". She also stated that she continues to be concerned with the administration of the property and has . sold insurance for a car and a garden tractor in the name of ithe company !'Las Nubes,...S...A WR Us woes heat tet snes ents ine | MW 45792 Docld: 32292303 Page 6
SA Vert Ss rare M Gd Pata eter rremmenteeeoase This scurce advised that it had been confirmed that the subject had gone to Merida on various. cecasions and Lived in the house at Nubes #2, A twelfth source advised on ss ptember 1i,. 1968; ". that. he had determined that the current telephone huuber for the’ house located at Nubes #2 in Cuernavaca was listed in the name of "Nubes, S. A.," and that. the number was 2-33-80. The apolica tion for the telephone was made by . attorney Jorge Castille and the telephone number was unlisted, according to this source, The. thirteenth source advised on June 2, 1965, that inquiry among established real estate agencies in: Cuernavaca, Mexico, disclosed that most of the property in the Rancho Tetela Section of Cuernavaca was handled by Mes.“ Bruce Vickers. This source quoted Mrs. Vickers as Stating that the house at Nubes #2 was available for sale and that anyone interested should contact his attorney in Mexico City, Jorge Castillo. ¥f A" The sixth source advised on August 29, 1969, that I .. he had been acquainted for sometime with a man calling himself Sam De Palma and that he knew that De Palma played golf. regularly, owned a black Mereedes which was in poor. .condition, and occupied a luxurious home in Cuernavaca, Mex3.co , where the telephone number was 2-33-80, u . i On May 27, 1970, the tenth source Stated that Qerican Immigration avents had again inquired at the address Nubpes #2. in Cuernavaca. Source stated that the maid at this address identified a photograph of the subject as the owner ; of this hous Haya) During interviews with ‘FBI Agents at Englewood, New Jersey, on May land July 6, 1973, Celso Carreto -advised that the man known to him as De Palma had rented an apartment in Mexico City but also had a house at Nubes #2, Rancho Tetela in Cuernavaca, during the period Carreto.was working for De Palma. Carreto said this Cuernavaca residence was owned by De Palma. He also stated that De Palma spent _ very little time in Mexico and wotild usually visit about twice a year for two or three weeks. He said De Palma described himself as a retired businessman. , , MW 45792 Docld: 32292303 Page 7
- y . phe . . . EY % ~ tee | . 5 * . SAMUE Vind GIANCA} NA, The eleventh source stated that cn March 15, 1971, Mr. William G. Beinert, Internal RB American Embass Mexice City. state he advised ‘The fourteenth source advised on July 13, 1971 e . yi that he had seen no.indication that: the subject had been in residence.in the house on Nubes 7a, Cuernavaca, and that the owner of the house had-left the country and that it had been sold to a Memican politician. On August 18, 1971, this Source stated he considers it confirmed that the subject no longer owned the house at Nubes #2 since workmen were busily engaged in making numerous alterations and changes. Source said the house was rev sortedly sold to an individual who had once. served as Governor: of the Mexican Stave of Chiapas, % u The thirteenth soure 2@ on September 13, 1974, advised that the subject's house at Nubes #2 in Cuernavaca, according to individuals weil established in the real estate business in that city, had been sold several years earlier to a former governor cf the State-of Chiapas. Reportedly the price was 1, 500,000 (Pesos: ($220, 000 U. S. Xe yan eS a i ON 7h ee i —_ a ora I be Mea, MW 45792 Docld: 32292303 Page &
“Attorney and Cover Companies | a . : ublic records on file in the Stete of Morelos, Mexico, show © formation in that state during January, 1965, of a corporation known as’ "Las Nubes, S.A." The corporation had a capitalization of 650,600 pesos ($52,000 U.S.) and was formed to deai in real estate and for other simiiar purposes. Its lccaticn was given as Cuernavaca, Morelos. All but four of the 650 shares were held by Attorney Jorge Castillo Ze; who was iisted as the oniy executive. Castillo's age was given as 44, birth place as Shreveport, Louisiana, and his address as Luna 135, Pedregal, Mexico City X) fu) . A recent Mexico City. telephone directory listed Jorge Castillo Zepeda at Plaza. -de la. Republica 32, First Fioor, telephone 566-8245, The current issue of this directory lists Castillo at the same address with telephone 566-5900. gf \ On November 19, 1989; the tenth source advised that Gi had been determined that Mexice City telephone 568-1570 45 an uniisted number for Attorney Jorge Castillo at Lava 135, Pedregal, Mexico City. The ource believed that this was Castillo's residence address Cu) The fourth source advised on April 3, 1968,. that Ruth Dorenberg Pennivich, a real estate agent in Cuernavaca had been interviewed by agents of Mexican Immigration. | She acknowledged selling the house at Nubes #2 and Stated it was ~ in the name of a company called “Las Nubes, S.A." She had also soid insurance in the name of the Same company-for a car and a garden tractor.’ V1 On June 30, 1967, the sixteenth source advised that a 1964 Mercedes, Mexico license 507-SY, was registered to "Las Nubes, S.A.", Plaza de la Republica 32, Mexico, D.F. * MW 45792 Docld: 32292303 Page 9 '
card from the subject sent from Paima de Mallorca, Spain, that Sam Giancana was not in Mexico. The article continues: yu Samy | | ; 7 A nineteenth source advised on May 10, 1967, that Immigration records in Panama City, Panama, showed the arrival therec:cf. the subject on September 10, 1966, on Varig Flight S11. These records also indicated that 7¢ subject left Panama for 4 dA. he Guatemala on Fan Anorican flight 436 on September is, hay 7 sussa] Qt Bo ] On June 6, 1957, the. fourth source advised that subject’s atterney had recentiy stated that he received a pos? bearing a date in early May, 1957. On September 21, 1966, ehh source advised th subject had recently been in Mexico as a tourist and had made application to change his status from that of tourist to "yantista". This latter status, according to the source, is: cone generally granted to retired foreigners who can establish - a fixed income. They are legally immigrated to Mexico but i cannot be employed, The Mexican Ministry of Government (Gobernac sion) denied this application, according to. the source, and the source believed that subject thereafter left Mexico, A STAt US WITH THE | MEXICAN GOV ERNMENT ct The eleventh source advised on October 26, 1956, that the ‘Assistant Secretary of Government (Gobernacion) “stated on that date that when the subject applied for immigrant status, in Mexico he was represented by a very. prominent and reputabie | Mexican attorney. The Assistant Secretary declined to identi | this attorney but said that he had personally admonished him for coming to the Secretariat of Government to present the case of | such a notorious person. a The Mexico City English language daily, "The News", published an article on page 40 on April 11, 1957, bearing the caption "Al Capone Heir Said Not Here". The article says that the Ministry of the Interior said on the previous day £ ‘ 15. MW 45792 Doocld: 32293303 Page ii
SAMUEL _GIANCANA ; "Phe denial came in yr that the Italo-American rangsta . oS 5 re ry et esponse to a daily’s repo! Y was in Mexico, "According to the ministry. Giancana was here for a brief stay, as a tourist, las ; a year, As soon as the authorities learned his identity owever, he was asked to leave the country. Oo by ches <q oy 2) ih "Giancana left Mexico Sept. 10, 1966, the authoriti "Ye was devorted bj Varig Flight 811 to Panama." der y g oF to Rae Op April 12, 1967, the fourth source stated h Mexican Inmi gration! ‘had been in contact with Attorney Jo Castillo Z. and had been told by Castillo that the subje 1 s his knowledge, had not been in Mexico since September, SG. This source also stated that \Mexican Immigration records. howed thatthe subject departed Mexico on September 10, 1956,..0n. Varig Fligat 811 dastined for renena WK | _, fhe eleventh source, On April 13, 1967, advised that. ‘the subject‘*s case was briefly discussed on February 12, 1967 with the Assistant Secretary of Government for Mexico, . official stated ‘that not. only could subject not be granted Mexican citizenship but that he would not knowingly be er any type of immigrant or tourist-—type status in. Mexico. He also stated that the subject, if located.in Mexicg, would. be subject ‘to expulsion, according tothe source, ) t & t; to 8 s u ¢ r 4 wert leo o (2 On August 31, 1987, the eleventh source advised. that “ officials of Mexican: Immigration had. repeatedly stated ‘that the subject was "circularized", This indicated, according-to the source, that subject's name was on stop lists maintained at various ports of entry with instructions that he be denied entry into Mexico ¢ A , This same source advised on September 8, 1967, that an official of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico had spoken about a recent discussion with the Assistant Secret Government on the topic of obtaining more work permits fo 16. MW 45792 Doocld: 32293303 Page if
residing | at the above address was ida mntical with the subject and that “arrangements had been Vy‘ for his detention and deport ‘ae ' wanted and that he should get ou G@hotographs of the subject had beeu shown to the manager OF the Ql had been submitted on subject's behalf to the Secretary of SANUEL a GIANCAN Americans in Mexico. The Mexican official pointed out that’ the J Mexican Government had no facilities. for investigating the. backgrounds. of Amerieans applying for immigrant status to Mexico, ' H i e ted the case of the subject as an example of. an individual - who was almost given immigrant status. He was vehement in his. statements that the subject or any other person of that. type. woud, not be granted any status in Mexico and would be expelled aif found within Mexican Fersstorye IC) 4 on. September, 16, 1957, the fowth source advised th invest tigat ‘ors from Mexican Immigration had made direct ng Livi in Cuernsvaca at the house at Nubes 2 and determined that the subject had been residing there but had departed about two weeks earlier, This source advised on September 20, 1957, that Mexican Tinmigration was confident that the person wno had been o ry) QO ct tion if he returned to Mexico ".. The tenth source advised on October 23, 1967, that Wolf club in Cuernavaca, This individ ual confirmed. that: the Subject had played golf there on the previous day and was using ~ a the name-Scalzetti. He said the subject was accompanied eo Dy Attorney Jorge Casti lic.of Mexico - City ) u Co, a ‘On “April. 3, 1968, the fourth source advised that investigators from Mexican Immigration had conducted additional inquiry in Cuernavaca. This source said that it was . considered confirmed that the Subject had come to Mexico on various occasions and lived in the house at Nubes 2 in Cuernavaca ) The tenth. source advised on November 1, 1968, that. “ina discussion with a high official of the Mexican Federal Atto General’s Office, this official stated that the Attorney General himself had passed the word that if the subject waS in Mexico, he should be informeg that. his presence was not . The seventeenth source, on March 27, 1989, furnished information indicating that a petition dated Nove mber 14,, 1968, Gobernacion, Department of Immigration. The petition requested | ‘ ae 17 MW 45792 Doocld: 32293303 Page i135
SAMUEL | GIANCANA ect be allowed to enter Mexi that sub} ico in the status of “rentista"™, - It stated that -a fund, guareantesing at least © 3,000 pesos ($240 U.S.) monthiv. ivicome for a five-year pericd would be -estabiished with the Banco Nacional de Mexico. he ubject promised. not to hold gainrul employment in Mexico and. to subsist on-the amotint from this fund and from ) income which he would receive from outside. the country ed that Ry is a ssment on the part of ed States and that Me Continuing, the petreson sta ent years had been the target of ha press and the government in the Un t r i this: reagon he was Seeking refuge 4 Rh ch hg (e) ee KE oa a t n caaC 4 u According to the Source ; a supporting neno was submitted with this. petition. and stated that subject. had requested this same immigrant status in a petition dated August 23, 1956, but that his request was denied by the secretariat of Gobernacion on September 8, 1955, and he was ordered to leave the country. . According to the memo, this ‘refusal was apparently due to intervention of the FBI. ot the United States Government which had. falsely claimed that. Giancana was one of the Jeaders of the. "Netia (QC) . a Concluding, this source advised that the ahove petition was apparently not granted by the. Mexican Governn gy On December 30, 1969, the tenth source confirmed thatIsubject*s name was still on: the lookout list maintained by Mexican Immigration. . ? The same scurce advised on May 27, 1970, that Mexican Immigration agents had again made inquiry at the house at Nubes 2: in Cuernavaca, A maid at this address identified .a photograph of subject as the owner of © he house but stated that -he had not been there for ve. Vi On August 24,1970, the fourth source advised that subject's case was still under investigation by Mexican Immigration and that subject would Still, be subject to expulsion if found | living in RU Ww Nw 45792 Docld: 32297803 Page 14
eo * ra oe eo. C \ < 3 4 . ~~. . a - 2 SAMUEL SGITANCANA The eleven th source advised on April 13, 1971, that a new Assistant Secretary of Government had inquired about subject's. case and wanted to know if there had bee n any. confirmation of subject’s presence in Mexico, This official said. that ‘he intended to order additional inquiry agarding subject and he commented that Giancana would cprtkiniy bo i 3 4) subject to deportation if located in Nex) cone / The tenth scurce, GySeptember 3, 1971, stated that information had been receivedlgrom the Federal Judicial volicea of Mexico to the effect that the Attorney Genexygl of Mexico had crdered. aD investigation to locate slancanal ayy Xi) ee oo 9 ae The “Mexico City daily newspaper, “La Prensa" on Oe tol bey 24, 1972, page 21, carried an article concernin ; the "Cosa: Nostra” in Chicago and mentioned that ‘the subject: ~. was. reportediy living in. Cuernavaca, Mexico, and not being bothered by Mexican 1 authorities.¢y On the same date, the twentieth source advised that Mexican. Immigration officials wanted to know if the statement . in this article could be verified and. that Mexican Immigration would be. making additional inquiry into subject's status’ in Mexico c o and his apparent vioiation of Mexican 1] law (a) lu, . The tenth sourge advised on March 7, 1973, that this: source had Jearned thatfan inspector of Mexican Immigration had received an order to lgcate the subject and investigate his ‘status in “ext CEM Y NY ». On Mareh 11, 1974, the eleventh source advised that “it had been confirmed on that date that subject,'s name was stili “on the "lookout" or "exclusion” list. maintained by Mexican - Tamigration. \@\ A. . 4 On June 28, 1974, the tenth source adv Gat hat on the previous day[ligspectors from Mexican Inn grationpia \bpserved _ subject playing golf at the Club Tabachines in Cuernavaca, When this fact was reported to their ‘Superiors, the agents were not given instructions as to specific action against the subject at that time, according to the source MW 45792 Doocld: 32293303 Page 15
Nw 45792 1974, on Braniff Flight 028, destin SAMUEL GIANCANA Gen JS : ne any nl em Af eM Ai rns emi . * swt &y des: A twenty~first source advised on July 18, 1974, that subject had been taken inte custody cn that date by Agents of Mexican Immisgrvation at his residence in Cusrnavaca and was being processed for expuisicn, This source advised that subject cffered no resistance and admitted his identity as °* Samuel Gi at moans @4 WA) \ Pt 1., The twentieth source confirmed on July Le, 1974, that subject had been taken into custody at Cuernavaca on that date hy agents of Mexican Immigraticn, The source said that- this actichk was taken under instructions from the Assistant beoretary of Goverhment, The suoject was schedwied for summary expulsion, departing Mexico at 8:15 AM on July 19, ned for San Antonio, Texas. qu) - . On September 5,. 1974, the tenth source stated that Ka party of six Mexican Immigration agents went to subjectis residence at about 7:00 in .the morning on July 18, 1974, Using a pretext, they ware abie to get subject to leave the house and its were seized.: According to this sour ce, the subject t inmediately to Mexico. City.and held at the Office of the Inspection Service of Mexican Immigration, The source stated that the deportation of subject was based not only on the fact that there had beeu an order for several years prohibitin his legal entry into Mexico but also: because he had n6 current Mexic san documentaticn in his possession X Va) n e approach the gate where he was taken into custody No property - u °o The twenty-first source, on July 19, 1974, stated . that Mexican Immigration officials knew that subject's attorney, Jorge Castillo, was aware of subject's apprehension and that subject was being processed for deportation. They also knew that Castillo was taking steps to obtain a court order against subject's deportation. For this reason, according to the source, it was necessary to expedite the expulsion order leading to the deportation, of the subject on July 19, 1974, Fu) f Docld: 32297803 Page 16 Pr Re.