Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form 4/6/2015 NNN oO Agency Information AGENCY : * RECORD NUMBER: . ‘RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER: eee Document Information ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : — fT Or nn v9.1 Docld: 32295186 Page 1 FBI 124-10214-10462 HQ 26-425217-25 FBI LEG, MX ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI 05/17/1973 3 [Restricted] PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified ‘ 4 Redact 06/04/1998 INDEFINITE INC INSERT
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote; DARE: 11-14-2017. oA ; ; . EMBASSY GF THE . . ee UNITED STATES GF AMERICA "OFFICE OF THE LEGAL ATTACHE * ‘Confidential . MEXICO, D. F., MEXICO od Dat May 17, 1973 : After a request was made to the Police Department at Be Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Comandante MARTIN MEJIA, who is 7 with the Secret Service (Detective Bureau) of that department voluntarily telephoned the Legal Attache's Office, American ‘Embassy, Mexico City,. Mexico, and furnished the following information: MEJIA stated that on May 22, 1971, he was an agent — 4 of the Secret Service of the Guadalajara Police Department. . On that date, in the early evening hours hetween 7:00 and 7 30 ; . P.M., he and other Guadalajara policemen participated in the : Zs arrest of JERRY BUCHANAN at Calle (Street) Puerto Melaque #1421, _Fraccionamiento El Miradorin Guadalajara. During the arrest, ; ‘BUCHANAN put up a struggle. At the same time, the police took _ 4 custody of a 1970 or 1971 Plymouth Barracuda, blue in color, ' 4 Vehicle Identification Number BH23G0E126020, with Florida license . oa plate 29W-1647, which was parked in front of BUCHANAN'S somes) = ae at this address. MEJIA stated that BUCHANAN at the time identified the car as his property although he later told another story in a formal declaration given to Guadalajara Police. ou Be ae ae Continuing, MEJIA said that this Plymouth had a Mexican tourist sticker on the windshield showing that the wf) car entered Mexico at Reynosa, Tamaulipas, An May, 1971, under iO Folio Number 122758, in the name of MELV BLEETSTIEN, . MEJIA yk stated he removed from inside the car a Mexican tourist card (FM-5) issued to MELVIN BLEETSTIEN with the address of 3423 M Northeast 18th Court, Baltimore.,Maryland, and a Mexican temporary importation permit for the car issued to BLEETSTIEN on May 19, 1971. Also found in the car was a document’ which ‘ 7 "appeared to be a Virginia title, #4355, and dated April 5, 1971, | which described this vehicle, and a number of blank birth ~ certificate forms. a4 (u) MEJIA stated that he personally took the formal declaration from BUCHANAN during which BUCHANAN stated "Tae afi) oe fe Ph eer ae sa tn cas On 5~16-73 at Mexico, D. F., Mexico . File Mex 26-3458 Assistant Legal Attache “Date ‘ | s = By JOHN J, FOARDE, JR. bietater_S0 ~17-73 oe CLASSIFIED AND” /- 2 — | | ant _ EXTENDED BY. pb reklanlea, AME — oes ee) IS (? oe : i REASCH FO. \fociog | a, : FCIM, Hyd Kee tee ‘EROLUSURE) — ; DATE OF f...0.0/ FON ; | . oe DECLASSIFicaTION\.....5|8 12 | 2209... Confidential OC ¢ Nc eee ep nor Se po ern ne ete mimes So tS Docld: 32295156 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination. Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 ove . DATE: 11-14-2017 r. i ° Conf ifiential an | oe : MEX 26-3458 | : | a ' he was born in North Carolina, the son of JAMES BUCHANAN and MARY WEST. At this time, BUCHANAN denied that the Plymouth was his property and said it belonged to an individual =| who he had met in a bar in a Guadalajara hotel but that he could | only recall that this person's name was "MEL" and offered no i other information as to where this individual might be living ar or how he might be identified and located. zy MEJIA stated that he speaks no English but that he would be willing to appear to testify in the United States — 4 if appropriate clearance was received from his superiors, Q/H) 4 Concluding, MEJIA stated that, with vermission from : his Superiors, he believed he would be able to bring the z formal declaration made by BUCHANAN to Guadalajara Police to any court proceedings in the United States. uf * se FOG SS LTS Docld: 322951586 Page 3