AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10218-10070 RECORD’ SERIES: HO AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  2-2173-140 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM:  LEG.CAR TO: DIRECTOR. FBI TITLE: DATE: 10/26/1976 PAGES: 7 , SUBJECT: | CUBANA AIRLINER, BOMBING, SUSPECT, RICARDO, HERNAN, ASSOCIATION, LEG, CAR DOCUMENT _ TYPE: PAPER. TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL Secret NEW CLASSIFICATION: ' CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW_DATE: — 05/12/1998 UPDATE DATE: STATUS  Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(C) JFK Act 6 (4) COMMENTS: INC NOTE Docld: 32296794 Page 1
92 (44 USC 9107 Hote). i i t of 19 ination Records Collection Ac Released under the John F. Kennedy Assazsinatio ‘ . wy DATE: 11-14-2017 a - 7 “Me T CONTAINED Dy. See sxfio,/ ive Division “=f” q - McDermott Adams DeBruler Moore Leavitt Gallagher Deegan: Graham ° 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 VOUS Say t q of Ne git | - ave been previously informed of all information developed to date concerning the bombing of the. Cuban-operated aircraft on 10/6/76. in the West Indies with the loss of 73 lives,ias well as the information that the name of ‘Legat Joseph S. Leo, Caracas, Venezuela was found on the person of one of the arrested suspects in that bombing.’ Legat, Caracas reports in attached that .° with regard to the two Venezuelan citizens, ' Hernan Ricardo Lozano and Freddy Lugo, arrested ' on 10/7/76 by Trinidad police as suspects in. aircraft bombing, he has been acquainted. with Lozano since summer 1975, when Lozano requested cocontacted Legat on about three other occasims ' > for visa information, last contacting Legat on 9/30/76 requesting visa assistance for himself, At that time Lozano claimed to be on an assign- ment in Jamaica and wanted 4 two-day stopover in Puerto Rico. Visa was issued on 10/1/76, Lozano was never a paid informant or source of Caracas Office. Freddy Lugo, the other arrest- ed suspect is not known to Legat[{nor has ecu), ‘ever been a paid informant or source of the ' Caracas OFF sce iuso reportedly possessed- , Legat's name an ‘telephone number on his person at time of arrest but Legat does not know how. ° ' his.name came into Lu SEA BpSSession. Legat’ 9 | ; Continued page 2 ; at i J OR Wa +2 Docld: 32296794 Page 2?
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records DATE: 11-14-2017 Docld: 32296794 Page 3 Collection Act of 19932 (44 USC 2107 Hote). “ Ss om advisedthat the paper bearings’ name appeared to have bea taken ‘froma -notebook ra found’ in possess1ot if Lozandé; which contained more than 170 other names. Y, u) wy ~ Legat further advised that neither Luis Posada Carriles, former Venezuelan Intelligerre Service official and current employer of Lozano, and Ricardo Morales Navarrete, current ly employed by Venezuelan Intelligence Service were never paid infofmants or sources of Caracas Office. It is noted, however, Navarrete is a former | aid informant of the Miami Office. oe Bu) Details in attached will be disseminated by letter to the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Office of Professional _— Responsibility and to Secretary of State. You will be kept completely and promptly 2 informed of all pertinent developments. cry W., APPROVED: txt. Affairs.......-- Laboratory....--------- ~ Assoc. Dit... Fin. & Pers: “RIN Legal Coun net Dep. AD Adm...,.. Gen: nv... GApaAey Plan. & Insp scecceeenene a Dep. AD invA Adent...... eae 2, Rec. Mgmt... “ Asst. Dir.: | susanenarenenmees SPEC. HIV ane we Adm. Serv....--f-- Training...----——----- _
’ ed , der fhe John F. ‘Kernneédy- Assassination Records collection oan of 1992? (44 USC 2107 He Kh . 7 : L spachil UE INVESTIGATION an iUNICATIPWS SECTION i: Dep.-A.D.-Inv,_.. } Asst. Dir: f Laboratorv .—-—, f Legal Coun. ..— 1 Plan & Insp. — 4 1 Rec. Mgmt. -—— ff # Spec. Inv. —-.— | } Training -....-—— § | Telephone Rm. — j] [pizgoter Sec'y - _. # ee WWSUBS$ SUSP BOMBING Ee BANA AIRL INES_DC-8 NEAR BARBADOS. WEST INDIES, OCTOBER 6, 1976, .NM-CIBA-WEST INDIES RE BUREAU TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS WITH nye “OCT OBER 25, 1976. f oo TWO VENEZ UELANS, HERNAN, 2 1 CaRDO J FREDD ARRESTED BY TRINIDAD POLICE ON octobE R 1976, ON SUSPICION ‘OF IMPLICATION IN CUBANA AIRLINE CRASH OFF THE COAST OF BaRBaDOS ON OCTOBER 6, 1976 HERNAN RICARDO LOZANO FIRST CaM TO’ LEGAT'S “METENTION IN THE SUMMER OF 1975 WHEN HE CONTACTED Lea aTOon BEHALF OF THE THEN DIRECTOR OF THE DIRECTORATE OF INTELLIGENCE AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES (ISIP), DR, FED RO TORRES ar ASSISTANCE IN EXPED IT ING, rygtideumce Ee aC peo [P3 rE ChMIS” REC. 13 soli } MEMBER OF DR TORRES pcioo for rhed LO % HF Pahl ‘ston 4 THEREAFTER TO EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THE ASSISTANCE: AN ~D  & OCT 29 7976 RECON ACTED LEGAT ON ABOUT THREE OGHER OCCASIONS FOR VISA END PAGE ONE Mi i spASSIPIBD ). sy) AOE? S WHBRE SHOW sip ofr CO, ne BECRE Docld: 32296794 Page 4
F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hotes. PATE: fig-24a=2017° vous 6 : , . , ° « toe 3 : f : to : a 8 yo 9 yf nay - : = Pad NY , ; feos . 7 * . : * 7 pind ~ ry a . as nee PAGE TWO CAR (2-9) E FT O “ INFORMATION, IN DECEMBER, 1975, RICARDO LOZANO TELEPHONED LEGAT AND EXTENDED A SOCIAL INVITATION THAT yAS DECLINED. HE waS NOT SEEN OR HEARD FROM AGAIN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 1976, WHEN HE #PPEARED AT THE LEGAT OFFICE REQUEST ING ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING A VISA TO THE UNITED STATES FOR HIMSELF. HE CLAIMED HE HaD A PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSIGNMENT IN JAMAICA FOR VISION MaGaZINE AND THAT HE PLANNED a TWO-DAY STOPOVER IN PUERTO RICO BEFORE RETIRNING . TO VENEZUELA. ON HIS VISA APPLICATION HE INDICATED. HIS OCCUPATION AS GRAPHICS REPORTER AND INDUSTRIAL INVESTIGATOR. HE LISTED HIS EMPLOYER AS INVESTIGACIONES COMERCIALES E INDUSTRIALES (ICI) AND PRODUCED A LETTER OF EMPLOYMENT. SIGNED BY ICI OWNER, LUIS POSADA. A.VISA WAS ISSUED TO RICARDO LOZANO OV OCTOBER 1, 1976. [HERNAN RICARDO LOZANO wa$ NEVER aPaID INFORMANT OR A PAID SOURCE OF THE caRacas orFice,) GS) LUIS POSADA CARRILES(IS A FORMER PIVISION CHIEF OF DISIP WHO RESIGNED FROM THAT ORGANIZATION IN 1974 AND] EST ABL ISHED ICI, A PRIVATE INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY. LEGAT HaD VERY onc CONT ACT Ss P. POSADA(EVEN WHEN POSADA WAS AN OFFICIAL OF DISI LEG aT AND POSADA HAVE MET PERHAPS NO MORE THAN THREE TIMES SINCE 1971. ON JUNE 13, 1976, POSADA APPEARED aT THE LEGaAT OFFICE TO aSx 1& END PAGE Two Docld: 32296794 Page 5
ra Teasett/umdé the sont F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 cay use 2107 Hotes. DATES fat-14=2017, of, ; i PAGE THREE CAR (2-9) E FT O SECRET WHAT, IF AN, INTEREST THE FBI HAD IN CARLO BORDONI @®UFILE 29-168654, CARFILE 29-15). POSADA waS TOLD THAT BORDONI waS A FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE AND THAT EFFORTS wERE BEING MADE TO EXTRADITE BORDONI FROM VENEZUELA TO THE UNITED STATES TO ANSWER CHARGES OF BANK FRAW IN CONNECTION WITH THE COLLAPSE OF THE FRANKLIN NATIONAL BANK. POSADA SAID IN THAT CaSE HE WISHED TO ADVISE LEGAT THAT BORDONI HaD HIRED TwO ICI OPERATIVES TO ACT aS _ ARMED BODYGUARDS IN HIS HOME, (Les at SUBSEQUENTLY FURNISHED THAT INF ORMATION,TO VENEZUELAN POLICE INVOLVED IN THE EXPECTED ARREST OF BORDONI. {Luts POSADA CARRILES WAS NEVER A PaID INFORMANT | (R PAID SOURCE OF THE CARACAS orr icf -(8) FREDDY LUGO, THE SECOND VENEZUELAN ARRESTED IN TRINIDAD, IS NOT KNOWN TO LEGAT. VENEZUELAN PRESS REPORTS IDENTIFY HIM aS a JOUR NAL IST AND PHOTOGRAPHER. HE REPORTEDLY HAD A SLIP OF PAPER ON HIS PERSON BEARING LEGAT'S NAME AND. TELEPHONE NUMBER. IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW LEGAT'S NAME CAME TO BE IN L1G0"S POSSESSION. LUGO IS NOT PERSONALLY KNOWN TO LEGAT ano [HE HAS NEVER BEEN a PAID INFORMANT OR PAID SOURCE OF THE CARACAS OFFICE. x-(S) . TRINIDAD POLICE FURNISHED XEROX COPIES OF PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS AMONG PERSONAL EFFECTS OF RICARDO LOZANO AND L1G0. O08) END PAGE THREE | Docld: 32296794 Page 6
' [ Peers thie John F. ‘Kpnriedy Assassination Recefds “Collection Act of 1542 (44 Use: 210F + ~ ‘. - * 2 © ests * . * ex, oF wt PAGE FOUR CAR (2*9) E FTO FROM aN EXAMINATION OF THE COPIES, IT WOULD APPEAR THaT THE LIP OF PAPER BEARING LEGAT’S NAME WAS TAKEN FROM 4 NOTEBOOK OF MP PROXIMATELY THIRTY PAGES FOUND IN RICARDO LOZANO*S POSSESSION AND IN WHICH WERE INSCRIBED OVER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NAMES. COPIES OF THE XEROXED DOCUMENT S WERE FORWARDED TO THE BUREAU BY CARACAS LETTER, OCTOBER 18, 1976. Mw | RICARDO MORALES NAVARRETE IS PRESENTLY a DIVISION CHIEF aT DISIP. HE WAS FORMERLY AFFILIqTED wITH a SPECIAL INVEST IGaT IONS WIT OF THE VENEZUELAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HIS IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR BEING ORLANDO GARCIA VASQUEZ, MINISTER COUNSELLOR. MOR ALES ARRIVED IN VENEZUELA FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA, IN APPROXIMATELY LATE 1974, HAVING BEEN SUMMONED BY ORLANDO GARCIA VASQUEZ, WHO 1S A CONFIDANT OF VENEZ {LAN PRESIDENT C\RLOS ANDRES PEREZ. REGULAR OFFICIAL CONTACTS HAVE BEEN MAINTAINED WITH MORALES AND GARCIA IN CONNECT ION WITH BUREAU MATTERS, THEY ARRANGED THE ARREST AND DEPORTATION OF BUREAU FUGITIVE JOSEPH GREGORY SCATA (BUFILE 115-4761, CARFILE 115-4761) ON JUNE 9, 1976, AFTER THE TECHNICAL JUDICIAL POLICE (PTy) HAD FAILED. THEY HAVE ALSO ASSISTED IN THE MATTER OF CARLO BORDONI. GARCIA AND MORALES Last CONTACTED LEGAT ON OCTOBER 25, 1976, TO ASCERT AIN IF LEONARD RITNUS, Jo LUzZT AND CHARLES BARANDIARAN, THREE UNITED STATES CITIZENS BEING HELD BY DISIP, WERE (0) END PAGE FOUR Docld: 32296794 Page ?F
Release er the ohn F. "Kennelly Assagsination Records, Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 210 , s ae . Coe as Dn ee ee eA 3 . » °. - ge ° ~ © PAGE FIVE CAR (2°9) E FT O WANTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT aUTHORITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. NEITHER RICARDO MORALES NAVARRETE.NOR ORLANDO GARCIA VASQUEZ HAS EVER BEEN A PAID INFORMANT OR PAID SOURCE OF THE CARACAS OFFICE. XG) ~ BE : | SECRET h \ Docld: 32296794 Page &