JFK Assassination System Date: 6/15/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10197-10299 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: = 92-2781-1291 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: AMBLER, JOHN A. TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 06/26/1968 PAGES: 46 SUBJECTS : LST, TRA, ASSOC, TELCAL, B/F INT, SUR DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 11/12/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC ADMIN PAGE v9.1 10 Doclda: 3228675253 Page 1 ,
FD-263 (Rév. 38-67) © Ko —— FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION mm TAMP: TAMPA TITLE OF CASE REPORTING OFFICE .. iz OF ORIGI REPORT MADE BY TYPED By .: SA JOHN A, “AMBLER . ay ; _SANTO TRAFFICANTE, JR., aka ‘DECLASSIFIED BY Sud SLOIKSs oat eile d=: =40_.. YE Kis 7 "REFERENCES: oe ee - WFO letter to Tampa 4/18/68 . Ae WFO letter to Tampa 4/8/68 captioned, "LOUIS _ . - WE "swe, ITAR = GAMBLING." 7 Report of SA WENDELL W. HALL, JR., Miami, 4/24/68 \ Report of. SA JOHN A. AMBLER, Tampa, 4/26/68 New Orleans letter to Tampa 5/21/68. - re Louisville letter to Tampa 5/24/68 New. York letter to. Tampa 5/27/68. Atlanta letter to. Tampa - 5/28/68 ° os | ~P- 3 a ‘Appbrmrre : _ Glass oe a vane Declassi AY RECONPLISHWENTE CLAIMED fone ; at] case has deen: . fy vee : x ; "PENDING OVER ONE XEAR, Lives * Lise oF - : PENDING: PROSECUTION? ©: Boe i . OVER SIX MONTHS," ‘: an 4; Ke | pe PECIAL AGENT : DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW a IN CHARGE =. | 98-2781 ote et (291 | 22 Houston. (92-310) 2 ="dacksonville (92-7) 3.= Miami (92-88) >) > (1 = USA, Miami, Attn: yoo e - WILLIAM EARLE, Dept. Atty) (>) 2 ~ New York (92. 846) i 2 = Tampa (92-1 oo Dissemingtjon Recoyd of Attached Report CONVIC | AUT 1B JUN 28 1968 es eee Re Notations Agency Request Recd. A ok d Date Fwd. - AAG, Crimi Diviairnen a) E T - How Feds , & rc . . be ; c . ; ! i. . ee "ye 4 Doctld: 39287593 Page 2 :
| | 7 TP 92-1. | SECK (a Information from records General Telephone Company of Florida was made available by Mr. GENE MASON, Security Department, General Telephone Company ‘of Florida, Tampa, Florida. On 4/26/68 MI 623-C-TE advised that during the week of March 25-29, 1968 he ‘had been contacted by two LCN members from Rockford, Ill. requesting the informant to arrange an appointment with PETER FRANK BALISTRIERI.. During the contact these individuals advised that the bess of the Rockford, I1l1. LCN family, JOE ZAMMUTO, had recently returned from Florida where. had been in frequent contact with SANTO: TRAFFICANTE, JR. Lo On 4/26/68 MM 1298-PC advised that TRAFFICANTE Py had departed Miami a couple of days. previously ‘indicating would be gone for a couple of days and’when returned would " be making preparations for an extended trip to South America, and that associate who might make the trip was oh HUMBERTO vPRUEB OJAS. Subsequently on 5/10/68 source advised ‘that ROJAS was planning to leave Miami for Ecuador on May 13 or 14, 1968 and that TRAFFICANTE was €6 follow three or four days later and that they planned to negotiate for a gambling casing in,.Ecuad rand that. Eh) TRAFFICANTE's associate, EVARISTOKGARC: HWIDAL, would also be involved in the operation. Thereafter on 5/13/68 source advised that TRAFFICANTE's current plans are for him to leave Miami, May 17, traveling to Guayaquil, Ecuador to operate a gambling casino. However, on 5/14/68, source, advised that TRAFFICANTE's trip to Ecuador had been postponed until after the Ecuadorian general elections to be held on June 8, 1968. On 5/27/68 source advised that as of Saturday, May ‘25, TRAFFICANTE was in New York City where he had gone to appear before an unspecified hearing and had contacted EVARISTO GARCIA . VIDAL by telephone from New York and that TRAFFICANTE still plans to go to Ecuador shortly after the Ecuadorian national elections. . . MM 1298-PC has advised that TRAFFICANTE's associate ROJAS had recently been in San Juan, Puerto Rico for TRAFFICANTE presumably to invest TRAFFICANTE funds in a Haitian shrimp factory. Source mentioned B COVER PAGE rc . # & jocld: 32267523 Page 3 hy
: “SERGE £P 92-1 . 5 SEGRE 4 \ 5] that the Miami contact for TRAFFICANTE when TRAFFICANTE absented from Miami is in usual instances, VENCENT/BBENO, 7h tA. owner of Capra's Restaurant. Source indicated at the=—“—-- only person apparently who knows where TRAFFICANTE is on a daily basis is his attorney, FRANK RAGANO, and that Simce TRAFFICANTE's associate, EVARISTO GARCIA VIDAL, became involved with IRS all of TRAFFICANTE's funds are now kept by this same attorney. Informant stated that for a period of several years, TRAFFICANTE and VIDAL were abie to obtain the winning numbers in the Cuban National Lottery in advance of the weekly drawing and were able to make from $80,000 to $100,000 weekly and had been able to obtain this advance information by contact with a high official in the Cuban Government and were im contact with this official through the Cuban Consulate in Canada. Source stated that VIDAL's associate, LAZARO MILIAN DIO, made regular trips to Canada to obtain the number. Source stated that - a logical government BA official with whom es tact ould have been made CYEwould have been JOR SANGO , apomer of TRAFFICANTE's associate, RAFAEL ARCs Sane On 4/15/68 a "arch of fap ‘Airlines flight manifests maintained at Tijuana, B.C., Mexico, failed to locate any record of TRAFFICANTE and his wife leaving Tijuana for Mexico City on 4/11 or 12/68, however the records are not maintained in good order and therefore this search would not be conclusive. Extended investigative period occasioned by desire to include results of investigation conducted by an auxiliary office which were not available at time of last report. INFORMANTS ¢ ’ Location of Original identity . Information — TP T=-1 is TP 120-C 137=460-279, 284 TP T-2 is TP 41-C-TE = =: 137-142-408, 410, 415 om COVER PAGE. i. o. SRE . o moar “) )Docld: 322767523 Page 4
TP 92-1 TP T-3 is RUBEN VILARDEBO 3135 North Boulevard Tampa, Florida (by request) TP T-4 is TP 349-C-TE Pp T-5 is TP 97-C TP T-6 is TP 402-C TP T-7 is (uex 34 | ®(u) TP T-8 is TP 296-C _ TP T-9 is TP 363-PC TP T-10 is MM 1231-C-TE YP T-11 is Former TP 8-C TP T-12 is PCI BOOKER DOBY TP T-13 is Dun & Bradstreet, Atianta, Ga. (by request) Instant report 137-1792-30-32. 137-360-253, 254 137-1705-36 92-351-20 137-1400-75-77 137-1843-22, 26 MM137-2206 137-8-356 137=1978-5 | ‘Instant report 92-1-4428 TP T~14 is AT 1979-PC TP T-15 is AT 1824-C-TE 92-1-4428 D COVER PAGE , Docld: 32287523 Page 5
\ DocId: 32287523 Page 6 TP 92-1 LEADS: HOUSTON AT HOUSTON, TEXAS Will interview JOSEPH. PETER LUKE, TECIP target, for details of alleged association. between LUKE | and TRAFFICANTE and/or LOUIS SWED, aka Max Bordon, ‘Max Borden, - and for any past association between | SWED and TRAFFICANTE, NEW YORK — AT NEW YORK, NEW YORK Will recontact MARTA BETANCOURT, 402 W. 45th St. Apt. 1C, to determine if recently contacted by TRAFFICANTE. MEA AMI AT MIAMI, FLORIDA 1) Will interview PCI LOU PEREZ and fully identify TONY (LNU) residing with PAULA NAVARETTE, 2120 N.W. Flagler Terrace, Apartment #110 to thereafter interview TONY to determine association with TRAFFICANTE. 2) Will interview MANNY GONZALEZ, c/o Hamilton Gift Shop, to determine his association with: TRAFFICANTE and/or his associates, Will also determine if there is any association between MANNY's brother, FRED, and - TRAFF ICANTE. AT TAMPA, FLORIDA 1) Will interview JAMES CHEATHAM, 2003 25th St. whose 1959 Oldsmobile has been observed at TRAFFICANTE's residence. . 2). Will interview W. ‘RAMOS, 2605 Beach Drive, along lines above. — 3) “Will at General Telephone Company identify E & COVER -PAGE