a W 05-95609f (ui “ BECRET ‘ECHAR'E said that he had no contact whatsoever with Cuban G-2 for about two years thereafter. However, he became concerned that his mother, father, sister and brother might be subjected to reprisals in Cuba initiated by Cuban G~2 for his . — own failure to carry out this mission. -Therefore, in about the summer or fal] of 1966 he informed his mother,while conversing over the telephene with her, to alert [Roonicubzptc expect a , yelephoneseall i'rom him. Soon thereafter ECHARTE contacted RODRIGUEZPHy telephone and went into considerable explanation as to why he fei.t the assassination of MANOLO RAY had been impossible in 1964. He sgid it appeared as though (RODRIGUEZ SS ? forgave hip and (RODRIGUEZPSuggested thet ECHARTE meet with Cuban G-2 Agent ¥" JACOL "in Mexico City. RODRIGUEZ 01d ECHARTE to make whe fecesSary arrangements to proceed to Mexico City end to let agree” bin know when he found it possible to maxe the trip. . ECHARTE said Bins that a period of six months elapsed before he found it possible | _ to trgvel to Me2i.co but that in this period he maintained stat i © WithfRODRIGUEZRielephonically. He said that he made thes 4 “telephone calls over bis own telephone waich was inst balled at sO 1661 Park Road, Washington, D.C. ECHARTS said that he recalled "JACOBO" as being a Cuben Gre agent but ne was unable to furnish the full name * JACOBO."™ He” deScribed "JACOBO" as a whiteamale,— - pe about age 3h, 5: 9*, 170 pounds, with straight black hair | ECHARS'E arrived in Mexico City in about the Spri a of 1967 and went dire ctly to the Cuban Enbassy there. He was - { told, that "JACOHO" had been there but had 1eltt. ECHARTE was then’. | placed in contact with one ENRIQUE (LNU); algg known 4s "Mickey," — | who was "Vice Consul" at the Cuban Embassy YW ECHARDE jsaid shat | "MICKEY" used to be a bodyguard for(MANUZI) INEIR LOSADA}S 1so known asQ{Red_ Beard J'G)He described “MICKEY! as a/Guban male» about age 30-32. 5'5", 125 pounds, gark-yomplexion. "MICKEY said he had instructions from G-2 headggarters to give ECHARTE °. ~the assignment of assassineting FELIPS RIVERO, leager of the me é. sro organ: wat =On, eel . Cuban Natimalist Momement,. an anti-C4s to: Mexico City in his own (Oe oa ed fasVeSa HHCARTE stated that he/ travelled accompanied by his wife, BIDELTAFBALSINDE, his daughter, and . QNAZEXt neighbor named EDDIEXYURL (ph)./ He said™that YURI used to live ae gM at 1823 Lamont Stre¢gt, Washington, D.C., But has since moved to Virginia and he no longer knows his addwess. He added nat | YURI was a United States citizen, was never involved in Cuban political mattgns pnd only accompanied himlés a friend to . Mexico City BZ EK1ee eh sy HW 45937 DocId:32304241 Page 20
. ifios- ss - : seoner Fi dent tify himself to the Canadian fees vhorities. Due -a member .of Cuban G-2. He repeated that ne ve was persona Liy acquaint ted with. to this confrontetion with the polic Scided that he should try to make his way to Spain Through Mexico. As a result he booked passage for his wife, child and himself, on the same day,to WVew ‘York from Montreal, with the intention one of then proceeding to New Orleans, Louis siana.. He believed he — would be able to secure a car in New Orleans and then drive across the United States border to Mexico. However, when the plane landed at New York, New York, he was confronted by agents of the FBI. He i identified himself to then as LUIS MARRERO, a Puerto Rican, znd claimed he was a citizen of the ited States. He was then arrested by the FBI agents. © sf ARTE was “questioned concetPing his reletionship with . CA ‘RLOS PERRET, He said that he} knows FERRET as a good We friend frodube, but that FERRET now sells cars in Miami aNd wepom( he sees him:only infrequently. He asserted that to the best é, of bis Knowledge PERRET has never been efiliatved with Cuben G-2 | . ECHARTH was asked if he knew anyone presently in the United Htaters who nad ever been ‘affil..ted with Cuben G-2. and he res ponds ivi the only individueleknown tohim in that Gategory was, y He said "ts 2 white Cuban, OTHER 1B,1C about age 34, marrie resides in * Washington, D.C. He said that wien he was acqueainteg wit wes then 2 wieovbenen’ in Cuban G- pros 12 45 also a friend of (ShGuNDY 2OREZ and MANUEL |RODRIGUEZ i Yfeie Seta he doubted tha rOuld know him (ECHART#®) as afmember of Cuban G-2 ) ECHARTE was again questioned as t ether or not ; Ww boat "Leda" as: ald have no-way of, knowing for certain but that itiwas quite possible Cuban G-e might have ‘attemoted to infiltra te other ‘agents intothe United ©.) « States in the same planned escape. He said that the individual he would most likely suspect as a Cuban G-2 agent \among those who arrived with bim in the United States, was a Negro male who was accompanied by a white att neither one of whoa he ne knew afyone waio hed “fled Cuba with him in th HW 45937 DocId:32304241 Page 21