{ { : WW 54462 Date: JFK Assassination System 6/9/2015 Identification Form Agency Information Peleased under the John AGENCY: FBI Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90065-10033 issassination Records oOllection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note}. ase#:NWU 54462 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: CR 174-760-3 ho-o5-20417 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: NY TO:. HQ ¢ TITLE: ° = DATE: 09/20/1968 “PAGES: 22 SUBJECTS : BOMBING MEXICAN CONSULATE RICARDO MORALES NAVARETTE DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact ~~ DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 06/23/1998 , OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT v9.1 Docld: 323327747 Page 1
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S| NY 174-638 Guban Mission to the United Nations (cMuN), 6 Rast 67th Street. On July 15, 1968, a bomb was located at the French Tourist Offiec, 610 Witth Avenue, New York City. This bomb Gid not explode... This bomb. was weapped in a Internsa- tional Lediles Garment Workers Unicon newspaper entitled "Justice", Tae bomb was contained in a brorn shopping bag -marked "Debkies"+ On July 16, 1968, an unexploded bomb was located outside the Office of the Mexican Consulate, Newark, New. Jersey - ee . _ Oa Tuly 17; 1968, Agents of the NYO, the Newark Orfice end a cGetective of the NYCPD, contacted FRANCISCO MOLINA. MOLINA identified himself as treasurer of brigade 2506 in the New YorRK, @rea ‘and u extremely kKnowledgeal Le. in Cuban affairs. Through several contacts, MOLINA sdvised that there is a secrst cell operating: within Brigade 2506 - known as Bgerel to Seere bo fnticomunista (HSA), which has been involved in the bombings.. MOLINA aes not identify the perpetrators of any cnees LNic bombing but. identified fol] OVEN persons as bed Se a the ne ee me ng involved in the bombings - JUSTO ALFONSO DOMINGUEZ 4 JOSE YERER FACUNDO fo. AWN GONZALEZ OR ER A Oo i MARCOS VA ARTURO 1 SODRIGUEZ Vivi * HMOLTNA algo advised that MIKE DE CAROLTS operates ., a farm somewnere ir 2 ey Jersey, where explosives used in. Cuban bombing aacuAy 2s are stored. MOLINA also stated that there is an American named TOM JUNKER, whom he believes is involved in the bonbings.. MOLINA identified OSCAR ACEVEDO és a possible suspect since ACEVEDO is current ainllitary leader of Brigade 2506 in the New york are ~ vc 3. zy By communication dated July 30, 1968, the Bureau advised that the Decartment of Justice requested the FBI to institute active investigation into the following bombing cases: i. Canadian Tourist Bureau | : ee 2. Japanese National VYourist office 7 . 36 Fourth FLoo oreRear, 4 Hast 67th Street 7 ‘y 4, French Tourist office . a . ye (COVER PAGE) eae . a ; z a ene | ; AW 54462 Docld: 32327747 Page 4
vw | NY 174-638 ADMINTSPRATTVE: (CON te) 2 een ee eter me RY RME Neo ema me rn 5. Mexican Cons sulate, Ne swark, New Jersey The NYO, the Newark Office, and the NYCED conducted ui been mal © s & thorough investigation concerning all suspects of these cases includ: ng interviews with all known ‘Sus pects to date. Surveiliances' were ins stituted on logical sg napec ts and have ntained to date, “Tin ideAvcust, 1968, five bombings occurred in Los fnge les, California on, the same might. Initial investie gation indicated that SOnie faction of Cuban Power or ESA: Nas responsib Lined the Air France ticket Le. . Latent office, Los Angeles, Calir identariled by the ab ‘ as b@lng icentical with GARCIA CARDENAS and HECTOR CORN TE LO. The ai Lon of a man leaving the scene’ of the Beltish Co. moing in Los Angeles appears identical with RRDENAS, On August 3, 1968, a bomb exploded at the Rank o Tokyo Trust Company, 301 Park Avenue, New York Clt A? Ve PRANK ~~ MOLINA adviiced that JUSTO ALFONSO and ARTURO PORTUN and en Lk urmamed Dominican were cesponsible for this bombing. MOLINA named FORTUN as the man tiho actuelly placed the bomb. Upon interview of FORTUN it was disco overed. that ne was in veotanton of the Selective Service Act, 1948, FORTUNR wes apprehended by Bureau Agents and was held in lieu of $25, 000 bond for eaks + - approximately two and one half we . The: Newark office developed an informant, CHA REELS NARI ConA LDN, who verified the fa et that a large @ amount of explosives were present at the DE CAROLIS Perm nn Johnsonburg, New Jersey. ‘Pased on this informa Lon and information pré« viously furnished by MOLTNA, the eu Jersey State Police and = a the FBE conducted a raid of. the DE ‘AROLIS Fara and obtained large amounts of Gxplosives, detenstors, weapons, ammunition and otner. types of military hardware. Dis CAROLIS Was arrested by local authorities and was held in prison in dieu of bail Lor approximately one month. 7 Ne ce ee ents oe t | AW 54462 Docld: 32327747 Page 5
NI ‘involved in a “Dp NY 174-638 . ADMINISTRATIVE ¢ : (CONT . Be oo CONKESN advised that the following persons had been at the Di CAROLIS Farm from time to time: TUStO ALFONSO SOHNE 1 ROLUIC a TOM: DUNKER | ne . EMILIO CANOVACA 4 S SARD: fh i x WW was obtaining the ma braetion project and storing 2S Far Mo: ime explosives from 4 local core them at the DE CARO] fa envious wit, POM JUNKER indicated that he was ossi at by Act violation in that he, ..- @élong with two ec CG to Montre ads Canada, in an effort to obtein infor photvograpnas Tor future use in ; bombings of the Cuban end Heltvian Pavilions at Expo 67. The Cuben Trade Commission in Montreal and the veal Harbor. ‘- : tnt Of oo ook THIS - . Ace cording to JUNKER, aE: Rat the dLxrection of ALE 70ONSO YEBER, EDWIN GO} ATEZ and OSCAR ACEVEDO, Interviews with CANOVACA revealed GEORGE DE MEO, Yorkers, New York, as @ source of explosives for Cubans. CANOVACA also advised BERNARD and -RORERT PARSARLCSs Haitian revolutionaries, as having pure shased explosives from DE MEO, \ \ 7 CANOVACA &LSO advised PARLO URLBASTERRA as a ° possible purchaser of explosives. | On Auzust 19,1968, a poe & {yLode sd at the West Side Libeval Club, New york ‘City, located in we twends cee hundred block of BrOaGWaY « FRANK HORINA neviaad that CARLOS RIVAR of COLELADO was. esponsible for this bombing.  COLEADO WAS apprenended be Loe! . ; (COVER PAGE) ‘y a e . : | HW 54462 Doclda: 323277747 Page 6