= cal se ied : wee —- 7 T z SS =a Pi-269°(5-12-6. ‘ ; [ ‘Roport Fo: n hy FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | » Reporting Office © Office of Origin ne Date ~Taveatigative Period ' SAN DIEGO | NEW YORK CI'Ty- 179/59. 2/2834 4 59 . “TITLE OF CASE . Report made by TY Teped Bye - i - | JOHN C, MOE mfc | C) re | CHARACTER OF CASE a MAFIA 7 i. Jd ; ti \ oe / | _ + INFORMATION CONCERNING . | Synopsis: oS \o bo REFERENCES: Bureau letters to New York dated February ay ve . and March 18, 1959. Wer , Bureau airtel to New York dated March 27, 1959. ; ae ae . | | “ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED : ao on } | BBApS | | HEREIN 8 UNCLASSIFIED ; : SAN DIEGO | DATE ors ~ Will conduct all interviews in this matter under suitable pretext without disclosing that the Mafia is the subject of this investigation. cry oy = in \ 1. Contact SD 968-c, a Sicilian, associate of i \ national top hoodlums and others, who is in a position .to 4 , furnish information concerning any active Mafia activity. por 2. Will maintain contact with SD 969-C who..has t = furnished information concerning alleged Mafia activities a in the past, whe is an Italian | ain contact with Italian 7 j Z. Pa h "nee ALIFE 0S: uy Asg0P° not write in spaces below 1 fis . Pe = | LOU HEMEL f i= Bureau (100- 42303 )  Terogs cz 2 - New York ahs 2 ~- San Diego pes egy oh ow +n em ‘4 es Ween _. or Z pod Corres DESTROYED ¢) fl rn 8S ff: d \" hy wid ast nit he OANA on roeor\ ray ie Tapert, iahloaned oS by the F FBI, and. na BSN its é teptsusgre to be distributed outside the agency’ f" to | which loans? wie Soy 4 . - WU. 8, GOVER ee aul 1988 344750 _. ( : ‘\ \ a ~ > - : oo fo i x ee A 7 Pan HW 45354 Docld: 32303087 Page 2?
Ye SD 94-69 leaders in the San Diego Division. Will specifically ascertain through SD 969-C whether FRANK BUONO, president of the San Diego Fisherman's Association and former Italian Vice-Consul, has any information pertinent to this matter. 3. Will contact Immigration and Naturalization Service Investigators TRUMAN LEFORS and BENJAMIN PEARSON concerning information that ANTONIO BUSTERNA and JASPERE (JOE) MATRANGA are being granted permits to re-enter the United States. Both have been deported from thé United States to Italy and are currently residing in Tijuana, B. ° C., Mexico, where they allegedly maintain contact with — the Sicilian leaders. 4, Will contact ARNE LOHMAN and CLARENCE SPOHR, , United States Customs Agents who have numerous sources in Tijuana, B. C., Mexico, concerning any Mafia activity in Tijuana, 5. Will contact Sergeant GEORGE ORR, San Diego Police Department LEIU Officer, concerning any information he may have relative to Mafia activities in San Diego. 6. A news item appeared in "The San Diego Evening Tribune" concerning bestimony of CHARLES SIGARUSA, U. S. Narcotics Bureau, before U. S. Senate Rackets Committee on April 8, 1959, relative to narcotics dealings of JOHN PRIZIOLA, Detroit Top Hoodlum, described as a "Mafia leader" therein and SALVATORE VITALE of San Diego. Will: report material in San Diego files concerning this matter. See ADMINISTRATIVE This is principally an administrative report. The category captioned Penetration is designated Administrative Page inasmuch as it discusses informant coverage and to comply with Bureau airtel to New York dated March 27, 1959, relative to the use of T-symbols,! As noted in this report, investigation under the. | Top Hoodlum Program and current and continuing liaison with informants and other sources within the San Diego Division -~ A - 7 COVER PAGE 4 : TH a ee K | WW 45654 Doclda:32303067 Page 3 \\ , a ' : . ‘ a peepee ean ee =. cee tidie CDes =
SD 94-69 JOHN KEYES - Ambassador of (JOHN ANDREW CANNONTCO Goodwill SD 92-78) AUGUSTUS JOSEPH MUREO  -- Sergeant at Arms SD 66-1045 | 7 JFK Act 6 (4) TONY AGOSTA - Financial Secretary (LEO ANTHONY - AGOSTA, SD 92-114) CASPARAIMPASTATO.. «= = ~—S Treasurer | CALLIN. SD T-1 related that JOSEPH LIMANDRI (sp 92-77 ) asked SD T-1 if he would be willing. to run for Mayor of san Diego on a ticket sponsored by the Italian-American Civic Association. SD T-1 stated that LIMANDRI commented "Everyone else has a record". S$D T-1 informed that he does not intend to run for any public office in San Diego inasmuch as his background might thereby be publicized. 7 On March 10, 1959, SD T-2 advised that _FRANK. Asuono, President ont_of the. San.. Diego..Kisherman,s s.Association,.. Ol Harbor Lane, San Diego, who resides at. 1016. Hygeria.. Encinitas, California, told him that he considered some of the San Diego tavern owners and bartenders to be members of the Mafia. BUONO did not further disclose what he meant by the Mafia or how he arrived at this conclusion. According to SD T-2, BUONO commented that the Italian-American Civic Association was organized by FRANK BOMPENSIERO and ANTONINO. MIRABILE. BUONO related that he formerly belonged to this organization, but left it due to the characters of some of the Sicilian members involved. He related that other Italian members also left the organi, ation for the same reason, these included Attorney . Doms OPTO... cA ls! 1B BUONO further $old SD T-2 that prior to MIRABILE's death, a cousin, FELIPEO|ACOUARO, who was a witness to the : CALIF . ~38.- SEN N HW 45354 DBocld: 32303087 Page 4
ad | HW 45854 = _Jietet-and with .NIC & PALin a bar in Tucson, Arizona. He is related to JOSEPH and DoclIda: 32303087 Page 5 H, PENETRATION OF MAFIA GROUPS This section is designated Administrative Page inasmuch as it discusses informant coverage and to comply with Bureau letter to New York dated March 27, 1959, eoncerning the use of T-symbols in this report. As noted in this report, investigation under the Top Hoodlum Program and current and continuing liaison with informants and other sources has developed no information indicating current Mafia activities in the San Diego Division. The following listed sources with ‘whom frequent contact is maintained are considered to be ina position to furnish information concerning any Mafia activities and/or individuals or groups with Mafia associations: lbsderaloe 1, SD 968-C who is designated SD T-1 throughout this report. This informant is of Sicilian extraction. He speaks Italian and Sicilian fluently. He was associated with LARRYXMANGANO..who was shot by rival Chicago gangsters... WACTRORLIA,, another Chicago hoodlum. He was /)...Aln. acquainted with BALPH/CAPONE, Miami Top Hoodlum, and with A GABRIEL and SAMZMANNARINO, Pittsburgh Top Hoodlums. He\ eo was in business Cowes with PETER LICAVOLI, Detroit Top Hoodlum, FRANCISCO MATRANGA, San Diego Top Hoodlums. He is described in a report of Los Angeles Police Department Intelligence Unit as an associate of former members of the "old Detroit { Purple Gang". He has furnished valuable information, including photographs of most of the San Diego Top Hoodlums and is in constant contact with them. Information furnished ~ by him has resulted in the arrest by United States Customs Agents of one narcotics violator, directly in the arrest by Bureau Agents of MAURICE MICKY MANDEL, aka ~- FUGITIVE, CONDITIONAL RELEASE VIOLATOR; . BANK ROBBERY, who planned bank.robberies in San Diego and San Francisco, and he has furnished other information of value concerning local ; | violations. ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE - 28.- BR
HW 45354 DoclId: 32303087 SD 94-69 | 2. SD 969-C, citizen of Italy, resident of Tijuana, B. C., Mexico, who was utilized extensively under the Top Hoodlum Program by the San Diego Office. Under guidance of this Office, this informant mesnednamanea, SA aa fr SaaS NE easier” with San Diego Top Hoodlums FRANCISCO ERNEST IATRANGA., JOSEPH MATRANGA, and ANTONINO MIRABILE. He h furnished valuable information concerning San. Diego..Top Hoodlums of Sicilian extraction, as well as Italians residing in Tijuana and Ensenada, B. C., Mexico, some of whom have been deported from the United States to Italy for eriminal offenses. a 3. SD 979- -C, an accountant who handles accounting matters for several of the san Diego ‘top. Sicilian -hoodlums. 4, PCL JEK Act 6 (4) of Sicilian extraction who resided in apartmente adjacen Oo ANTONINO MIRABILE, considered most important San Diego Top. Hoodlum prior to his recent death and who was considered to be MIRABIIE's bodyguard or lookout . on PCI JESSE GLIFFORD HILL, who was formerly | employed in American Consulate, Tijuana, B. C., .Mexico, and who assocates socially with several San Diego Top Sicilian Hoodlums and is acquainted with Italians residing in TiJuana , B. C., Mexico, — . 64: United States ‘Immigration and Naturalization Service Investigators TRUMAN. LEFORS, BENJAMIN PEARSON,. and other Immigration and. Naturalization Service smployees who have numerous contacts in Tijuana,.B. C., Mexico. “Te Sergeant GEORGE ORR, LEIU. Officer, San Diego Police Department, handling Intelligence investigations and other San Diego Police Department officers. . . 8, United States. Customs Agents CLARENCE. SPOHR, ARNE. LOHMAN, and others.who have numerous sources in Tijuana ». B. C., Mexico. . 9. Investigator CHARITIES WOODS (NA), County District Attorney's Office. . san Diego ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE -~ 29 - Page 6
SD 94-69 Contact will be maintained with the above sources in order to be aware of.any information concerning Mafia activities or associations of any individual or group in the San Diego Division. Penetration ef any of' such: groups mayibeeaccomplished by San Diego sources, principally SD 968-C or SD 969-c. Relative thereto, on January 24, 1959, SD 968-c advised that JOSEPH LIMANDRI, one of San Diego's Top Sicilian Hoodlums, asked informant if he would be willing to run for Mayor of San Diego on a ticket sponsored by the Italian-American Civic Association. The latter. a ssockat hon is described in this report. .LIMANDRI, in king this request, commented "Everyone else has a record". While Confidential Informant does not intend to run for any public office in San Diego inasmuch as his criminal background might thereby be publicized, he has been instructed to maintain close association with the principal San Diego Sicilians. He is. furnishing information concerning them on a current and continuing basis. df ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE - 30% ie HW 45354 DBocld:32303087 Page 7
INFORMANT PAGE ) SD f-1 is SD 968-C, contacted by SA JOHN C: MOR. LA T-2 is Sergeant F; T. MC DONALD, Intelligence Division, Los Angeles Police Department -- Information furnished to Mr. VAN BRUNT, Chief Investigator, California Crime Commission. (Deemed advisable to conceal identity by Los Angeles Office. ) SD T-3 is SD 969-C, contacted by SA JOHN C. MOE... SD T-4 is SD 923-C, contacted by SA JOHN C. MOE. This informant is currently in local custody charged with murder along with fou individuals of San Diego | Top Hoodlum ~ This allegedly mastermindad the attempted robbery of | which | resulted int. Bs death. Contact Is not being maintained with him in view.of pending. local prosecution. SD T-5.is monograph "MARTA". Section II, United States, July, 1958 (5873 153) issued by the. Bureau. ““IFK Act 6 (4) j i ADMINISTRATIVE PAGE - 31 - ; _ ap mo. 4 yan Sy TNF ¥ > j | _ of ee Se etme a et SS A * Sees ee | AW 45854 Docld: 32303087 Page 6
abit . oO f Ro .. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION : Reporting Office . ; Office of Saga ‘| Date. Investigative Period SAN DIEGO | NEW YORK cITy 4/9/59 | BP2B:4AL/59 I TITLE OF CASE . : ; : Report made by oO Typed By: x | JOHN C. MOE | mts 7 ae . CHARACTER OF CASE u, j MAPIA | oe | INFORMATION CONCERNING “REFERENCES: Bureau letters te New York dated Pehriary 2h, — " and Merch 18, 1959. .. Bureau airtel. to Hew York dated. iarch 27». 1959. ~Pe | | EEADS. ! SAN DIEGO , Will conduct all interviews in this matter under | suitable pretext without disclosing that the leafia, is the - subject of this investigation. . 2 : 1. Contact sD 968-c, a Sicilian, associate of national top hoodlums and others, who is in a poritien to furnish information concerning any active Mafia activi ty. ; 2, Will maintain contact with SD 969-C¢ who ‘as furnished information concerning alleged Mafia activigies.. in the past, ‘waO ig an Italian in eontect with Ttalian Wi ed . Special Agent Do. not write in spaces below | Approv. , : In Charge as ar =o : \ opie made: - - TE. ce i . 2 = Bureau (1000-42303) | | 2 - New Voss. (3 i ‘ec . @> sa Diego ole 9) | ee V4 | \ ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED  PHTS THIS REPORT IS NOT TO BE DISSEMINATED HEREIN, IS UNCLASSIFIED 5-4, bey 4 DATE. “2/9 BN Sf Bi tite aya GW ata = of FBI - This report is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside the agency -to which loaned, > : , - WU 8. GOVERNMENT PRINTING SEEICE: 1958 o— 844750 ; , : | HW 45654 Docld: 32303087 Page 9