424-10463-10296 AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: 124-10163-10296 RECORD SERIES: MX AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 105-3702-1019 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: KNAPP, WADE E. TO: LEG, MX TITLE: DATE: 05/20/1964 PAGES: 5 SUBJECTS : ‘LHO, POST-RP, TRIP TO MX, SUSPECT, GAMEZ, JOAQUIN RIVAS : ; DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1A CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 12/10/1997 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : v9.1 HW $2333 Docld: 32167819 JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information APPROVAL OF CIA - Page i Date: 11/18/20
UNILED SIALES GUOVEKRNMENL = = Meme-ndunt..... © - é _* . Se ee Chr: a : "TO ; Don LEGAT, MEXICO CITY (105-3702) DATE: yt EJECTION TH oo : a ANGIOR, FROM : SA WADE E. KNAPP — ORMATE: oeNL EK 4 G2 LEE HARVEY OSWALD, Ce wt ye CLASSIFIED BY < DECLASSIFY ON: ro Blom tel ReBuairtel to legat, Mexico, 7 4/3 /, MHS a letter from the Department dated $93 72h 4, together with copies of a Bureau translated letter from. JOAQUIN RIVAS - GAMEZ, whose address was shown as House 1604, Barrio San Miguelito, San Salvador, Central America. On 5/11/64, Major GUSTAVO ATILIO HERNANDEZ, Chief of Investigations, National Police, San Salvador, El Salvador, stated he had never heard of RIVAS GAMEZ but advised that cos ALFREDO ZAPATA, Chief of Criminal Investigations, would attempt co: to locate this man. Y Ze sn oe vtiseipa On 5/11/64, ALFREDO ZAPATA checked his records without locating any identifiable information on JOAQUIN RIVAS GAMEZ. He advised that he would initiate investigation ars immediately in attempt to locate this man. P ie On 5/12/64, WILLIAM A. MITCHELL, Consul, American ambassy, San Salvador, checked visa records without locating any identifiable information on JOAQUIN RIVAS GAMEZ. 94 on On 5/12/64, Dr. PEDRO ANTONIO ANGEL, Head of Technical Section, National Police, San Salvador, checked ... his records and located a fingerprint card on an individual by the name of JOAQUIN RIVAS GAMEZ. This individual was identified as a Salvadoran, born 1924 at Apastepeque, San . Vicente, El Salvador. His father was listed as JOSE RIVAS z and his mother as JUANA GAMEZ. He was shown to be 5! 6-3/4" . in height, but there was no additional physical description ‘ a This man was-arrested on 8/21/52, at which Eime his a address was shown as Colonia Militar 10, San Salvador.He =~ was arrested on suspicion of the ace ALBERTO GOMEZ ee es Ee ELass ag: “EXT. “BY “P3 EX-JRH, , -REASON-FCIM II, “1-274 - WEK:eim BATE OE REVIEW (- aye, SERORMATION CONTAINED - _MDREIN TS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPT WHERE SHOBH -» - OTHERWISE « on CLASSIFIED BY S068 Sep, (ne -BECLA Am rn oY OR: 25X. @) an 1 hk _ i  SECR BP syd alas sor RR 1 HY 462333 DocId: 32167819 Page 3 2
f f i f ; ache’ Thee Te Wr A iF i i po oer oh MC 105-3702 f On 5/12/64, ALFREDO ZAPATA was advised of the above information from Colonel MEDRANO and stated that he. would attempt to locate the JOAQUIN RIVAS at the address shown. tA ZAPATA advised that investigation in the section of san Salvador known as Colonia Militar disclosed a number of houses bearing #10. ZAPATA said that the address Colonia Militar 10 is not compléte inasmuch as it lacks the name of the street. He stated that a detective conducted investiga- tion at every house in the section of the city known as Colonia Militar and bearing the #10 without locating anyone who could furnish any information on JOGAUIN RIVAS GAMEZ £27, IF advised) Prenat hextcould locate no ident able ormation “tinder. the Se dame of JOAQUIN RIVAS GAMEZ. €Hekdid have information; how-?®) ever, that a JOAQUIN RIVAS, not further identified, had’ taken part in a Communist uprising of 1932 and had been a candidate for Mayor of San Salvador on the Communist Party ticket. This eportedly had left El Salvador for .. seen in 1982.9 . — ons ee THOMAS C. JAMES, Secretary, Political Section, American Embassy, San Salvador, checked the name of JOAQUIN RIVAS GAMEZ through the General Embassy Indices without.- locating any identifiable information. Se ee 2 tet pay ‘Read 1s Bake |e on 5/13/64, ALFREDO ZAPATA advised that he had personally ascertained that the branch post office located at North Second Avenue 1604, San Salvador, has only two employees. They confirmed. information previously furnished to his detective that they merely receive mail and do not distribute from that address. They stated that they had never heard of JOAQUIN RIVAS GAMEZ. They were questioned as to what action they would take if a letter arrived at the branch post office addressed to him and both replied that they would forward it to the central post office in downtown San Salvador. (4 Ze 5/14/64, ALFREDO ZAPATA advised that Detective JOSE DAVID ZARCO PEREZ had conducted inquiries on North Second Avenue between East 9th and lith Streets, which is in the section of the city known_as Barrio San Miguelito 4 J but about nine blocks from the branch post office. This an or ole, SECRET HY -3- Cd tosse §2333 Daoctd:327167319 Page 3