~ uM 149-425 telephonically furnished. the information is not to be disseminated outside of the Bureau. and \ f . Cuban Power, but he would inform(VILLA FANA, who could pass the HY 50957 SECLED | — RE: JULIO ATON CONSTANZO PALAU Date of Births May 22, 1936 Place of Birth: Cuba INS #:¢ Al2 844 786 ROBERTO DOMEQ RODRIGUEZ aka “Domec” INS #3) | . Al? 854 781 NESTOR RODDA MEOQUI aka Ernesto Rodda Date of Birth: Jume 10, 1938 Residence: . 3450 SW 10th Street Apartment 3 . Niami, Florida 1 The following information was obtained by SA JAMES D, HAYES: . On January 30, 1968 Lo va Covert, Miami, following information, which he stated was classified “Secret.” He advised the two sources Of . the information were very sensitive and therefore, this restricted to personnel within the FBI om a need-to-know basis. /A (on January 29, 1968, MANUEL VILL FANA MARTINEZ stated @ he had been told by WARIO FERRER PEREZC th the Miami Police ©S Department representatives visited FERR R and ATON CONSTANZO PALAU on January 26, 1968. They asked for, information regarding the Cuban Power movement and reportedly asked them to work: as . informants im the case. Both men allegedlyKtold the police they knew nothing about Cuban Power. FERRER({told VILLA FANA he|had (s) | no intention of telling the Miami, Police Department about information to|the CIA, and requested this not be furnished to (s) the Police Department, because he is well known to the group involved. Ew) X SECRET Docld: 322794534 Page 16
i q Le HY 50957 we 149-425 SECRET FERRER said he knew the bombs planted recently at the package shipment stores were placed by ATON CONSTANZO PALAU and a Cuban Negro known only as “DOMEC,.” He stated “DOMEC” is possibly identical with ROBERTO DOMEQ RODRIGUEZ, INS Number Al2 854 781. DOMEQ is a member of the group of ROLANDO ARCADIO MASFERRER ROJAS, which was arrested in . January, 1967, in con ‘oO with the alleged attempted invasion of Haiti. FERRER also stated the entire Cuban “ er movement “4s under the control of ROLANDO MASFERRER, (%) @ . A third member of the group is NESTOR. RODDA MEOQUI , aka Ermesto Rodda, borm Jume 10, 1938. RODDA resides at 3450 S. W. 10th Street, Apartment 3, Miami, but he cam algo be located at 3491.S. W. llth Street, Apartment 1 (9 (u) FERRER stated he observed ATON, DOMEQ and RODDA on the night the last three bombs were planted. On the following day, these three were im almost constant contact by phone and took unusual precautions to prevent their phome conversations from being overheard. ATON has reportedly told the Miami Police Department and other law enforcement agencies he has a cache of explosives, but that it is dynamite. FERRER — believes from what ATON has 7) him, the cache ‘is. actually C-4 plastic explosive. (CFC) FERRER also stated C-4 is for sale im the Miami area by certain individuals not named in the Second National Front of the Escambray and others, unnamed, who can get it from . New York and’ “Mafia” contacts, at $1.50 per pound; sold only in 100 pound lots. FERRER also advised a latge quantity of. acid- type time Pen tual from the same sources are available in the Miami area. (&y(u idvised he desired any contact with QYILLA rani) be made t As however, these contacts cam be mad immediately if and when they may be desired by the FBI CBy uy y ‘SECRET Docld: 322794534 Page it
MM 149-425 SECRET RE: JULIO ATON CONSTANZO PALAU | | The following information was obtained by SA LEONARD C, PETERSON: On January 30, 1968, ALFREDO BARAD, assigned to Miami Imtelligemce Division, Miami Police Department, in connection with their investigation regarding the recent bombings in Miami, advised that PALAU had contacted him . relative to the bombings and was primarily interested in furnishing information relative to the bombings if the Police Department would take care of a criminal matter in which he is involved. Officer BARAD advised that PALAU has beem unable _ - to furnish any pertinent information regarding the bombings and. it is his impression that PALAU is not completely stable. RE: JULIO ATON CONSTANZO PALAU and MANUEL VILLAFANA MARTINEZ — Date of Birth:. April 27, 1926 ‘On January 29, 1968 , (CLAUDIO MEDINA HERNANDEZ, | ¢3 , PSI, furnished the following information to SA WILLIAM E, @ DO NG? / \ On January 28, 1968, he had a conversation with a man whose identity he did not wish to divulge, since this . individual furnished him the following information after making him promise that he would not mention the man’s mame in discuss ing this matter with anyone else. GLYa The source of the information(is a friend of )ATON te) CONSTANZO, who resides on S. W. 4th Street, Miami (believed _ to be identical with ATON CONSTANZO PALAU, 752 8. W. 4th - a .! Street, Miami file 2-387). Source advised(MEDINA)thatC ©) CON STANZO allows a group of Cubans. to use his house for _ meetings, both evening and might, but that he, CONSTANZO, is not a member of the group. This is the group known as the Secret Anti-Communist Army (Ejercito Secreto Anti- Comunista) and they have recently adopted the pame of . 43 Cuban Power (Poder Cubano). This source told(Mm WEDINA}that CC these Cubans are the ones responsible for the map INA) bombings - im Miami, including the airplane at the airport and the mee’ OK) _ =z SECRET HY 50953 Bocld: 32294534 Page 13