JFK Assassination System Date: 4/29/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY: — FBI Released under the John RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10212-10473 . Eennedy . Q Wsc5assination Records RECORD SERIES: HQ ollection Act of 1992 ‘ (44 U5¢ 2107 Note). AGENCY FILENUMBER:  105-198690-3, 4 ‘ ase#: NU S3074 Date: Ho-25-2017 Document Information — ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC, SJ ‘TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE : DATE: — 02/06/1970 PAGES: 11 SUBJECTS : ELC, SALE, GUNS, IDIVIDUALS, IDENTITY, BKG, RES, EMP, RCK, SUR DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: . 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 09/22/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : INC MEMO, LHM v9.1 2 HW 53074 DoclTd:32294197 Page 1
TT EE Rn pens apr semen ne SSE ements Ree te eA et \ Ne ornes SNAL FORM NO. 10 : —_ Gua FMR te CER) 101 11.6 oe UNITED STATES GOV NMENT Memorandum To : Directors FBI (105-198690) DATE: ‘At, San Juan 105-11987 C ( ) (©) ov Alen 4a BY 22 iY. \B CO ay qi Uy SUBJECT: ‘SALVADOR BADILLO; — wld: JUAN MENDOZA 3 PROPOSED SALE OF ARMS TO | RUERCTTO LIBERACION CUBANO REG) OBJECTION TO jy IS - CUBA DECLASS ca TlON ANOZOR, py sat Bane ¢ el (00:SJ) REL cise OF CIA INF PORMATION, Cg SE RE YO 5 f IN THIS DOC UMENT, K 4-ag 4} of ReSJlet ‘to Bureau  oyeyo. SLD fits# 164-47 (SFK) “Enclosed for the. Bureau are nine copies and for Miami one copy of an LHM dated and captioned as above. re =) . LB Local dissemination is being made to U.S. Secret bp se che Service; Naval Investigative Service Office (NISO); 771st 1 Be Military Intelligence Detachment (MI-Det.); U.S. Customs, CRs San Juan; and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax, San Juan. Raa | iM 9 ‘33 T-L is ENRIQUE GONZALEZ GIRIBET, former PSI of the San Juan office Te) (WU) Sources in the LHM are as follows: (te ee ion Post Office, Ponce, Puerto Rico. MECH Yy 78 .. BUSCHING and advised that he has no further information than £ that previously submitted and that he has no future plans to Pwill notify the FBI if he aie No additional contacts Ohetg 1 i On 3/27/70 GONZALEZ was contacted by SA RICHARD Cc; visit Ponce. He stated that learns of any additional info with GONZALEZ are contemplate, ‘ (2). Bureau (Enclosures - 9) (RM » _ | T - Miami (105-7947) (Enclosure (RM) Oo — /9% a? / - San Juan Lee enn ane \| 1 ~ 105-Arms for reer tae {LeU BYE 14h _ = 1 - 234-1157 (conan I U)o3 AB MAY 221970 \ 1 = 105- 5376 ¢ ELC ) bis O40 . vAY Copy ter mao MT ———_ \ RCBiclb = ° NIC/OSI/ASCL/S. Mj / La (7) by Ay pie AMP V4 in a A ond Sue Dave, aces byl YL DA ev Sean wae ee a en HW 53074 DBocld: 32294197 Page 2 | SJ T-2 is BENJAMIN CRUZ, accountant, U. Sie Crit,” o% fe) we
SJ 105-11987 Investigation in the Ponce area was conducted by e Aguadilla area was stigation in the SA JEROME V. SELLNER; inv eetteentt on ATV conducted by SA WILLIAM CHRISTENSEN! “Er ‘San Juan area was conducted by SA BUSCHING. investigation has revealed no evidence of any sale of firearms and, also, that there were no reports of any thefts by MENDOZA in the Cabo Rojo area as stated by GIRIBET. It is noted that GONZALEZ is prone to exaggeration and boast- fulness. Based on the above, it is felt that no additional investigation is warranted in this matter at this time. 04) U) Q* HW 53074 Docld:32294197 Page 3 The enclosed LHM is classified "Confidential" to better protect informants of continuing value in the | security field and not compromise their future effectiveness.
Sets: san Jnar, Puerto Rico in ee » Please Refer to ca Pion CONTAINED 205 | HEREIN | WICLASSLFIED EXCEPT WARE SHOWN cep \ ; SALVADOR BADILLO; FS, oF Te SUT fe JUSTICNS PEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION JUAN MENDOZA; | PROPOSED SALE. OF ARMS TO EIJERCITO Lae ZRACTON CUBANO (ELC ) SECURITY MATTER - PUERTO RICAN NATIONALIST INTERNAL SECURITY ~ CUBA - A previous communication concerning this matter was dated September 30, 1969, at San Juan, Puerto Rico, and captioned "Unknown Subjects: Proposed Sale of Arms to-Ejercito. Libe action Cubano (ELC), Seeurity Matter - Puerto Rican’ Nationalist, Internal Security ~ Cuba." On October LY, 1969, SJ T+1, a traveling salesman in Puerto Rico whe travels to Ponce, Puerto Rico, at least once a month, advised that when he went to Ponce on October 13,°1969, the RL Capri.Bar was closed, and he did not have an. opportunity to further identify the owner. He described the owner as being about 35.- tu) of age, 5. feet 9 inches tall, and weighing 175. pounds . U%) u) On. December 3, 1969, SJ T-2, a ‘confidential source, advised that he learned that the owner of the El Capri Bar, on. the road to Penuelas at Ponce, is SALVADOR BADILLO. a On December 11, 1969, Sergeant RAFAEL PADILLA, Police of Puerto Rico. (POPR), Ponce, advised that records of his office contain no information pertaining to BADILLO. on December 11, 1969, Agent ISRAEL TORRES, Office of Intelligence {CE}, POPR, Ponce, advised that records of his office contain ‘rio - information ‘pertaining to SALVADOR BADILLO. Pe wm om ee my se This docus agency; it and its contents are. not to be distributed outsid your AZENCY « —_ ENC! LOSURE fOS—¢7 Y69E— u HW 53074 2 ge art ee hs ,o contains. neither recommendations nor conclusions. of the FBI.. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to. your DoclId: 32294197 Page 4
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 2 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 a, ny "UNITED STATES C” "ERNMENT . a Ly _ Memorandum TO  : DIRECTOR, FBI (105-198690) a pare: 2/6/70 105-11987) (P) . ehisly | os seclgsaieD BF By phe Mm. ei GF -_ MS lan FROM G, piste suBjecT: CHANGED ra SALVADOR BADILLO; 98 -f--"-----4e-= , JUAN“MENDOZA ; . | e? Chasacr D SALE OF ARMS TO FOU Ja Me, 7 . eA TERCI LIBERACION | CUBANO (ELC) ci ‘ # ty Li fea | oa } 13 oy a Dechuaailiy ape | = (00:83) | n° /: : ak t © Title is marked CHANGED to reflect identities | of unknown subjects as ascertained by investigation. The case was formerly entitled "UNSUB(&), PROPOSED SALE OF ARMS ‘TO EJERCITO LIBERACION CUBANO (ELC) SM - PRN IS ~ CUBA" The following investigation was conducted by Special Agent (SA) CHARLES A. RHEW and SA JEROME V. SELLNER: : On 12/3/69, BENJAMIN CRUZ, Accountant, U. S. \ Post Office, Ponce, Puerto Rico, (protect - reliable), : X through numerous telephone calls to licensing boards and fA < - post office sources determined that the owner of the / ‘i ak, El Capri Bar on the road to Penuelas at Ponce, is SALVADOR } | 4 BADILLO. —- | Ah Ye 4 ‘ 8 On 12/4/69, SJ 662-S advised BADILLO is not U 3. known to: him. . ‘On 12/5/69, SJ 692-S advised BADILLO is not known to him. On 12/9/69, SI S that BADILLO is not known] Al Jdvised SA JEROME V. SELLNER & . * a | 7.90 | | \ / \ _ 6 ip y Dome 3 O - Miami (105- TI47) GLa£opk (RM): i OS - fF 7867 we vat 5 - fan Juan “ — 1 - - 30- Tse | GONZAR EZ Teh ee ee EER. 9 17 FEB 9 5 olen 05-9378 ELC) 8 Ron/1is 7 Sta HOC EB 901970 5010-108-02 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan . HW 53074 DBocld: 32294197 Page 5
PO an tet re tnereteete re entenee ot enim eet emer nl non Be ache nanan ena EE EES SJ 105-11987 On 12/10/69, SJ 698-S advised SA SELLNER that BADILLO is not kdown to him. On 12/11/69, SGT. RAFAEL PADILLA, POPR, Ponce, advised records of that office contain no information pertaining to SALVADOR BADILLO. On the same day, Agent ISRAEL TORRES; OL, ‘POPR,- _ Ponce, advised records of that office contain no informa— tion pertaining to SALVADOR BADILLO. The following investigation was conducted by SA WILLIAM CHRISTENSEN: On 12/17/69, GERINELDO RIVERA, Postmaster, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, advised that there is a hardware and gun shop located on the plaza in Cabo Rojo and it is owned by JUAN MENDOZA. The shop is named Kermess but is also knowir-aS~ the Mendoza Hobby Shop. RIVERA advised that the store is run by MENDOZA and his wife. The address is #40 Calle Barbosa, Cabo. Rojo. — On 12/17/69, the above store was observed from the street and is a'one room store about 40 X 60 feet and selling hardware, sporting goods, guns, etc. There appears to be &@ back room to the store but it could not be seen from the street. The store is located facing the plaza- in the middle of the block. on 12/17/69, Officer RODRIGUEZ, POPR, Cabo Rojo, was contacted with negative results concerning the store or JUAN MENDOZA. It is to be noted that the POPR Sgt. and Lt. were not at the station and could possibly have some information. On 12/22/69, ED BAEZ, OI-POPR, Mayaguez, was contacted concerning this _matter with negative results. (- ! ~ 2 CONFIDANTIAL | DoclId: 32294197 Page 6
GONFIDENU IA SJ 105-1987 | . | a ‘ On 1/9/70,: ENRIQUE GONZALEZ GIRIBET, former | PSI of the San Juan Office, was recontacted and advised ‘that he made no trip to Ponce during December because of the holidays. -When asked if he remembered the subject's names, he stated. that he recalled that the owner of the El Capri Bar's first name was SALVADOR but he did not remember his last name. He stated SALVADOR never mentioned the name of the owner of the local gun shop in Cabo Rojo. O& ) On the dates indicated, the following agencies were contacted concerning subjects, with negative results: BADILLO AGENCY . Date Contacting Agent Office of Intelligence, 1/14/70 - SA SINECIO Police of Puerto Rico GUTIERREZ (OL,POPR), Hato Rey, Puerto Rico -771st Military Intelligence, Detachment, San Juan, P.R. 1/16/70 | SA JAMES J. KINNEY MENDOZA | | | | Yfist Military Intelligence . Z Detachment V/14/70 SA KINNEY OI, POPR, Hato Rey | 1/16/70 SA GUTIERREZ Retail Credit Company, Inc., Rio Piedras, P. R. 1/15/70: SA HENRY J. PRATT On 1/15/70, a representative of the Retail Credit Company, Inc., Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, made available to SA HENRY J. PRATT, the following information: HW 53074 DBocld: 32294197 Page 7