JFK Assassination System Date: 6/1/2015 Identification Form a en Agency Information Peleased under the John . Ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES : HQ (44 U5¢ 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 54460 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER: = _174-6515-NR HO-o4—-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: MM TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 07/08/1977 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS : ROLANDO MASFERRER ROLANDO MASFERRER ROJAS DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: = Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 07/15/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS : MEMO rr i v9.1 HW 54460 Docld:32330529 4 y Page 1
| POe HW 54460 7/8/77 dated 4/22/77. Qa Bureau (Enc. 4) (RM) Cy ‘SAC, MIAMI (174-926) UNSUB; BOMBING OF CAR AT 6775 S.W. 27th STREET, - MIAMI, FLORIDA, 10/31/75, RORANDO MASFPERRER ROJAS, (DECEASED) = VicTIM mo ¢ EID . 003 MIAMI . ( ) - | sega s DIRECTOR, FBI (274-6515) on 5 -/ Enclosed for the Bureau are one copy each of FD-302s . regarding interviews of ANDRES PASEIRO, Mrs. LUCILA MASFERRER and JOSE ELIAS THUMAS and copy ‘of Mrs. "MASFERRER ' s letter | ROLANDO MASFERRER R ROJAS, former editor of "Libertad" newspaper, Miami, Florida, was killed on 10/31/75, when a bomb exploded in his car at Miami, Florida... \ MASFERRER was known as "El Tigre" (The Tiger) when he was a Senator in Cuba. Men who worked for him in Cuba were his personal bodyguards and made up a small army which MASFERRER utilized for his owm personal protection and for his political advancement. These men were known as "Masferrer's Tigers" and were feared by the Cuban population as they \ wee responsible for many killings. [po In March, 1976, MANUEL DE ARMAS, a Cuban exile who vas then living in Miami, Florida, and was utilized as an informant by the FBI, defected to Cuba. While in Cuba, DE ARMAS made numerous releases to the press at the recuest of the Cuban Government. Much of the information furnished by DE ARMAS was false. In one of the interviews which was televised in Havana, DE ARMAS stated that the explosives used to kill MAS SFERRER were furnished to him by SA ROBERT MILLS of the Miami Division. DE ARMAS said that he in turn gave the explosives to members of the anti-Castro organization Abdala. DE ARMAS alleged that members of Abdal led MASFERRER using the explosives furnished by SA MILLS. a slele SLASS. & EXT. BY dan ‘1 = Miami TERRE ATION CO NA gsp/jky ALLS HNL ASSIEE (3) WN OTHERS NED iNet ee er DoclId: 32330529 Page 2?
A 1o ME 174-926 + On 1/24/77, MM 3945=C advised that ANDRES PASEIRO, brother-in-law of MASFERRER, wanted to bring criminal charges against SA MILLS based on DE ARMAS' statements. KH) PASEIRO, JOSE ELIAS THUMAS and LUCILA MONTERO MASFERRER , ROLANDO MASFERRER 's widow, were interviewed regarding the allegation against SA MILLS in late January and early February; 6 It is noted that DE ARMAS returned to the United States in September, 1976, and was interviewed by Special ‘Agents of the Utica, New York Resident Agency and the CIA. In the interview DE ARMAS denied any‘direct lmowledge of MASFERRER's murder, and admitted fabricating this story about’ SA MILLS having furnished him with explosives. It is noted that DE ARMAS alleged that SA MILLS furnished Ce4 for the MASFERRER killing, when in fact dynamite was used. DE ARMAS, who appears to be a pathological liar, also told Homicide deteetives of the Dade County Public Safety Department in Mia that the information he furnished about SA MILLS is false. i . Because of MASFERRER's involvement with the violent element in the Miami area and the possibility that his friends and followers may have believed DE ARMAS' story and could retaliate in some violent way against SA MILLS or his family, - ft was decided by the Miami Office that an interview of Mrs. ‘MASFERRER and her brother-in-law was proper to evaluate the possibility of a threat to SA MILLS or his family. SAs FREDERICO VILLALOBOS and ROY L. MOBLEY, JR. were instructed _to interview Mrs. MASFERRER, ANDRES PASEIRO and JOSE ELIAS -. THUMAS, aka Jose Elias Nacin. (Copy of FD=502s regarding HW 54460 these interviews are enclosed). Tt is noted that NACIN is a member of a violent’ terrorist organization named "Pragmatistas" and was recently convicted in Miami of conspiracy to commit murder. This involved the shooting death of LUCTANO NIEVES, a well~known Cuban exile in Miami. aes 2e DoclId: 32330529 Page 3 « ato scene a eee gyingne mr carmatermar ima nuit eg tran ee — 4 et ve tenae ree SVS ED site eb arishmiaennd ain patie mAt dh Sepmin eo cette rte a ee neem et