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\ \ - > UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUS‘¥iCE ? ? . FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION In Reply, Please Refer to Miami, Florida File No. 10522026 April 12, 1974 RE: HUMBERTO LOPEZ NUNEZ» also known as; ET AL INTERNAL SECURITY = CUBA NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT The Frente de Liberacion Nacional de Cuba (FLNC) is a Cuban terrorist organization with head= quarters in Miami, Florida, The source who has furnished reliable information in the past and is. closely associated with the leadership of the FINC, has been furnishing information concerning the FLNC from November of 1973 until the present time. Attached are 24 English language translations of typed and oral Spanish language reports furnished by this source concerning the FLNC. ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN a UNCLASSIFI Pe DATE/I< 13°74 8B Fa eet B 1s 8° This. document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. @NChESURB y (05-2 6000792 HW 54460 Docld:32332547 Page 3
. . | . Miami, Florida January 11, 1974 » . HUMBERTO LOPEZ, SR, “commented this morning that members of Abdala placed the “bomb on the “Mereghan IJ" in Miami. He said that Abdala receives information from someone : connected with the company which.owns the boat, The bomb was placed on the boat with a delay action timing device for the purpose of having the explosion go off outside the United States. However, something went wrong. LOPEZ said that ORLANDO BOSCH heads - “Accion Cubana", He then explained that in Mexico City there were 2 separate actions by 2 separate groups : 4 (1) The BOSCH Group tried to kill a Cuban news paperman representing "Prensa Latina", -(2) JOSE ANTONIO COLMENARES. and members of Abdala ees the bomb at the Cuban Embassy, LOPEZ said that nna publisher of "Replica" \ is supporting ORLANDO SOSCH, PEZ expressed the opinion that this is bad for LESNICK, oe pet ae whee eS EERE fk ADDI oy mt Sr OUR Mryrbantytinirensine ¢ eerm caw tuatmba ts er aha gaeTeM. HW 54460 DBocld:32332547 Page 4
se 54460 Miami, Florida January 14, 1974 a = 4 ae ca a es ‘ . ° fost: eg aaa ec ENP Ose mURNE ANNES . D . iad . . . About 11:30 a.m. today, the writer talked with Mr. LECNARDO VIOTA, Miami director of Abdala. VIOTA advised -confidentielly that Abdala and a group of friends had placed the explosive. on the British ship here in Miami,.but they thought | that the device would explode in international waters. _VIGTA emphasized that something had gone wrong with the mech- anism.” ® i Also, he stated that he has in mind calling a préss conference with a small group of trusted newsmen, and telling them that the terrorist activities will continue in any part of the world, and that if the American government tries to come to a political arrangement with the regime in. me ana, the Front will sentence to death all Cubans who Ojlaborate in arranging this understanding or political solution. F} 4 Finally, VIOTA stated that ithe conference, if approved by the other members of the Front, would be handled just like those held by ORLANDO BOSCH, when he was the leader of Cuban Power. — ; sree ih Hs Soe RA trea yar tbiky & tied as Bit a enone tee FE eae AEN SINE EERSTE EN SACS A MORE ATNTT A A RAL 1 EHR IE MECN ZENE EME mrs ue SSS i 4 il 4 sonal Docld: 32332547 Page 5
: . At 5:80 p.m. today, the writer had a confidential El4 ' - talk with JENAROXPEREZ, ex-phcotographen~fornwReplica,.uwho - Miami, Florida - January 24, 1974 ea Rie = BE 7 SAND nr is presently employed ata camera shop at West Flagler and 16th Avenue, N.W.;° aiid with’ HUMBERTO LOPEZ, “Sr. ° JENARO PEREZ, . who is a close friend of HUMBERTO LOPEZ, JR., indicated that plans continue for a press-conference by the Liberation Front to advise that they will continue terrorist attacks in all parts of the world, and to point out that all nations at the next Foreign Ministers' meeting which take pro-Castro attitudes will be the victims of attacks, just like the , Castro government and its. embassies He also said that (ld recently there was a talk between, members of the Front Jose jrtstise LA and ORLANDO RROSCH , of the Cuban, ion Movement\ During his talk, the’ mambers of the Front told “BOSCH™and GUTIERREZ that if they tried to take credit for any activity carried out by the Front, there would be serious problems between the two organizations. PEREZ stated that at present, the members of the; Front have no connection what- soever. with Cuban Action. Hexalso advised that the Front is willing to kill, even within the U.S., those Cubans who are involved in betraying the Cuban cause, i.e. those involved in any gesture of understanding with the Castro government. LOPEZ emphasized that his son said that even though they have plenty of people in Mexico City, for every atack, members of the Front have gone to Mexico to help in the attack. JENARO PEREZ indicated that the man in charge of propaganda for the Front is RUBEN DARIO, and during the conversation he said that one -of the principal men of action is HUMBERTO LOPEZ, JR., who has ample experience in military matters, because he is a veteran of the U.S. Army. He also stated that they are now setting up secret cells, independent ‘of each other, in various parts of the U.S. and Puerto Rico, so thet in case the 'Feds" aré able to capture one cell, the others will have no problems. During the long talk concerning the Front, he said that the movement has several young men who are American citizens and as such, can move freely anywhere in the world. Finally, PEREZ said that the Movement has‘enough funds to operate, although he did not state where the funds come from. secre teat 2 pempe eeasirgpatinrny ernest cept enn Pa osha PORTO Pte 5 = jo. stk : HW 54460 Docld: 32332547 Page 6
a Miami, Florida . . _ February 6, 1974 “ At 9:30 a.m., the writer had a’ confidential talk with HUMBERTO LOPEZ, SR. who advised that a communique sent from outside the country advised that Abdala was 4 screen for a Communist’ organization call sea ‘the ‘National Liberation — Front of Cuba. This communique stated that RUBEN DARIO was an agent of Fidel Castro. LOPEZ said that he is very suspicious about the Commumist leanings of RUBEN DARIO, but he has no proof. He also said he has learned that the communication making these charges was written by ORLANDO BOSCH, leader of Accion Cubana, based only on the fact that he is jealous of the work being done by the Liberation Front. Finally, he said that the Front is trying to prove that this document was sponsored by ORLANDO BOSCH, and if they are able to prove this, BOSCH will be murdered by the men of the Front. HW 54460 Docld:32332547 Page 7
Miami, Florida March 1, 1974 . At 9:30 a.m. today, Mr. RUBEN DARIO came to the offices of WFAB. He is leader of Abdala and a member of. the propaganda section of the terrorist group "National Liberation Front of Cuba". DARIO requested a copy of the AP. cable in- which newsman IKE FLORES: announced an inter- view with the leader of "Cuban Action." DARIO commented privately that it was idiotic for ORLANDO BOSCH to have given a personal interview to newsman FLORES, since if FLORES were called by a Grand Jury, he would be obliged to testify about the interview, and naturally, he would give the name of ORLANDO BOSCH. DARIO said that in the story, BOSCH tried to link himself with the Liberation Front, but this is not true, since the Front would never make any pact with Cuban Action, because BOSCH will not be careful, and at any moment he may be arrested again. EB 54460 Docld:32332547 Page @
ea Se Miami, Florida March 18, 1974 * ; -- At 8:30 p.m. today, the writer had a confidential ‘talk with HUMBERTO LOPEZ, SR., who advised that the leaders of the Cuban Liberation Front had agreed not to carry out reprisals against WOBA, since the company was not really a threat to the plans of the Front. However, they discussed the possibility of a terrorist attack against Mr. EMILIO MILIAN, Program and News Director of that radio station, since he was the only one to blame for the attacks against the Front made by that radio station. LOPEZ pointed out that nothing would be done against MILIAN immediately, and that he is opposed and will continue to oppose this attack. — _ HUMBERTO LOPEZ also stated that there really was an attack on the writer's life, and that this attack had been carried out by people connected with MAX LESNIK and ORLANDO BOSCH, since the Cuban Action Movement is practically at war with the National Liberation Front of Cuba, and ORLANDO BOSCH feels that the writer is connected with or part of the Front. Finally, LOPEZ said that LESNIK is now saying that the writer wants to kill him, and according to LOPEZ, this seems very strange to him. or erent em par rer eptrteneny tenn yee HW 54460 Docld:32332547 Page 9