Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LEG, MX
To: ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 11/27/1972
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Aot of 1992 (44 05C 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Identification Form

Date:

5/7/2015

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER : 124-10194-10368

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-3171-2374

Document Information

ORIGINATOR:

FBI

FROM: LEG, MX

TO: ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE:

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

11/27/1972

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DOCUMENT TYPE :

CLASSIFICATION:

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS :

DATE OF LAST REVIEW :

SGI, RES, ASSOC

PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

Unclassified

1B; 1C; 4

Redact

04/22/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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eleased under the John F. Kernedy Assassination Records Collection Aot of 1992 444 USC

DATE: 11-1673Q1FbRM

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NO. 10

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• UNITED STATES GOV "NMENT

Memorandum IN

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TE AGENCIES

AND TOPS OUTIERS

ADVESTO BY ROUTING

TO

ACTING DIRECTOR,

FBI

FROM

LEGAT, MEXICO CITY

CLASS.

REASON-FOIM IF,

DATE OF REVIEW

SUBJECT:

(DRC)

SAMU!

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Bureau:

Chicago:

Mexico:

LANCANA,

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BY DEPARDHICHT

DATE:

(P)

RICHARD

CAIN:

aka

Bureal

Chicago:

Mexico:

92-12846

92-2652

92-105

(P)

DECHASSIFTED BYSPLLICKI

Reference Mexico

3t 16 ter 9/29/72101

34 advised 10/13/72 that he had conducted

further investigation in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, and

determined that the housekeeper at

the Villa San Cristobal

in the Las. Quintas section of Cuernavaca is named JOSEFINA

The telephone number at that address is 22500.

Source is

exploring possibility of establishing contact with

• JOSEFINA

order to develop information concerning GIANCANA

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ADVISED BY

During September and October, 1972, sour ce was in

contact ontseveral occasions with GILBERO MORALES, who is

the superintendent of the building at Amsterdam 82, Mexico

city, where subject GIANCANA formerly lived as SAM DE PAIMA

MORALES and his wife confirmed information that a

Local architect ROBERTO MORALES, Marcella 70-5, telephone

5-14-15-69, was a personal friend of DE PALMA and was doing

Ework for him.

MORALES had a chauffeur named CAMILO RODRIGUEZ,

telephone 5-14-96-28, who also did

work for DE PALMA

time to time and who has comeDy

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teleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collect

DATE: 11-14-2017

MEX 92-13

92-105

indicated that attorney JORGE CASTILLO Z. was also very

friendly with DE PALMA and also received mail at Amsterdam

CASTILLO has his

Offices at Plaza de la Republica 32-1,

telephone 5-66-59-00

RODRIGUEZ indicated to MORALES on a

The architect MORALES was contacted by telephone

concerning the whereabouts of CELSO CARRETO. He immediately

responded that CARRETO had gone to the U. S. to work and

that Mr

• SAM and other friends had made the arrangements

and helped him with his documentation. He did not know the

address of CARRETO and said the only person who

would know

this would be Mr. SAM and he was in Lebanon.

On 11/15/72 MEX 287 advised that he had had no

direct contact with subject GIANCANA but had further reports

-that GIANCANA was currently residing in his apartment in

Beirut, Lebanon. He reportedly left Mexico some three to

five weeks ago..

He retains his home in Cuernavaca and it

is not known when hewill return to Mexico. (sUL.

He considered that it shald be fairly simple to

locate subject in Beirut through the casinos or golf clubs

if he is unknown to Lebanese authorities. CP U

MEX 170 advised 10/31/72 that he had determined

that the full name in the Spanish fashion for CARRETO, who

reportedly worked for subject GIANCANA, iS CELSO CARRETO

BENITEZ. CARRETO was born 3/18/30, Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico.

The only address available for him in the records of Social

Security is Las Casas 5, Cuernavaca,

were listed as JUAN CARRETO and BENITA BENITEZ. He was

originally registered with Social Security as an employee

of the Hotel Villa Galeana, Galeana 102, Cuernavaca, Mexiço.

The records of the Waiters

Union in Cuernavaca indicate he

has

also been employed by the restaurants Las Mananitas,

Las Quintas, the Marriott in Acapulco and

the San Gabriel

Las Palmas between Taxco and Cuernavaca (gU

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (11 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

MEX

92-13

92-105

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It is noted that subject GIANCANA is known to have

frequented the Mananitas and Quintas restaurants Xial

Theoôffice of INS, American Embassy, Mexico City,

has been requested to check

for the immigrant

status of

CARRETO 4 CL

The Mexico City daily newspaper "La Prensa" for

10/24/72 carried an article concerning the Cosa Nostra in

Chicago and mentioned the supposed presence of subject

GIANCANA in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and the fact that he was

not being bothered by Mexican authorities&U

The same date attorney JAIME GUTIERREZ QUIROS,

Chief of the Inspection Service, Mexican Immigration (protect),

commented concerning this article and asked for verification.

Both he and attorney JORGE VAZQUEZ ROBLES of the Department

of Political Investigations of the Secretariat of Interior,

who also made inquiry concerning this matter, were advised

that subject GIANCANA apparently has been a resident of

Mexico for a number of years, in spite of the fact that the

Mexican government reportedly has prohibited his entry into

Mexico.

Both advised that they would be making inquiry into

GIANCANA's status in Mexico and his apparent violation of

Mexican law. (S) (4)

In addition, MEX 170 advised that the Mexican Federal

Attorney General's office

was again showing interest in subject

GIANCANA 's whereabouts

8(4)

hese inquiries may have something to do with

subject's reported departure for Lebanon (X) la

On 11/9/72 RICHARD CAIN telephoned ANN ARNOLD,

a clerk in the Legal Office of the American Embassy, Mexico

_City. Mrs. ARNOLD was acquainted with CAIN during his

residence in Mexico some 10 years earlier and was acquainted

with CAIN's former wife who also worked at the American

Embassy. CAIN said he planned to go to Cuernavaca for the

weekend and then on to Europe where he planned to spend the

winter

months

lowever: he indicated he would be back in two

3.-

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