Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: LEG, MX
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 11/29/1963
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote) .

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/14/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10212-10422

RECORD SERIES:

HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-6054-535

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: LEG, MX

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE:

'PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

11/29/1963

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LCN, MEMBERS, TRA, MX, RCK

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS :

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 04/21/1997

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

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Released under the John E. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (14 USC 2107 Mote) .

DATE: 11-14-201 1010

UNITED STATES

MENT

Memoranaim

Director, FBI (92-6054)

DATE:

11-29-63

OSA

REVIEWED BY

SANK TASK FORCE

FROM

: Legat, Mexico (94-17) (RUC)

ON

3/24/97 duf

SUBJECT:

LA COSA NOSTRA

AR - CONSPIRACY

I RELEASE IN FULL

RELEASE IN PART

I TOTAL DENIAL

ReMCcable to Bureau 10-11-63, Bucab to Mexico CIty

10-14-63 and San Diego airtel to Bureau 12-15-63.

On 10/10-11/63 WILLIAM J. DURKIN, Bureau of

Varcotics Representative, American Embassy, advised he har

eceived a long distance phone call from ERNEST GENTRY, U.S.

Bureau of Narcotics, Houston, Texas, who had been instructed

'by U.S. Bureau of Narcotics Commissioner GIORDANO to relay to

DURKIN the following Information:

A U.S. Customs source had advised that JATO (phonetic)

and other unidentified Italian leaders of captioned organization

were proceeding to Mexico City and would be at Hotel Alameda

on 10-14-63.

The U.S. Customs source had reportedly received

the Information from JATO, who was one of the group coming to

Mexico City.

Bureau cable of 10-14-63 advised that information received

was to the effect that the individuals rèportedly coming to

Mexico City had a criminal background but no refrence was made

to captioned organization. The Bureau further advised that no

identifying information was known concerning JATO and thatüthe

Bureau had received no information concerning such meeting

except from U.S. Customs.

MARIO AGUINAGA, Security Officer, Hotel Alameda, was

contacted on 10-11-63 and requested to check reservations under

the last name JATO or any other Italian names and to be alert

for any arrivals at the hotel beginning 10-14-63. AGUINAGA

advised that no reservations had been made under the surname

AGUINAGA was recontacted on

various occasions between 10-14-63 and 10-28-63 and he advised

that a recheck of hotel records had failed to reveal the

registration of anyone with the surname JATOor of any individuals

with Italian names.

Bureau

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(1 - Liaison Section)

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2 - iSan Diego, 92-229)

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Leased under

DATE 4-11-1132

Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 111 USe 2107 Hotey.

MC 94-17

RAUL ZAMBRANO, Chief, Immigration Department,

at the Mexico City Airport, was alerted on 10-11-63 to

be on the lookout for any individual with a surname

JATO or any other italian name for the period 10/11-31/63.

SANTIAGO IBANEZ LLAMAS, Chief, Inspection

Department, Mexican Immigration Service,

was also contacted

on 10-11-63 and the same alert as previously placed with

ZAMBRANO was. furnished to him with the request that he

confirm the direct Mexico City Office request with.

ZAMBRANO. IBANEZ advised on 10-14-63 that he had on

10-11-63 requested ZAMBRANO at the Immigration Department

of the Mextco City Airport to be alert for individuals

arriving as described previously.

IBANEZ was recontacted

on 10-30 and 11-8-63 and he advised that a recheck with

ZAMBRANO at the Mexico City Airport had reflected that no

Individuals were reportedly processed at the airport with

theosurname JATO or other

Italian sounding names during

pertinent period of 10-11

through 25-63, which was the

period checked by ZAMBRANo.

Referenced San Diego airtel requested that

offices receiving this communication were to check their

Indices and advise San Diego of the results. Said

communication carried the name WINSTQN HONEYCUTT which,

according to the Mexico City Office files, was a known

alias In Mexico CIty of WINSTON MARIONYREYNOLDS, former

"IxO#2958, who was located in Mexico City and deported

touthe U.S. on 7-13-58.

REYNOLDS, as pointed out by

EUGENE V.

VALCOUR in the San Diego airtel, was actually

engaged in mounting lighted signs on taxicabs for

advertising purposes, according to the files of the

Mexico City Office.

No other information or names in San Diego

airtel were matched with information in possession of

the Mexico City Office.

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