CUBAN ILLEGALS
Originator: CIA
Document date: 09/30/1971
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

## Page 1

1104-10063-10321

2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

SECRAT

GROUP I

CALLUSIO FRON AUTONII...

(When Filled In)

DECLASSIFICATICN

A PRODUCTION OF THIS COPY PROHIBITED

RAF®

Gas late: 3

FILE, VH

sse, ales,

dalso

JETrOM

SECRET 3&17Z6ZSSEP 71 CITE WH/MIAMI 12724

CARACAS, MEXICO GITY INFO DIRECTOR

RYBAT MESAGE MUFLUFF

38 GEP IN 4 35626.

1. STATION MIAMI HAS BEEN TRYING UNSÜCCESSFULLY FOR MANY

WEEKS TO IDENTIFY WHAT MAY BE TWO CUBAN ILLEGALS RESIDENT

IN THE UNITED STATES (NEW YORK, WASHINGION AREA AND/OR MIAMI> •

THESE TWO INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS FNU QUES ADA

POMAN AND FNU CE PEDA. HUSAGE-I ALLEGEDLY HAS HAD DIRECT

CONTACI WITH QUESADA ROMAN BUT SEEMS KNOW LITTLE ABOUT DEPEDA.

WE ARE 9E PERCENI SURE THAI THE NAME QUESADA ROMAN IS AN ALIAS, AND

CEPEDA BEING AS COMMON AS IT IS LEAVES US NOWHERE. THERE IS

REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HUSAGE-I KNOWS THE TRUVIDENTITY OF

QUESADA, BUT SHE HAS REFUSED TO TELL US AND ADDITIONALLY HAS

PROVIDED CONFUSING AS WELL AS CONFLICTING INFORMATION ON HIM.

SORTING OUT RYSAGE-I'S STATEMENIS ON QUESADA, WE BELIEVE SOME

OF THE FOLLOWING MAY BE TRUE. TO WIT:

A• HE IS 35-40 YEARS OF AGE; DARK HAIR! WHITE

SKIN, SLIM BUT STRONG BUILD, HEIGHI APPARENTLY

5 FEET 8 TO 10 INCHES (APPROX). MAY HAVE A BIRTHMARK

10367

OF SCAR ON UPPER LEFT SIDE FOREHEAD. ON RIGHT SIDE

SECRET

---

## Page 2

14-00000

o1 D1SS3ML1

ALVARICE CERY

ISSUIO

SLOTTED

TOTAL CORES

SECRET

GROUP T

When Filled In anyt

D: 401629195 199

REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY FROMIBITED

3

4

DISSEM. BY

ACTION UNIT

ACTION NO.

PER

#

FILE, VR

PAGE 2 WH/MIAMI 12724 SECRET

OF NECK AND SMALL BLUE DISCOLORATIONS OR SCARS

RESULTING FROM EXPLOSION OF A DEMMLITION DEVICE

IN VENEZUELA. QUESADA ALLEGEDLY A SABOTAGE

DEMOLITION EXPERT AMONG OTHER THINGS. WAS ACTIVE

SOMETIME DURING

6D IN SABOTAGE VENEZUELAN OIL

FIELDS• DURING ONE OPERATION THERE WAS PREMATURE

EXPLOSION OF DEMOLITION DEVICE WHICH PLANTED

SHRAPNEL FRAGMENTS IN HIS NECK WHICH STILL WORK TO THE SURFACE FROM

TIME TO TIME AND ARE EXTRACTED:

B. HE ALLEGEDLY SERVED IN MEXICO SOMETIME

DURING THE PERIOD 63-66 AND MAY OR MAY NOI, HAVE

BEEN IN THE EMBASSY• HE WAS DESCRIBED BY AYSAGE - 1

AS A SPECIALIST PROBABLY IN SABOTAGE, EXECUTIVE

ACTION; ETC., BUT ALSO COULD BE A SPECIALIST VIS

A VIS THE AMERICAN DEPARTMENI. HE ALSO ALLEGEDLY

TRAVELLED TO PANAMA EIGHER LATE 63 OR EARLY 64

AROUND TRE TIME OF THE PANAMA RIOTS. THIS COULD

MEAN THAT HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH RICO

GAL AN NOW SERVING A PRISON SENTENCE IN MEXICO.

SAGE -1 ALSO TOSSED THE VAR NAMES OSCAR AND GABRIEL

SECRET

---

## Page 3

14-00000

reacher.

ISSUED

SLOTTED

SECRET

GROUP !

• When Filled in una me

CANTRAC: iT END

DECLASSIFICATION

REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY PROHIBITED

DISSEM. DY

ACTION UNIT

ACTION NO.

PER.

FILE. VR

-PAGE 3 WH/MIAMI 12724 SECRET

AROUND AS RELATING TO THIS PERSON, BUT WE BELIEVE

THIS MAY BE SNOW. THERE IS SOME REASON TO BELIEVE

THE PERSON SHE DISCUSSED MAY BE ROGELIOR O DR I -

GUE Z LOPEZ WO SERVED IN MEXICO CITY DURING

THAT PERIOD AND SPECIALIZED ON CENTRAL AMERICA.

ADDRESSEES WILL PROBABLY REMBER THAI ROGELIO

RODRIGUEZ, WHO LNERGO DESCRIBES AS A HIGHLY COMPETENT

AND DANGEROUS CASE OFFICER, WAS PNGED OUT OF NEW

YORK SOMETIME AGO IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOUTH AFRICAN

GIRL WHO WAS REPORTING ON THE DIPLOMATIC COLONY IN

WASHINGTON.. STATION MIAMI ALSO NOTES THAT ABELARDO

CUR BELO PARDON SERVED IN MEXICH ABOUT THE

SAME TIME.

C. RE VENEZUELA: HOSAGE-1 DESCRIBES HIM ONLY

AS HAVING LIVED AS AN ILLEGAL IN VENEZUELA FOR

SOME TIME AND SERVING SUCCESSFULLY AS A SABOTAGE

TRAINER AND/OR IMPLEMENTOR OF SABOTAGE OPERATIONS.

SHE HAS SUGGESTED THAT HE WAS THERE DURING THE

MOST ACTIVE PERIOD OF SABOTAGE, WHICH SHE RECALLS

WASH DURING THE EARLY GOS. THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE

SECRET

---

## Page 4

14-00000

LOVRACE COPY

ISSUED

SLOTTED

CSILE MESSAGE

TOTAL COPIES

SECRET

GROUP 1

EXCLUOTO FASH ALTOMATIE

(When Filled In)

C5n: :412.53240

wellardha.

REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY PROMIBITED

2

7

DY:.

DISSEM. BY.

ACTION UNIT

ACTION NO.

₴

PER

FILE, VR

PAGE 4 WH/MIAMI 12724 SECRET

TRUE. THE PERSON IN QUESTION COULD JUST AS EASILY

HAVE BEEN CONNECTED WITH THE BRAVO GROUP IN LATE GOS•

MIAMI'S RECORDS OF SABOTAGE OPERATIONS IN VENEZUELA

PRIOR TO 1968 ARE INCOMPLETE. CARACAS, THEREFORE,

MAY BE ABLE TO ISOLATE TWO OR THREE PERSONS WHO

FIT THIS GENERAL CRITERIA FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

D. HUSAGE- 1 ALLEGES THAT QUESADA WAS IN NEW

YORK CITY AREA AND MET WITH HER DURING THE WEEK OF

13 SEPTEMBER. IF THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED, IT MIGHT

ELIMINATE ROGELIO RODRIGUEZ (DEPENDING UPON HIS

PRESENT WHEREABOUTS) AS A PRIME CANDIDATE.

FOR HEADQUARTERS: STATION MIAMI WOULD APPRECIATE

RECEIVING PICTURES OF THE CUBAN COUNTER-SURVEILLANCE

PERSON WHO APPARENTLY COVERED HYSAGE-I DURING THE

PERIOD SHE DELIVERED A LETTER TO PONCHAYS

HOTEL• BELIEVE BOTH HEADQUARTERS AND MIAMI SHOULD

STUDY HIM • AGAINST THE MUG BOOK

30 REALIZE THE FOREGOING IS MOST TENUOUS AND INCOMPLETE.

WILL APPREÇIATE, HOWEVER, ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN GIVE US IN

• THIS IDENTIFICATION.

=..

4. FILE: 298-6-447/3;

5

6=6-42/3.

SECRET

GP. -1

SECRET

---