SOURCE ADVISED HE SPOKE WITH JOSE PELLON WHO MAKES HIS LIVING AS A PILOT.
Originator: CIA
From: WH/MIAMI
To: DIRECTOR
Document date: 02/25/1972
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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LO ON 24 FEBRUARY 72 IUSTEEN/I (SOURCE) ADVISED THE FOLLOWINGS

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23 FEBRUARY 72 HE SPOKE WITH JOSE PELLON (PROBABLY JOSE LEONARDO

PELL ON BLANCO, 2D1-229313) WHO MAKES HIS LIVING AS A

PILOT. PELLON TOLD JUSTEER/I THAT ON 2I FEBRUARY HE WAS

APPROACHED IN MIAPI BY ANDIER PILOT JOSE M. HERNANDEZ (PROBABLY

JOSE MANUEL HERNANDEZ HERÜANDEZ, 201-2368571 AND

ASKED IF HE NEEDED WORK. PELLON ASKED. FOR DETAILS.

20 HERNANDEZ INFORMED PELLON THAT ON 21 FEBRUARY HE AND

FUM A CHID IT O INO STATION TRACES) APPROACHED THE

ONNER OF MIAMI AIR LEASINO CORPORATION, EVELIO ALPIZAR (PROBABLY

EVELID AL PIZAR PEREZ, 201-264344) WITH A PROPOSITION.

THEY ASKED ALPIZAR IF HE WOULD LET THEM USE A DC-3 BELONGING

TO MIAMI AIR LEASING IN ORDER TO FLÖ CUBANS FROM SAN JOSE,

COSTA RICA TO AN AIRPORI OUISIDE MATAILOROS, MEXICO. HERNANDEZ

WOULD PAY ALPIZAR $5CO PER CÜBAN FLOWN. HERNANDEZ TOLD ALPIZAR

THAT THIS DEAL WOULD CONSIST OF FLYINS OUT APPROXIMATELY 400D

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CUBANS WHO WERE COMING TO SAN JOSE FROM MADRID, SPAIN.

30 ALPIZAR SUPPOSEDLY TOLD HERNANDEZ THAT THEY HAD A DEAL

IF HERNANDEZ WOULD PLACE 335,00 IN ESCROW IN A LOCAL BANK IN

CASE HIS DE-3 WAS CONFISCATED BY MEXICAN AUTHORITIES.

4. HERNANDEZ DID NOT TELL PILLON IF HE HAD

AGREED TO ALPIZAR'S

REQUEST FOR THE 535, 03E OR IF ANY FINAL ARRANGEMENI WAS REACHED.

HOWEVER HE DID ADD THAT PLANS CALL FOR ONE FLIGHT PER WEEK BEGIN-

NING IHE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH.. (SOURCE COMMENIS THIS DO-S HOLDS

35-40 PERSONS. HERNANDEZ FURNISHED PELLON NO OTHER DETAILS

REGARDING THIS PLAN AND PELLON MADE NO COMMITMENT TO HERNANDEZ.

FURTHER, PELLON DOES NOI PLAN TO GET INVOLVED.

50 SOURCE COMMENTS: HERNANDEZ MAS A REPUTATION OF EXAG-

GERATING AND DOWNRIGHT LYING, E.GO, HERNANDEZ TOLD PELLON AS AN

ASIDE THAT HE WORKS FOR COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT FIGURES' SECRET

SERVICE. ALPIZAR IN TURN HAS A REPUTATION FOR ILLEGAL ADVENTURES,

E-Go, B-25 RAIDS INTO HAITI, AITEMPTED BOMBING RUN INTO CUÑA, ETC.

GO STATION COiMENTS THE ABOVE REPORT IF FACTUAL CERTAINLY

ADDS TO ALREADY EXISTING INFORMATION, SUCH AS REF, ON THIS

SUBJECI. IF PELLON OBTAINS ANY MORE INFORISATION ADDRESSEES

WILL BE ADVISED.

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