FRANK ANGELO FIORINI (ET AL)
Agency: CIA
Originator: FBI
To: FBI, MIAMI
Document date: 07/26/1967
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination

Records Collection Act of 1992

(44 USC 2107 Note)

NW 53217 6/20/17

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CONTISE

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTICATION

MASHINCTON 11. D.C.

July 26, 1967

0BB 677497

6P

MICHOFILMED

HUG 1 1 1967

DOC. MICRO. GER.

O FRANK ANGELO FIORINI;

also known as Frank Anthony Sturg18; 101-242256

Model

RONALD

EDWARD THOMPSON;

1020.

DONALD FRANCIS ROCHE,

1.020

also known ap. John Henry Schulte;

Dr!

ORLANDO BOSCH AVILA; 211214212

JOSE ANTONIOMULET GONZALEZ, .. 190:01

aiso known agi "Quajiro";

/ ALFREDO. C.

FUENTE;

Reported Plans_to Blow Up Cuoan ship

in Mexican Port,?

Possibly_

Veracrus

Tile dement

.. 4!

On July 5,

1907, a confidentinl source abroad made

avallable a report dated May 8,

1907, prepared by the mexican

Army,

Department of Military Industry,

which 1s Get forth

verbatim as foilowo (translation from Spanish):

Department of Milttary Induatry

Subject:

Report on Ausignment

Tecamachalco, Mexico City, May 3, 1967

Conmanding General of the D.E.M. Erigade

Chief of the Department

o" Military Industry

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Excluded from autoratic

doingrading and declassification

CS COPY

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CONBIDENTIAL

PRALES ARGELO PIORINI; ET AL

Reportes Plans to Blow Up Cuban 3h1p

In Mexican Port, Possibly Veracruz

Permit me to inform you on the results of

the assignment given to me and Captain Antonio 01mos

Del Moral at Cludad Mante, Tanaullpas Plaza, May 2, 1967.

I. Background Information.

As 10 already Incim, the Secretary of the

Goverrment,

through the (Merican) Fedeal Security

Police (D.F.S.), requested the cooperation of the technical

personnel of this Departient in, detonators and other.

and destruction of some "bönhu,

the finding, Identirying

devices winich,

according to information obtained by the

D.?.9., had been brought, into the country and buried at

843 27 64.

soct near the Marte-C. Victoria road, between kilometers

It.

Location of the Zone and Spot Where the

Faplosivea Were Found.

Ad a recult of the above request, the under-

31ansi and Captain Olmos, accompanied by two agents of

ne D.f.Si, went Immediately to Cludad Mante

Tamaulipas,

and arrived at said plaza at 3:20 A.M., May 8, 1967.

On the same day, at 8:00 1.M., we went to the

indicated epot, between kiloneters 643 and 644, for the

surpose of determining the Irilented zone where, according

to the information, was located the spot where the

Explosives had been turied.

At the end of four hours, we succeeded in

firding the exact spot where the explosives had been

buries,

in a promontory bordering the left side of the

road and approximately 15 meters from the road, between

calmeters 642 and 643.

The location is shown

Photseraphs No. i and 2.

on

III, Location of the Expinsivea.

In the above-mentiored ares, in a zone no

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d..x.ts

CONFID

NTIAL

PRANK ANGELO FIORINI; ET AL

Reported Plans to Blow Up Cuban Ship

in Medcan Port, Possibly Veracruz

larger than 25 meters, we unearthed the following:

1) A "bomb" or a double explosive charge,

wrapped in sections of a tire Inner tube, and fastened

by adhesive tape.. Photographs 3 and 4.

2) Four magnets, consioting of colled

spools especially positioned,

in paire, to fasten each

-of the explosive charges to metallic parts. Photegraphs

5 and 6.

The magnets, - like the charges, were found

wrapped in sections of

an Inner tube.

The detonators for the explosive charges.

These were found wrapped

in a plastic bag.

Photograph

4) : The remnanta of an explosive charge.

It le thought that farmers in the area accidentally

discovered it and,

In attempting to see its contents,

destroyed it completely. Photograph No.. 8.

of these remnants, the following were recovered

separately:

a) The explosive mater1al.

b) Fragments of a container,

a blue plastic

tape, labels from the factory which manufactured the

explocive, remains

of newspapers, pieces of plywoed

and pieces of a mesh, plastic cloth.

Photograph lis. 9.

IV.

Identification of the Explosive Material.

Visual

Examination.

Once all the item In the area had been

unearthed, we proceeded to examine them in detail in

attempt to identify them and ascertair as to

what condition

they were in so as to destroy them,

shuuld conditions warrant it.

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ENTIAL

FRANK ANGELO PIORINI; ET AL

Reported Plans to Blow Up Cuban Ship

In Mexican Port, Possibly Veracruz

a) The Explosive Charge - Rectangular in

shape with the following approximate dimensions:

x 7 centimeters.

The charge consists of a block of

30 x 20

explosive covered with a solid, putty-llke plastic

material, the entire surface of which is covered with

black insulation tape.

At one of its edges, 2 pluga

for an iron pipe of 3/4 inch diameter were found.

These

are fastened separately by a

screw to lengths of galvanized

Iron pipe of the same diameter

and approximately 15

centimeters long:

The pipes are located inside the

explosive charge and serve as a lodging for the detonators.

Iwo metallic rods of 7 millimeterg in diameter and 10

centimeters long extend along the longitudinal ax1s.of

the charge.

They have screws at the ends which serve

to fasten them to the spools:

The explosive inside is white in color and

plastic-11ke.

characteristics and

potency are unknown.

It will be necessary to conduct analyees to determine

its class and type.

It was ascertained that the explosive charge

not assembled and resdy for detonation, since it did

contain the proper elements for starting, propagating

and amplifying the detonation.

Spoola-magnets - There are four of them,

and they consist

spools of approximately 3 x 2x1

containing at their ends two metallic plates

Each of these plates has a bore hole

Into which the small rods used to hold the charge are

On the side opposite that containing the bore

noace there 13 a metallic plate whose function 1a to

serve as the surface which is connected by the magnet

to any metallic surface. Photograph No. 1l.

Detonators - The detonators are of the

percussion

type

and apparently are activated by an

electric current.

They have an approximate length

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CONFIDENTIAL

FRANK. ANGELO FIORINI; ET AL

Reported Plans to Blow Up Cuban Ship

In Mexicen Port, Possibly Veracruz

of 25 centimeters and a diameter of 7 to 8 mill meters.

They are composed of a percussion mechanism;

a Balety and an explosive. charge.

Photograph No. 12.

Because of the condition in which they were

found and because they were found to be safe for handling

and transportation, they were not destroyed.

V.

Transportation

the Explosives and Their

DelIvery to the D.P.S.

The explosives (complete charge and recovered

remnants), detonators and magnets, perfectly wrapped

and packed, were brought to this city on the afternoon

of the 4th and were handed over to the Federa Security

Police on the morning of May 5, 1967. Later, at

11:30 A.M, on the same day, they ware sent to a powder

magazine at the explosives

plant, after having first

been exanined by the Director of

the D.F.S.

The explosives

are

now at the disposal of the proper authorities.

Attached herewith are 12 photographs for

Information purposes.

Respectfully,

Effective Suffrage, No Re-election

/s/ 11legible

Jose Marla Navarro Barquero

( 259458)

On July 5, 1967,

the confidential source abroad also

made available a copy of a telegraphic money order originating

in Miami

Florida,

In the anount of 2498 pesos ($200 U.S..

currency), addressed to FRANK FOURGIS

Mante,

Tamaulipas, dated April 13, 1967.

Hotel Mante, Cludad

On the reverse side

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FRANK ANGELO FIORINI; ET AL

Reported Plans to Blow Up Cuban Ship

in Mexican Port, Possibly Veracruz

appears the signature of PRANK FOURGIS In endorsement; receiving

the full amount on that date.

the above source advised that

Investigation at the Hotel Mante In Cludad Mante, Tamaulipas,

revealed a record of a long distance telephone call placed from

the hotel to ALFREDO FUENTES in Maimi, Florida, telephone

79 71 67, on April 12, 1967. The call was placed by subject

FIORINI, according to the source.

CONFIDENPIAL

0701-242956

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