FURTHER INFORMATION ON ZELMAR MICHELINI AND LUIS HECTOR GUTIERREZ - 1976/06/18

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05861568
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RIPPUB
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1
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April 3, 2019
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April 12, 2019
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June 18, 1976
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� Approved for Release: 2018/10/01 C05861568 0,0u-rsin ap "3 a'a s Department of State TELEGt:, INCOMING AM EMBASSY SANTIAGO R FM 711E.M_EVIDEO TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WAS1-1DC 1516 INFO RUESBA/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 6038 RUESNA/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 1040 SECR ET MONTEVIDEO 2238 \ 0 :RAN 18 13 :2 SECRET - WARNING NOTICE-SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED--NOT RELEASABLE TO FOREI N/NATIONALS-- NOT RELEASABLE TO CONTRACTORS OR CONTRACTORS/ ;ONSULTANTS E. 0. 11652: XGDS i AND 2 TAGS: PFOR, PINT, SHUM, UY SUBJECT: F URI LUIS HECTOR GUTIERREZ REF: MCNTEVT5T1r1n"----------- I. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED SUPPLEMENTING THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION REPORTED N FTEL 2. IN 1970, LUIS HECTOR GUTIERREZ RUIZ WAS ONE OF THREE DIRECTORS OF THE PRO-CUBAN, EXTREME LEFT NEWSPAPER "EL CEBATE." GUTIERREZ REPORTEDLY SUPPLIED THE MLN-TUPAMAROS WITH INFORMATION USED IN KIDNAPPING U.S. DIPLOMATS IN MONTEVIDEO IN 1970. IN APRIL 1972, GUTIERREZ WAS RE- PORTEDLY KIDNAPPED HIMSELF BY THE MLN IN ORDER TO INTERVIEW NELSON BARDECIO, A POLICE OFFICER KIDNAPPED Bf THE MLN IN FEBRUARY 1972 AND ALLEGED TO BE A MEMBER CF THE "DEATH SQUADRON." GUTIERREZ WAS RELEASED BY THE MLN CN APRIL 25, 1972. 3. THE FOLLOWING DISSEMINATIONS INCLUDE RFFFRFNrFc TO GUTIERREZ' ACTIVITIES: 3.3(b)(1) 3.3(b)(1) 3. ZELMAR MICHELINI'S CLASSIFIED BIO REPORT DATED JULY 1967 IS AVAILABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT. THERE IS NOT ACCUSED BUT NEVER FORMALLY CITED FOR HIS OPEN SUPPORT 3.3(b)(1) MUCH FURTHER TO ADD TO THAT REPORT . STATES HE WAS OF THE MLN IN 1970. HE FLED INTO SELF-IMPOSED EXILE TO BUENOS AIRES IN 1973 AND NO ORDER OF DETENTION AGAINST HIM AS EVER ISSUED BY THE GOU. ACCORDING TO A URUGUAYAN LIAISON SOURCE, MICHELINI WAS CONSIDERED BY ARGENTINE AUTHORITIES TO BE WORKING WITH THE REVCLUTIONAR Y COORDINATING JUNTA ( JCR) IN ARGENTINA IN ORCHESTRATING THE PROPAGANDA ?5-61 CAMPAIGN AGAINST URUGUAY. THE JCR IS THE COORDINATING UP FOR THE TERRORIST/SUBVERSIVE GROUPS OF CHILE, ARGENTINA, URUGUAY ND BOLIVIA. SIRA CUSA c iiijo5o*MANid : 31.1.DCWaLOPtIL POL/F1 I LAB I USIS ECON I AID CONS I DAO I ML GP ACTION TAKEN 7 : 4: � - A Approved for Release: 2018/10/01 005861568