WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06706439
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 30
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2017
• Case Number: F-2017-00199
• Publication Date: July 27, 1976

Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
SECRET
-
Weekly
Weekly Situation Report
on
International Terrorism
DO WSRIT 76-030
27 July 1976
.1344 1 0 0
----- -----
RECORD COPY
OPERATIONS STAFF/DDO
SECRET
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
 Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
SECRET
(b)(3)
WEEKLY SITUATION REPORT
CONTENTS
27 July 1976
Ransom Payment Leads to Arrest of Suspects in
Niehous Kidnapping (Page 3)
SECREJOL 1976
NR
NR
----]
RECORD COPY (b)(3)
OPERATIONS STAFF/DDO
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
SECRET
Ransom Payment Leads to Arrest of�Suspects in Niehous
Kidnapping
011_21 July two men were arrested while attempting to
collect .a partial ransom payment demanded by the kidnappers
of U.S. businessman William Niehous. They were David
Nieves Banchs, a Venezuelan terrorist who has had connec-
tions with several guerrilla groups, most recently with the
Organization of Revolutionaries (OR), and Ivan Padilla, a
former seminarian. Venezuelan authorities have identified
and arrested eight additional suspects from the information
obtained in debriefings of Nieves and Padilla. The author-
ities now believe the kidnapping was a joint operation of
the OR and the Venezuelan Revolutionary Party/Armed Forces
of National Liberation (PRV/FALN). (Niehous has been held
hostage since February 1976. See the issues of 2 March and
6 July.).
Most of the eight other persons arrested have been
associated with Nieves or Padilla personally, or with the
OR. They include some professional people and two women.
One of the eight, Jorge Rodriguez, died in prison on 26
July. Nieves had informed the authorities that Rodriguez
was the, coordinator for the Niehous kidnapping. He was the
Nine' leader of the Socialist League, an OR front group. The
Venezuelan Minister of Interior confirmed the death and
said the circumstances are being investigated. He also an-
nounced that other arrests had been made.
\No'
SER0- 1976
3
1...____� .
Uffi71 COPY
OPERATIUZS STIVF/DDO
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
SECRET
(b)(3)
If the Venezuelan authorities are able to determine the
exact location where Niehous is being held, they may try to
release him by force. The fact that the arrests have
become public knowledge, however*, might cause the kidnappers
to move Niehous to another area. In addition, the death of
Rodriguez could lead to some type of reprisal by the kidnap-
pers--a fact that the Minister acknowledged in his press
statement by warning the kidnappers of harsh conseauences if
they should murder the hostage.
4 �cf.:Tv
OPERATIONS STAFF/DDO
--SECRET�
VERE116
4111% (b)(1)
4, �
(b)(3)
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
 Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
6i
%
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
 Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
 Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
 Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
 Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
 Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
 Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
 Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
 Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
NR
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439
SECRET
�Ittret,
�27 JUL 1976
SECRET
Approved for Release: 2017/11/07 C06706439