POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE REBEL ARMED FORCES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ASSASSINATION OF AMBASSADOR JOHN GORDON MEIN

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06722010
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2018
• Case Number: F-2016-01655
• Publication Date: September 10, 1968

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POSSIBLE IDENTIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE RE3r7.1.
ARMED FORCES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE ASSASSINATION
OF AMBASSADOR JONI GORDON MEIN
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JULIO CESAP OE:TIZ, WHO t:AS SEE'! TEARING THE REWARD POSTERS FOR THE
CAPTURE OF THE ASSASSIIS OF AMBASSADOR JOHN GORDON MEIN FROM THE
''ALL S ZONE I, r3UATE1ALA CITY. BEFORE HE WAS APPREHENDED, ORT IZ
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ORTIZ ADMITTED TO BEING A MEMBER OF THE REBEL ARMED FORCES (FAR,
CUBAN-ORIENTED INSURGENCY MOVEMENT) AND TO PARTICIPAT INC IN THE
ASSASSINATION OF AMBASSADOR MEIN ON 28 AUGUST. HE SAID THAT HIS
TASK IN THE ASSASSINATION WAS TO WATCH FOR THE APPEARANCE OF
POLICE CARS DURING THE EPISODE, AND FOR THIS REASON HE WAS
INSTRUCTED TO MOUNT A FOOT SURVEILLANCE ON LA REFORMA AVENUE
IN THE AREA 'MERE THE AMBASSADOR WAS TO BE INTERCEPTED. HE ADDED
THAT THE INTENTION OF THE FAR WAS TO ABDUCT THE AMBASSADOR AND
THEN EXCHANGE HIM FOR CARLOS FRANCISCO ORDONEZ MONTEAGUDO, AKA
CAMILO SANCHEZ, LEADER OF THE FAR WHO WAS CAPTURED ON 24 AUGUST 1955.
3. ORTIZ IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AS PART ICIPAT ING
IN THE AMBASSADOR'S ASSASSINATION: FRANCISCO ABRAHAM SOTO DE LA
ROSA, AKA "ARMANDO:" PERCY AMILCAR JACOBS DE LEON, A;!(A "RAMIRO:"
JULIO RUBEN LANDA CASTANEDA, AKA "RODRIGO:" "JAIME," ALSO CALLED
"SONRISAS;" "FRED?:" "IVAN:" "BENADRIL:" "EL SECO:" AND TWO
OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHOM HE COULD NOT IDENTIFY. ORTIZ SAID THAT
".JAMIE" WAS THE PERSON WHO SHOT THE AMBASSADOR. EXCEPT FOR HIMSELF,
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JACOBS, AND "EL SECO," WHO WERE ON FOOT, ORTIZ SAID THAT ALL OF
THE .ABOVE CITED PERSONS ARRIVED IN THE TWO VEHICLES USED DURING
THE ASSASSINATION. HE IDENTIFIED THE TWO VEHICLES AS A RED
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TOYOTA AND A GREEN CHEVROLET CHEVELLE. ORTIZ ALSO SAID THAT
JACOBS AND "EL SECO" COMMANDEERED A TAXICAB AFTER THE ASSASS-
INATION IN ORDER TO ESCAPE FROM THE AREA.
4. COMmENT:
REPORTED THAT
ADOLFO MENDIZABAL CHAN, A FAR MEMBER WHO WAS A THIRD YEAR STUDENT
IN THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AT SAN CARLOS UNIVERSITY, USED THE
PSEUDONYM OF "JAIME" AND "JUAN".
REPORTED THAT ONE "ARMANDO" WAS CHIEF OF THE INFORMATION SECT ION
OF THE FAR. JACOBS AND LANDA ARE WELL-KNOWN FAR LEADERS. THE
PSEUDONYM OF "FREDY" HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE USED BY JOSE ALFREDO
ALDANA PAIZ AND BY HUMBERTO PINEDA ALDANA. "IVAN" WAS REPORTED
BY A MEMBER OF THE FAR
TO BE ANOTHER PSEUDONYM USED BY "JUAN, CHIEF OF FAR FINANCES.
SOURCE,COULD NOT IDENTIFY THE TRUE NAME OF THIS INDIVIDUAL. THE
OTHER PSEUDONYMS LISTED CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED.)
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