SHOOTING SUSPECT LINKED TO EX-AGENT'S FARM

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2011
• Sequence Number: 103
• Publication Date: October 25, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Shooting S pect_Linked to 'Ex-Agent's Farm
This articlecontinues an investigation by The Times into the trans.
ferabroad of advanced technology. military equipment and expertise by
former United Statesintelfigs nce agents and military personnel.
Key issues involve: Federal control over such transfers; how they
were made and the roleof the Central Intelligence Agency in the activi-.
ties of Edwin P. Wilson, a former agent;.who is now a fugitive living in
Libya. Mr. Wilson and another formerragent were indicted in 1980 an
charges of exporting explosives to Libya: to help train terrorists. Other
formerC.LA. employees have business ties to Mr. Wilson..
Previous articles have reported on arrrattempt by Mr. Wilson to sell
restricted American computer technology to the Soviet Union, Mr. Wit--
son's use of Green Beret troops to train terrorists in Libya, evidence that
investigators say links Mr. Wilson to the suspectin-the attempted mur
der of a Libyan. student in-Colorado, allegations that a company con=
trilled by Mrr Wilson bribed a f ormer Federal official, and efforts by a
small Californiacompany tosell sophisticated technology abroad.
Last week, it was reported that, according to associates of Mr. Wil-
son, Amerfcmt pilots; and mechanicsi that he recruited are flying and
main nir planes for the LibymsAIrForce ; ;
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student in: Colorado last year. found.I in March. had-kept it under surveillance associate of Mr. Wilson, is one of. the
sanctuary four months later at:an iso.. I since then in the hope that Mr., Wilson American ordnance experts Mr. Wilson
L~l~in,rr, ucal,.- inn maaaccusea.! -'?"' , two. weeks ago, the neighbors' said. Mr.
had covered the existence of the farm ? Heath accordin
of attempting: to? assassinate a. I
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to a former business
NEW YORK TIMES
25 OCTOBER 1981
This article is based on reporting by 'Federal-favestigatars said this week
Philip Taubman andJeff Garth and was that they were unaware that Mr. Tafoya
written byMr. Tatbtnar.: lived on Mr. Wilson's farm last winter.
shown photographs of W. Tafoy.and In Fort Collins an April 12,1981, accord-
confirmed that he was the man who bad mgtO court records. -
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met Mr. Tafoya In the course of business handgun used lathe shooting to a: Fior.
while he was at the farm and had also Ida man who said he sold it, to Mr. Ta--
met other Wilson associates who stayed foya, did not happen until March. A war-'
.at the propes-The n-a were rant far Mr. Tafoya.'s arrest was issued
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The. neighbors. and merchants, who name of possible suspects: The first
asked not to. be named. said they had in the case
the tracing of then
until earlier this month that Mr. Tafoya
faced criminal charges. He is currently
being held in Fort Collbss. Colo., pend-
ing trial an state charges. - :
tigators, despite the
Hess associate of Mr. Wilson.. asp' telephone records,
The neighbors said they did not learn had not attempted to see if Mr._Tafoya,
bors and merchants said. They said -he
had been escorted to the farm by a bust.
Farm, about 3S miles south of Landon,: I J&: to a telephane+number thatf
for three weeks in February, the neigh ! proved to be the number of the phone in,
The neighbors said that Mr. Wilson
agent who is nowa fugitive in Libya, ac- never questioned by any. American or had visited the properties only once. two
cording to neighbors and. local. mer- British authorities. about- the farm or years ago; but that his associates had
chants in England. Mr. Tafoya. Mr. Tafoya's 'teleph a' held business meetings there. Two of the.
The accused assassin. Eugene A. Ta. .records, according to Federal imretisa- three homes are equipped with Tetex
foya, lived in a bungalow at Broxmead :contained numerous calls earlier? ma p.
Wilson, a former American intelligence However, neighbors: said they: were in uoya.
visited the farm for 1hre&wedts..
Federal investigators looking into the
attempted a inn ton'sad in. July
that theybad.fouad.avid including,
bank and telephone records, that linked
-Mr. Tafaya?to-Mr. Wilson. On the basis
. of that evidence, Investigators said they
believed that- Mr. Wilson might have
been responsible for arranging the Oct.
14,1980, attack against the Libyan sir.
dent.: Faisal Zags"-'. - an. oabpoken,
critic of Cal.. Nuammar ekQaddafl, the'
leadevofl
-cto ?L "4`1 European and African based comps.
farm, he was not wanted for- arrest or
questioning the shooting r Hies that are controlled by Mr. Wilson.
is because au
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