ARREST IS EXPECTED SOON IN MURDER OF TERRORIST

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• Publication Date: January 13, 1983
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ON SAG C C'
MIAMS HERALD
13 JANUARY 1983
STAT
A~?r?est is expected soon in
murder of terrorist
By ANA VECIANA-SUAREZ
Herald Stan Writer
Metro-Dade police Investigating the fatal
(Monkey) Morales say ?
they expect "a major
break" and a possible ar-
rest in the case by the
end of the week.
Wednesday, police still
sought the gunman who
shot - the terrorist-
turned-informant In a
crowded Key Biscayne
Bar' last month, but said
they were confident the
"We do expect a major 'morales
break by the end of the week `and we will
probably be going to the state attorney's of-
fice to get a determination on what we
have." Metro homicide Lt. 'At ;Harper_.said
Monday.
Immediately after the Dec. 20 shooting of
Morales, police announced they knew the
identity of the gunman but admitted they had
a lot of legwork to do; before arresting the
suspect.
"It's hard to say when," Metro-Dade Sgt.
John Jones said. "You got to go day to day.
Nothing has come about yet, but the Investi-
gation Is continuing." ,
Ten to 15 people witnessed the late-night
shooting at Cherry's. the lounge at. Roger's
on the Green Restaurant, but they fled after
the barroom brawl. Police say they have
been busy tracking down the witnesses and
talking to them, but refused to give out the
name of those Interviewed. Rogeilo Novo, owner. of Roger's - on -
the - Green and considered a suspect by po-
lice when the. shooting occurred, has not
been taken 14 for questioning by police:
Novo's attorney, Roy Black, said his client is
innocent.
"Mr. Novo didn't shoot Mr. Morales.
Maybe that's why they haven't spoken to
him,"' Black said.
Attorney Michael von Zamft said his
client, Orlando Torres, a gunshop employe,
may be questioned In connection with the
shooting later this week.
"I have been told they would like to ques-
tion him about the shooting," von Zamft said.
"There is no reason I- know of that he should
be."
Police say they still believe the shooting
was a simple barroom brawl and not a crime
of intrigue, a result of Morales' checkered
past.
"That hasn't changed. We still believe It
was a fight over a drink,' Jones said.
Morales' attorney, John Komorowaki, ac-
cused police of "whitewashing" the case.
If you think that was. just your average
barrom fight, I'll sell you a bridge with a toll
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fessional hit."
Morales, 42, drove his flashy Cadillac to
the Key Biscayne bar the night he was shot.
His companion was Nancy Lamazares Cid, a
long-time associate and the widow of a slain
drug trafficker.
Police said a hysterical Cid was still with
Morales when they found him drowning in
his own blood on the carpeted floor of the
bar. He was taken to Mercy Hospital, where
he died a day later.
A double, and sometimes even a triple
agent, Morales worked for the CIA and was
once a top Venezuelan secret police official.
Last year, he admitted his part In the 1976
bombing of a Cubans Airlines flight off Bar-
bados in which 73 persons died. .
In 1980, be became a state Informant In .
4the Operation Tick-Talks narcotics probe.'
Circuit Judge Gerald Kogan later threw out
those cases because he, said Morales'. word
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