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ARTURO DURAZO, aka Arturo Durazo Moreno, "El Negro" DOB: 10/18/22 POB: Cumpas, Sonora, Mexico HT: 5 I 11" WT: 180 Ibs. Hair: Greying Receeding Hairline Eyes: Brown

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DIRECTOR, FBI

'. CLASSIFICATION: o TOP SECRET o SECRET o CONFIDENTIAL o UNCLAS EFT 0 o UNCLA$

Date 2 3 84

FROM: LEGAT, MEXICO CITY (163-7111) (F)

SUBJECT: ARTURO ~RAZO, aka Arturo ~razo ~oreno, "Negro' »'urazo, FPC 00: BUREAU

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Enclosed ,for each off~ce is one copy of a photograph of ARTURO DURAZO. Also enclosed 'for each office is one photograph of

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Re Butel, 1/27/84., capi;:iohed "ARTURO DURAZO, aka Arturo Durazo MorE?no, "EI Negro", POSSIBLE ,THREAT ,AGAINST MEXICAN PRESIDENT MIGUEL DE LA, MADRID HURTADO; PFO; 00: LA"; and Legat - Mexico City tel, 1/.30/84, captioned "KARGO; IT8MV (A); 00: SD".

Referenced Legat - ~exico Cit~ teletype to receiving offices set forth details regarding I : I reported by San Diego and Los Angeles to be, seek1ng capt10ned subject and reported to be ~.' g.the address of..,the '£qrrner ... Kargo Case Agent in California. was fired from Mexico 'Federal' Security Directorate 2/1 , for dereliction of duty and was described by the Director o£ DFS as a trigger man or gun man of a violent nature capable of kidnap and murder. I laccordin to DFS Director has no Mexican Gov rnm n fficial tatus. date of birtH~ __ ~~~ place of birth should be treated with caution and no informa~hould be provided to him regarding captioned subject. If~is detected conducting illegal investi­gation in the U.S. he may be referred to USINS to check his bona fides regarding status in the country.

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• .' On 2/2/84, Deputy Federal Attorney General of

Mexico FERNANDO BAEZA requested that the FBI attempt to verify PURAZO's present location and keep ~breast of any movement 6f DURAZO in the U. S.. to facilitate an anticipated request by Mexico for DURAZO's provisional arrest and extradition from the u.s. No such request for arrest or extradition from the U.s. exists to date.

D~puty Federal Attorney General al~Q~advised that DURAZO" s wife and daughter were currently"'in Canada were the daughter was reported to be studying. A bank account in Canada with five million dollars in burazo's wife's name had been detected. Newspapers in Mexico City 2/2/84, ~lso widely report~d the above information.

Legat has requested .that the Mexico Federal Attorney General's, Office keep' news '.reports :to "a minimUm if possible regarding ,any attempts to locate DURAZO in' the' U~S. in order to avoid any: undo publicity which may alert DURAZO to U.s. Government or Mexican Government awareness of DURAZO's present location. '

Investigation to locate DURAZO at present. should be limited to discreet records checks, INS phec~s, DMV and property records checks, etc., and discreet neighborhoods, as well as established sources to determine DURAZO's current location.

Interpol, Mexico, has also placed a worldwide bulletin with Interpol Intennational to be notified of DURAZO's location.

The Mexico Federal Attorney General,' s Office provided a description of DURAZO as follows:

Name Alias Nationality Date of Birth Place of Birth Marital Status Passport Number

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ARTURO DURAZO MORENO Arturo Durazo.and EI Negro Mexican 18 October 1922 Cumpas, Sonora, Mexico Married Mexico Passport No. BJ20867 Issued 10 Qecember 1982

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Height Weight Hair'

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5'11" 180 pounds Graying with receeding hairline Brown.

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LOS ANGELES AND SAN DIEGO DIVISIONS:"'. Through available sources, records checks and discreet neighborhood inquiries attempt to determine DURAZO's present location. Los·Angeles is referred to referenced Butel of 1/27/84, which detai.ls some information from Los Angeles regarding subject's pos~ible location.

Information copies are.provided other receivipg offices in event subsequent investigation develops in those areas.

. Subject has been reported to be escorted by armed bodyguards and may have been responsible for murders in Mexico. He should be considered armed and dangerous.

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TO DIRECTOR (PRIORITY)

ALBUQUERQUE (PRIORITY)

CINCINNATI (PRIORITY)

DALLAS (PRIORITY)

EL PASO (PRIORITY)

HONOLULU (PRIORITY)

HOUSTON (PRIORITY)

LAS VEGAS (PRIORITY)

MIAMI (PRIORITY)

NEW ORLEANS (PRIORITY)

NEW YORK (PRIORITY)

OKLAHOMA CITY (PRIORITY)

PHOENIX (PRIORITY)

SACRAMENTO (PRIORITY)

SAN ANTONIO (PRIORITY)

SAN DIEGO (PRIORITY)

SAN FRANCISCO (PRIORITY)

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v' CHANGED. ARTyRO DUH~ZO, AKA ARTURO DURAZO MORENO, "EL

GILBERTO DUR~ZO, C'FNU) MOR,.Io; POSSIBLE THREAT AGAINST --"" ...... ',~

PRESIDENT MIGUEL DE LA MADRID HURTADO; PFO; FPC.

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MEXICAN

TITLE MARKED "CHANGED" TO REFLECT ADDITIONAL ALIAS OF

GILBERTO DURAZO POSSIBLY BEING USED BY SUBJECT DURAZO.

RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO BUREAU DATED FEBRUARY 26,

1984; BUREAU TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES DATED FEBRUARY 13, 1984;

LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO BUREAU DATED FEBRUARY 10, 1984.

FOR INFORMATION OF OFFICES NOT IN RECEIPT OF PREVIOUS

INFORMATION, INVESTIGATION IN CAPTIONED MATTER WAS PREDICATED

UPON RECEIPT OF INFORMATION FROM CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE 1,

INDICATING THAT ARTURO DURAZO MAY BE PLANNING TO KILL MEXICAN

PRESIDENT MIGUEL DE LA MADRID HURTADO. DURAZO IS THE FORMER

CHIEF OF POLICE IN MEXICO, AND THE CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE HAS

BEEN PERSONALLY ACQUAINTED WITH THE DURAZO FAMILY. ARTURO

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DURAZO ENTERED THE UNITED STATES SOMETIME AFTER THE ELECTION

OF CURRENT MEXICAN PRESIDENT DE LA MADRID BtCAUSE HE WAS BEING

INVESTIGATED BY THE NEW MEXICAN GOVERNMENT FOR ALLEGED FRAUDS

~AINST THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT, ALSO INVOLVING EX-PRESIDENT

LOPEZ-PORTILLO.

ON JANUARY 26, 1984, THE EIGHTH DISTRICT P~NAL COURT

JUDGE, FORTINO VALENCIA SANDOVAL, MEXICO CITY, ISSUED TWO

ARREST WARRANTS AGAINST FORMER MEXICO CITY POLICE AND TRAFFIC

CHIEF ARTURO DURAZO MORENO. THE WARRANTS HAD BEEN REQUESTED

BY THE MEXICAN FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL ON CHARGES OF INCOME

TAX EVASION AND POSSESSION OF PROHIBITED WEAPONS AND CONTRABANDS.

ON FEBRUARY 7, L984~ IOFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL b7C

AFFAIRS (OIA), DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ), WASHINGTON, D .• C.,

CONTACTED THE FUGITIVE/GENERAL GOVERNMENT CRIMES UNIT (F/GGC) ,

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION (CID), FBIHQ, AND ADVISED

THAT A REQUEST FROM MEXICAN AUTHORITIES IS IMMINENT FOR THE

PROVISIONAL ARREST OF CAPTIONED SUBJECT. FURTHER, HE ASKED

THAT THE FBI DISCREETLY DETERMINE SUBJECT'S PRESENT LOCATION.

ON FEBRUARY 9, 1984, DEPUTY FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL OF

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MEXICO,I PROVIDED LEGAT, MEXICO CITY, WITH

XEROXED COPIES OF ARREST WARRANTS ISSUED AGAINST ARTURO DUR,AZO

MORENO FOR CHARGES PRESENTED AGAINST HIM IN MEXICO. COPI~S

OF SAID WARRANTS HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO L-I _____ ...J~ OFFICE

OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, VIA

DIPLOMATIC POUCH DEPARTING MEXICO CITY ON FEBRUARY 10, 1984.

ON FEBRUARY 10, 1984, SAN JUAN OFFICE DETERMINED THAT AN

L...-__ ----II AND. S. DURAZO RENTED TWO ROO~lS AT THE HOLIDAY INN

CONDADO HOTEL, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, FROM DECEMBER 22-24,

1983. LOS ANGELES OFFICE STRONGLY FEELS THAT THE PARTIES

IN FACT WERE SUBJECT ARTURO DURAZO AND HIS \VIFE .... 1 ____ ......

L...-______ ...Jl AND PILOT OR BODYGUARDIL....-_______ --'

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ARTURO DURAZO ALLEGEDLY TRAVELS

ACCOMPANIED Byl ~ TRAVELS IN

A PRIVATELY LEASED LEAR JET, CARRIES A PORTABLE BRIEFCASE

TELEPHONE, AND ALWAYS CARRIES A .45 AUTOMATIC WITH HIM. IT

IS ALSO ALLEGED THAT HE IS USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY BODYGUARDS

CARRYING AUTOMATIC UZIS.

FOR INFORMATION OF CINCINNATI OFFICE, SAN JUAN OFFICE

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OBTAINED TOLL RECORDS WHICH REFLECTED THAT A CALL WAS PLACED

ON DECEMBER 23, 1983, FROf1 ROOM 617 UNDERL..I ___ ...... I, TO

TELEPHONE (614) 436-1845. CINCINNATI IS REQUESTED TO FURNISH

SUBSCRIBER TO ABOVE TELEPHONE NUMBER AND ANY BIOGRAPHICAL

DATA AVAILABLE THROUGH LOCAL CHECKS.

FOR INFORMATION OF THE BUREAU, ON FEBRUARY 17, 1984,

L...-______ ----II SPECIAL AGENT, U. S. CUSTOMS SERVICE,

300 SOUTH FERRY STREET, TERMINAL ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, CONTACTED

A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FBI, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND

ADVISED AS FOLLOWS:

L...-__ ----II ADVISED THAT CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE 2 FURNISHED HIM

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

SOURCE 2 LEARNED OF THE --PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT DE LA

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MADR ID APPRO XIMATELY THREE WEE KS AGO. ADD IT 10 NALLY, SOURCE PREVIOUSLY

ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN PAPERS (BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND IDENTIFICATION) FOR

ARTURO DURAZO. SUPPOSEDLY, ARTURO DURAZO HAD A BROTHER~NAMED

GILBERTO DURAZO, DOB DECEMBER 9, 1915, WHO DIED IN MEXICO

(NOT FURTHER DESCRIBED), WHO SUPPOSEDLY WAS BORN SOMEWHERE

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IN ARIZONA. SOURCE 2 OBTAINED AN APPLICATION FOR

BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF DURAZO'S DECEASED BROTHER THROUGH SOME

(UNSPECIFIEDl CONTACTS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

SOURCE 2 ALSO TRAVELLED WITH ARTURO DURAZO TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

TO OBTAIN LEGAL STATUS THROUGH THE CHIEF OF POLICE, WASHINGTON,

D.C. AREA WHO ALLEGEDLY IS A PERSONAL FRIEND OF EITHER ARXURO

DURAZO AND/OR SOURCE 2.

ARTURO DURAZO ALLEGEDLY HAS A SISTER IN MEXICO NAMED

L...-_________ ---II MARRIED TO A U. S. CITIZEN WHOSE

SON,I RESIDES AT IL...-___________ .....I ~~====~----~~~

ALLEGEDLY, L..1 _________ ----JI\,1ROTE A LETTER TO IMMIGRATION AND

NATURALIZATION SERVICE <INS) ON DECEMBER 12, 1983, REQUESTING

THAT INS GRANT ARTURO DURAZO U. S. CITIZENSHIP AND OFFERED .... 1_----' L...-___ --II ADDRESS AS A REFERENCE FOR SUCH REQUEST.

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SOURCE 2 ALLEGEDLY HAS A CONTACT AT INS, SAN D:1EGO, NAMED L..I __ ....I

r-------, SUPPOSEDLY, SOURCE 2 ATTEMPTED TO HAVE DURAZO'S VISA EXTENDED

AT INS, SAN DIEGO, AND IN VIE\v OF THE FACT THAT HE COULD NOT GET HIS

VISA EXTENDED, HE RATHER OBTAINED A BUSINESS VISA FOR DURAZO TO BE

ABLE TO REMAIN IN THE U. S. IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME IF

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~ __ ~I WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN OBTAINING THE ABOVE BUSINESS VISA.

SOURCE 2 ALSO CONFIRMED THAT VEHICLES REGISTERED TO

ARTURO DURAZO WERE REGISTERED TO SOURCE 2'S HOME ADDRESS.

SOURCE 2 INDICATED THAT ANY TIME HE NEEDED TO GET A HOLD OF

~ _____________ L HE WOULD CALL TELEPHONE (213) 871-7759 AND

HAVE HIM BEEPED. SOURCE 2 REITERATED THAT HE IS UNAWARE OF

EITHER ARTURO DURAZO'S ORI I WHEREABOUTS.

SOURCE 2 STATED THAT IN A LETTER DATED AUGUST 25, 1983,

To~1 __________ ~ U. S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, WASHINGTON,

D.C., ATTORNEY~I ________ ~~ FROM BAK~R AND STEPHENS ATTORNEYS

OFFICE, INDICATED THAT IN VIEW OF INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED

IN MEXICO CITY BY MEXICAN GOVERNMENT IN REGARDS TO ARTURO DURAZO,

HE,I I WOULD BE REPRESENTING DURAZO IN ANY OFFICIAL REQUESTS.

SOURCE 2 STATED THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO INTRODUCE

ANY FEDERAL OFFICER IN AN UNDERCOVER CAPACITY IN THE EVENT IT

BECAME NECESSARY TO TRAVEL TO CANADA TO MEET WITH SUBJECT'S

WIFE,I ~ FOR THE PLANNING OF THE ASSASSINATION OF

MEXICAN PRESIDENT MIGUEL DE LA MADRID~

INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS BEING FURNISHED TO ADDITIONAL

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OFFICES FOR INFORMATION ONLY AND IN THE EVENT SUBJECTS MIGHT BE

TRAVELLING TO THOSE LOCATIONS IN THE FUTURE.

THE BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO FORWARD ABOVE INFORMATION TO

LEGATS, MEXICO CITY .AND OTTAWA, CANADA.

AD MIN I ST R AT I V E :

SOURCE 1 IS 1

SOURCE 2 IS A U. S. CUSTOMS CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE IDENTIFIED

AS L...I _____ ......

THE FBI REPRESENTATIVE WHO DISCUSSED ABOVE INFORMATION

WITH SPECIAL AGENTI I, U. S. CUSTOMS, ~lAS

WITH PREJUDJCE BACK IN 1979 BY LOS ANGELES WHEN HE FAILED TO

PASS A POLYGRAPH EXAMINATION REGARDING SOME SENSITIVE INFORMATION

HE FURNISHED RELATIVE TO SOME TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. L-I ___ ......

HAS BEEN INVESTIGATED BY THE FBI, LOS ANGELES, FOR IMPERSONATION

OF A FEDERAL OFFICER AND INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN

PROPERTY. ON BOTH OCCASIONS, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S (USA) OFFICE,

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, DECLINED PROSECUrION BASED ON LACK

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PAGE NINE (LA 185A-393) U N C LAS

OF PROSECUTIVE MERIT. IT IS THE OPINION OF THE LOS ANGELES

OFFICE THAT IL.....-__ ...... I ~JILL MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MANIPULATE

LOCAL AND FEDERAL AGENCIES TO HIS ADVANTAGE AND WILL DO SO TO HELP SUBJECT ARTURO DURAZO, I I LONG TIME PERSONAL FRIEND. I I HAS INDICATED TO U. S. CUSTOMS THAT HE DOES NOT W ISH TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE FBI NOR WILL HE TAKE A

POLYGRAPH ON ABOVE INFORMATION.

LOS ANGELES OFFICE WILL CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF

INTRODUCING AN UNDERCOVER FBI AGENT THROUGHI I, AS LONG

Asl lIS KEPT OUTSIDE OF ALL ACTIVITIES ONCE. AN

INTRODUCTION IS EFFECTED. THIS PROPOSAL WILL BE HELD IN

ABEYANCE TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN CAPTIONED MATTER AND AFTER

ALL LOGICAL LEADS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED BY THE LOS ANGELES

OFFICE.

IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT IT IS ALLEGED THAT ARTURO DURAZO

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IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY ARMED GUARDS AND HE CARRIES A .45 CALIBER

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ARTURO D~ AKA ARTURO DURAZO ~ "~L N~, GILB~RTO DURA10, (rNU) MOREiO; POSSI\Ll THR':AT AGAINST M>:XICA'~ PR~SID~NT MIGUiL D~A MADRID HURTADO; PrO; FPC. 00: LOS ANG~L~S.

FOR INFORMATION OF OFFIC~S NOT IN R~C~IPf OF PR~VIOUS

COMMUNICATIONS, THIS MATT~H VAS PR~DICAT~D UPON H~C~IPT OF

INFORMATION THAT ARTURO DURAZO, FORM~R CHI~F OF POLIC~ OF M~XICO,

WAS PLANNING TO ASSASSINATE PR~SIDiNT MIGU~L D~ LA MADRID HURTADO

OF M~XICO. TH~ ASSASSINATION PLOT CALLS FOR A CO-CONSPIRATOR

TO MEET WITH SUBJ~CT'S SON IN LOS ANG~LiS, ARRANG~ TRAViL TO

CANADA, TO MEET ADDITIONAL CO-CONSPIRATORS FOR fHl PLANNING OF

St.TTING UP A Mt.RC~NARY FORCE TO TRAV~L TO MEXICO AND ASSASSIWAT~

PRESIDl!.NT DE LA MADRID.

FOR INFORMATION OF Ri:!:C£IVING OFFICiS, ON F~jjRUARY 24, 1984,

LEGAT, M[XICO CITY, ADVISl!.D THAT THiY HAD DISSiMINAT~D INFORMATIU~

R~GARDING TH~ ALLt.GED THR£AT BY SUbJiCT ARTURO DURAZOrO KILL

PAG!!. THR~!!. (LA 185A-393) U N C LAS

PRESID~NT OF MI!.XICO MIGU~L DE LA MADRID, WHICH IN TUR~ HAS d~cN

PROVID!!.D DIR~CTLY TO PR~SID~~T DE LA MADRID HIMSiLF. MUCH

CONCl!.RN HAS Bl:.l:.N G~Nl!.RATi!.D OVI:.R THIS THRl:o..AT INASMUCH AS TH~

D~PUTY MiXICO F~DERAL ATTORN~Y G~Nl:.RAL HAS ADVISED THAI DURAZO

MAY HAVI!. AS MUCH AS ONI:. BILLION DOLLARS AT HIS DISPOSAL, WITH

AT LEAST SI!.V[N MILLION DOLLARS CONFIRM~D IN CANADIAN BANKS.

ON Fl:.BRUARY 23, 1984, THl:. D~PUTY FiDI:.RAL AITORNI!.Y G~Nl!.RAL

OF MI:.XICO, Fi!.RNANDO BAI:.ZA, MiT WITH U. S. AOOdASSADOR JOHN GAVIN.

BAt.ZA ADVISED THAT ON REQU~ST FROM TH~ ATTORNI!.Y GIi:NERAL H~ WAS

CONTACTING THE AMBASSADOR TO ARRANGI!. A MEETING WITH THE U. S.

ATTORNEY G£NI£RAL IN ORDI:.R THAT THE ATTORNEY G£NI£RAL OF \t'Jl!.XICO,

THROUGH BAEZA, PROVIDE THE U. S. ATTORNEY GEN~RAL A Rl!.QUI:.ST FOR

URGENT, DIRECT INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI TO RESOLVE THIS THRiAT.

MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ARE TAKING THIS THREAT VERY SERIOUSLY IN

VIEW OF THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE TO DURAZO.

ON FEBRUARY 24, 1984, BAEZA ADVISED THAT Hl!. ANTICIPATI!.D

TRAViLLING TO vlASHINGTON, D.C. ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 28,1984,

FOR TH~ PURPOSE OF DELIVERING A L~TTER TO THE U. S. ATfORNEY

GiNl!.RAL FROM THE ATTORNEY GENl:.RAL OF MEXICO REQUESTING PROMPf

PAG~ FOUR (LA 185A-393) U N C LAS

INViSTIGATION IN TH£ UNITED STAT£S BY THE FBI OF ALLEGED fHR~AT

BY DURAZO TO KILL MEXICAN PR~SID~NT MIGU~L D~ LA MADRID.

BAEZA FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE ALLiG~D THR~AIS AGAINST

PRESIDENT DE LA MADRID AR~ TH~ NUM8~R ON~ PRIORITY OF TH~ M~XICAN

ATTORN~Y GfwiRAL, AND TH~Y WISH TO CONViY THIS SENS~ OF URG~NCY

TO TH~ UNITED STATES ATTORNiY G~N~RAL.

ON F~a~UARY 23, 19B4, U. S. CUSTOMS ATTACH~, M~XICO.CITY,

ADVISED THAT A CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE HAD DETERMIN~D THAT ON

JANUARY 20, 19b3, AND NOV~~d~R 29, 1983, ARTURO DURAZO HAD B~~N

DET~CT~D ~NT~RING THE UNIT~D STAT~S, LISTING AS HIS PLAC~ OF

RiSID~NC~ 485 ~ORTH DOH~NY DRIV~, B~V[RLY HILLS, CALIFOR~IA 90210.

TH~ CUSTOMS ATTACHi ALSO ADVIS~D THAT TH~R~ HAU b~~N A RUMOR

THAT ARTURO DURAZO WAS R~SIDING IN A HOME OWNiD BY FORMER PR~SID~NT

OF MEXICO LOP~Z-PORTILLO IN SPAIN.

ON F~BRUARY 25, 1983, A R~PR~S~NTArIV~ OF rH~ FBI LOS ANG~L~S

OFFIC~, ACCOMPANI~D BY A REPR~S~NTATIV~ OF U. s. S~CRir S~RVIC~,

LOS ANG~L~S, CALIFORNIA, MADi A DISCR~iT PR~T~XI I~'UIRY Ai

THi WESTWOOD MARQUIS HOT~L, W~STWOOD, CALIFORNIA, FOR rH~

PURPOSE OF D~TECTING TH~ PRiS~NC~ OF ANY KNOWN SUSP~CIS I~

PAG~ FIV~ (LA 185A-393) U N C LAS

CAPTIONiD MATTi'.R. IT SHOULD Bl:. NOTED THtlT THi \~~snvooJ) l'JARQUIS

HOT~L IS AN EXCLUSIVE HIGH ROLLiR TYPi HOT~L, WHl:.R~ A LOT OF

FAMOUS ROCK STARS Rt'.PORTt'.DLY STAY WHILi VISITING LOS ANG~L~b.

IT HAS ALSO Bl:.iN RiPORT~D BY CONFID~NTIAL SOURC~ 1 AND CONFID~NrIAL

SOURCi 2 THAT ARTURO DURAZO WAS RESIDING AT THE W~ST~OOD MARQUIS

HOT~L FOR A PROLONGl:.D P~RIOD OF TIM~ UNTIL Hi'. ALL~G~DLY PURCHAStD

A CONDOMINIUM IN THE WESTWOOD ARiA. DURAZO USiD TO FRi'.QU~Nf

TH~ W~ST~OOD MAHQUIS HOTi'.L UWTIL A LOT OF PU6LICITY CAME OUT OF

M~XICO RiGARDING HIS CASi, AND ~2XICAN GOVi'.RNM~NT OFFICIALS CA~~

TO LOS ANG~L~S TO CONDUCT TH~IR OWN INViSTIGATIO~ TO LOCATE

DURA. ::$8, 4:3 , APPARiNTLY THIS SITUATION CRiATED

TOO MUCH Hl:.AT AND DURAZO FLiD THi UNITi'.D STAT~S.

IT SHOULD 8E NOT~D THAT ARTURO DURAZO'S L.I ______ ....J

r----....,I IS TH!!: MAITRE. '0 AT TH~ 1;J£SnJOOD (VJARQUIS kC.SlAURAlH, Al~D

ACCORDING TO SOURCE 1, I IRl£PORTiDLY OWNS IH~ K~STAURA1~f.

DURING THE PRETEXT CONTACT AT TH~ W~STWOOD ~ARGUIS HOT~L,

AN IND IVIDUAL SAT NEXT TO P>GiNTS AND t~AS Rl!.F~RR~D fl)

AS "YOUR ~XCiLLENCY" WHILE diING ADDRt'.SSEJ) BY ON~ OF IHi'. MAIrR~ 'OS.

IT WAS NOT~D DURING THl:. COURSE OF THe: DIN[\JiR THAT THE INDIVIDUAL

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• PAGi SIX (LA 185A-393) U N C LAS

y SPO Kt SPANISH FLUt!.NTLY, AND THIS t<JAS US!:!:!) AS A PR~n.Xr l:lY

FBI AGeNT, ~'iHO IS FLUl!.NT IN SPANISH ,. TO Dl!.CO[~1!: ACG)UAINTl!.D

WITH THf INDIVIDUAL. DU~ING A THRt!.t!.-HOUR CONV~RSATIO~ WITH CHi

INDIVIDUAL, IT \oJAS LI!:ARNl!.D THAT HIS NMli t~AS I ~

OF UNKNOWN OCCUPATION, Rl!.SIDING ATI 10F THi WlsrWOOD

MARQUIS HOTl!.L, tVITH P~RrvIANiIH R!£SIDf!.NCI!: ATI b6 b7C

L.....-________ ...JI MeXICO. L...I ___ ----JISTATl!.D THAT HI!: HAD A

COUSIN WORKING IN THI!: HOTJ!.L AND ANOTHJ!.R COUSIN 'L...1 __ ....I1 (LAST i~AMl!. UNKNOWN), WAS AN OWN~R OF THE HOTiL. COMMO~ COURT~SIJ!.S Wt!.R~

t!.XT iND1!;D TOL...l ___ ----J AND IT vJAS NOn.D THAT 1-1 ___ ----IIBJ!.CAil'l!!.

VeRY FRIeNDLY \oJITH CONTACTING ?I.GiNTS. 1 IINDICAft!.D fHAT

He; WOULD 8~ GLAD TO HAVl!. THi AGiNTS AND ACCOMPANYING PARTlt.S VISIT

HIM AT HIS SUITi IN TH!!. FUTUR~. I---___ ...JI ALSO INDICATED THAT

HE HAD TWO TE~NAG~ DAUGHTt.RS IN M!!.XICO (19 Y~ARS OLU AND 16 YeARS b

OLD), AND THAT HIS WIFt (NAMi UNKNOWN), WAS HOSPIIALIlt!.D AT THi b7C b7D

UNIV~RSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGeLl!.S (UCLA) HOSPITAL.

ON Fl!.8RUARY 27, 1984, SOURCI£ 2, WHO HAS PROVID~D Rt.LIABLt.

INFORMAT ION IN THi PAST, ADVISlD THAT I-I _________ ...J

1---_----11 IS ARTURO DURAZO'SII---__ ----I HAS Bl:!.E.N ACTING Vl:!.RY STRAl~Ge

• " PAG~ S~V~N (LA 185A-393) U N C LAS

LAT~LY AND HAS COMi TO WiAR SUNGLASS~S ALL TH~ TI~~, AS IF H~

WAS TRYING TO HID!!. HIS IDl!.NTITY. I IbHOIHdt (NAI~~ UNKNOi'JI~)

IS KNOWN TO TRAV~L WITH DURAZO ALL TH~ fI~~, AND H~ WAS LAST S~~N

IN THi \'JEST\vOO;) MARQUIS HOT~L T\~O OR THHl!.l!. tlJl!:t:J{S AGO.

SOURCE 2 ALSO Rl!:PORTl!.D THAT 1 1 AR1URO' SIL.....-_....J HAS B~EN S~l!:N AT THt: Wl!.STWOOD MARQUIS HOT~L EV~RY DAY AT lH~

GARD~N Tl!.RRACE ROOM. HE. W~ARS A BEEPER ALL TH~ TI~~ AND Sc~~S

TO Bt!. CO NDUCT ING BUSI NE.SS FROM THl!; HOTl!.L. I I AND 1-1 ___ ----1

FRt.QUt.NTLY M~l!.T AT THE GA.RDiN Ti:RRAC!£ ROO!'I AND CARRY ON CONVl:!.RSAIIul~S

IN SPANISH, WHICH THl!. SOURCE IS UNABLf TO UND~RS1AND.

SOURC~ HAS ALSO Rt!:PORTI!.D THATI ISl!.!!.iY1S fO bl!. Vc.RY

N~RVOUS ABOUT THl!: ST ATUS OF HIS UNCLe:, /.\RTURO, AND I-I ___ ...J

INDICATED TO HIM THAT HE. WAS PLANNING ON MOVING AWAY FROM HIS

Rt:SID~NCl!. Bl!.CAUS~ TOO MANY Pl!.OPLi WERt: ASKING TOO MANY QU~STIO~S.

ON F'~8RUAkY 26, 1984, A DISCR!!.E.T INc,::'UIRY WAS C01~DUCTl!.D AI

425 NORTH DOH!!.NY DRIVE, Bl!.VERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA, AND If wA~

NOTED THAT 425, 427, AND 429 ARE IN THi SAME APARIM~NT bUILDIwG.

IT WAS OBSl!:RVl!.D THAT THE APAHTr1~NT oU IL DI NG IS A Vl!.RY OLD

APARTMENT BUILDING, AND HAS THl!. APPl!.ARANCl:!. OF' AN OLD FOLKS

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• PAGt. EIGHT (LA 185A-393) U ill C LAS

HOME. TH~ NAM~S ON TH~ MAILbOX~S W~R~ ~~VI~W~D AND NO FAMILIAR

_ NAM[ WAS NOTED AND A COUPL~ OF MAILBOX~S W~R~ NAM~L~SS.

LOS ANG~L~S HAS ALR~ADY R~QU~STt.D UTILITI~S ON ALL SU8SCRld~RS

OF APARTMENTS LOCAT~D AT 425, 427, AN0 429, SUPRA, FOR FULL

ID E NT I F I CAT ION.

ON F~BRUARY 28, 1984, lJISCRc.t.T INQUIRI~S A'i UCLA HOSPIIAL

R~FL~CTED THAT THEY HAD AI h-iOSPIlALIZl:!.u IHiKJ!., ROO[YI

NUMBfR 909, TEL~PHON~ ~UMB~R 206-2581, AND WAS PROBABLY b~ING

R~L~AS~D WITHIN TH~ N~XT TWO DAYS.

ON F't::BRUARY 28, 1984, SOURCli: 2 ADVISb.D THAT .... I ______ ---I

ARRIV~D AT TH~ W~STWOOD MARQUIS HOT~L ON FEBRUARY 22, 1984,

tHTH Rt.Si:!.hV/\TIONS THROUGH MARCH 29, 1984 • .... 1_---11 CAt"Jl1. FRatv'I l'Hl1.

C~NTURY PLAZA HOT~L, ROOM 1751, AND WAS CHARGING ~XPI:!.WSl1.S fa HIS

VISA CARD NUMB£RI L

ADMI N ISTRAT IVE:

Ri LOS ANGl1.LiS Tl1.Lt.TYPi TO bURiAU, F~BRUARY 21, 19~4; L~GAI,

rfJl:!.XICO CITY TELt.TYPE TO BURI£AU, FEBRUARY 24, 1984; AND tlURI:!.AU

Tl!:LI!.TYP~S TO LOS ANGiLI:!.S, FiJ:)RUARY 25, 1984.

SOURC~ 1 Is~1 _________________ ~

• PAGti: NINI!: (LA It;5A-393) U N C LAS

ANG~LES, CALIFORNIA.

• SOURCt. 2 IS 1-1 _____ ----IIItIHO HAS PROVID~D Rt.LIABLI!.

INFORMATION IN THJ£ PAST, AND ~mo IS IN A POSITION TO KilJO\A}.

SOURCt. 3 IS U. S. CUSTOMS CONFIDI!.NTIAL SOURC£ IDI!.NTIFII!.D

AS 1-1 ______ ----11 \VHO HAS OL!.E.N CHARACTE.RIZ~D BY LOS ANGiLI!.S IN

THE PAST.

SP I!. C I AL AG J£ NT~I========::::;-----,~ ACT I !'JG AS L..I ______ ....J~ AND SP~CIAL AG~NTI-I ____ ----I U. S. SECRET SI!.RVICI!., LOS ANGI!.LI!.S,

WI!.R[ TH~ AG~NTS WHO MADt. A DISCR~ET DIN~~R INQUIRY AT TH~ WI!.STWUOD

MARQUIS HOTt.L.

R~QUEST OF THZ BURI!.AU. 6UR~AU IS R~QUI!.SI~D TO DISSI!.MINATt.

ABOVi INFORMATION TO LEGATS, MI!.XICO CITY, OTTAWA, CANADA, AND

PARIS, FRANCf..

FOR THE INFORMATION OF THt. 8UR~AU, U. S. CUSTO~S SOURC!!.

WAS AT ON!!. TIML UND~R THt. FiDaRAL WITN~SS PROTECTION PROGRA~, AND

AS SUCH, LOS ANG~LI!.S IS RI!.QUiSTING THAT FBIHQ OBTAIN U. S.

D~PARTMiNT OF JUSTIC~ APPROVAL FOR INT~RVIaW OF THIS SOURCt. AS

SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BUR~AU IS B!!.ING NOTIFIiD OF FBI LOS ANGEL!!.S UND~RCOViR PROPOSAL

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• • PAGi T~N (LA IB5A-393) U N C LAS

BY S£PARAT~ COV~R. SAC AUTHORITY WAS OBTAIN~D ON F~BRUARY 27,

1984., AND Lli.GAL ANALYSIS REFL~CT~D THE FOLLOWING:

IT IS TH~ OPINION OF LiGAL ADVISORS IN LOS ANG~L~S THAT

"THERE DO£S NOT APPEAR TO BE A VIOLATION OF THE PFO STATUf~

(SEE: 18 USC 112 AND 1116), SINCE THE FACTS AT PRESENT APP~AR

TO INDICATE THAT THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WILL TAK~ PLAC~ IN

THE VICTIM'S HOM~ COUNTRY OF MEXICO. THUS THE CRIM~ WOULD NOT

OCCUR INSIDE THE UNITED STATES OR IN A COUNTRY OTHER THAN

HIS (VICTII"J'S) OWN. THE PROJt::CT ALSO PUTS A UC-SA IIHO AN

UNDERCOVER ROLE, WHEREIN THE AG~NT IS OPiRATING IN AT L~AST ON~

FORi£IGN COUNTRY, I.E., CANADA, AND POSSIBLY A S~COND, Ml!.XICO."

ON FEBRUARY 28, 1984, ASSISTANT UNITED STATl!.S ATTORN~Y (AUSA)

~ ____________ ~I LOS ANGELiS, CALIFORNIA, WAS APPRAISiD OF TH~

FACTS OF THIS MATTl!.R. H~ ADVIS~D THAT IT ~AS THE OPINION OF HIS

OFFIC~ THAT A CONSPIRACY TO KILL A FOREIGN OFFICIAL WOULD d~ A

VIOLATION OF S~CTION 371 IF AN OVERT ACT WAS COMMITT~D I~ fHIS

DISTRICT, iV~N IF TH~ INTENJiD VICTIM W[R~ ULTIMATiLY KILL~D I~

HIS OWN COUNTRY, I.~. M~XICO.

IT lJJAS ALSO THE. OPINION OF AUSAL-I __ ----IITHAT IN VIl!.\v OF TH~

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ABOVti. AND T He Sl[~S IT I V ITY OF TH I SMATTeR, TH IS ItNeST IG AT 10 N

SHOULD BE CONTINU~D UNDl!.R TH~ PFO STATUTi.

LOS ANGLLtS WILL CONTINUl!. DISCR~~T I~QUlkI~S AND WILL Be

CONDUCTli~G A GROUP II OPl!.RATION fOR AN INTRODUC'fION OF AN Fr31

UNDl.!.RCOVt..R AGt:NT TO .... 1 ______ ----J~l'1HO ALLiGl!.DLY IS Dt..SIRII~G

TO MAKi CONTACT WITH MERCENARIl!.S TO TRAV~L TO CA~ADA FOR

ASSASSINATION PLOT AGAINST PRESIDENT Di LA MADRID IN MeXICO.

IN VIE.\~ OF TH~ FACT THAT SPt!.CIAL AG!!.NT L-I ______ ~L

ALBUQU~RQUl!., IS P~RSONALLY ACQUAINTt..D WITH U. S. CUSrOMS SOURC~

AND THi SOU~C~ HAS INDICATt..0 THAT Hi WILL FiEL MOST COMfORfAbLe

vJOR KING \.JITH HIM, LOS ANGeLt:S RECOt~I"1~N;)S THAT SA L..I ___ ....J

Be GIV~N CONSIDERATION AS UCA FOR THl.!. GROUP II UNDERCOViR OPeRATION.

Ll!.GAT, M~XICO CITY, IS R~GU~STl!.D NOT TO DIVULGE ANY I~F0kMArI0N

ReGARDING GROUP II PROPOSAL TO M~XICAN AUTHORllI~S I~ ORDeR fa

INSURE THt.. SAFeTY OF THt.. UCA t~D SUCCeSS OF THl!. OPeRArION.

LEGAT, M~XICO CITY, IS Rt:QUiSTED TO DISCRt..~TLY ASCeRlAIN

ANY BACKGf-iOUND AVAILABL~ O~ Ip,ND .... I ____ ----J

AT .... I _________________ ----JI, MiXICO, A!~D DeTeRMI!~~

IF THeY A~l.!. R~LATED TO ARTURO DURAZO AND/OR l!.X-PRt..SIDENf LOPl.!.L-

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..

• • PAG~ Tw~LV~ (LA lSJA-393) U ~ C LAS

PORT ILLO.

•

L~GAT, M~XICO CITY, IS ALSO R~QU~ST~D TO ADVIS~ M~XICAw

AUTHORITI~S OF THE IMPORTANC~ OF DISCONTINUING THEIR A£fiMPlS

TO LOCAT~ DURAZO INASMUCH AS IT S~~OOS OdVIOUS THAT TH~IR I~QUIRI~S

CAUS~D HIM TO FL~~ TH~ U~IT~D STAT~S, WHICH IS THE PLAC~ wH~R~

He.. INTl!.NDl:!.D TO ~1AKi HIS P~RMP,Nl!.NT Ht!.SID~NCt..

LOS ANGt.LiS IS I~ A POSITIO~ TO IM~~UIAT~LY 0t.T~RMINl!. rH~

LOCATION OF THl:!. CONDOMINIUM PURCHASl:!.D oY DURAZO, ~Ul IT IS F~LT

THAT ANY INQUIRY TO THAT 2FFiCT WILL ALERT DURAZO OF TH~ F~I'S

INThRl:!.ST IN THIS MATT~R, AND WOULD J~OPARDIZl:!. TH~ CHANC~S OF

DURAZO ~V~R R~TURNING TO TH~ UNIT~D STAtiS.

Ll:!.GAT, M~XICO CITY, IS R~QUiSTl:!.D TO FURNISH INTgRt.ST~D

OFFICiS ADDITIOt~AL BACKGROUND INFORMATION RE:GARDII~G ARTURO DURALO,

TO INCL UDe; BUT NOT LHIIT ~D TO, NAMl:.S AND PHO TOG RAPHS OF R ~LA II Vt.S ,

CLOSE ASSOCIAThS, bODYGUARDS, AND ANY OTHhR BACKGROUND Pc..f(fL~c.!'if

TO THIS MATTt.R.

LEGAT, M~XICO CITY, IS RhQUt.ST~D TO A~PRAISc. M~XICAN

AUTHORITIeS OF TH~ IMPORTANCi OF LiTTING THg F8I HANDLt. fHIS

INVESTIGATION AiW TO Rb.MIND THb.M THAT IT IS ~iOST 8~Nc.FICIAL FUR

.. • PAGE THIRTE~N (LA 185A-393) U N C LAS

TH~M TO INSURE THE SAFETY OF POSSIBLE SUBJEClS IN THIS MATr~R

AND/OR TH~Ik R~LATIV~S, AS IT IS F~LT THAT THE FBI'S INV~SII­

GAT ION HAS TH~ POT~NTIAL OF ID~NTIFYI~G ADDITIONAL SUBJ~CTS IN

THi ASSASSINATION PLOT, TO INCLUD~ CO-CONSPlriAIORS wHO AR~

R~SIDING IN MEXICO AT THE PRgSENT TIM~.

ON FI!.BRUARY 27, 1984, SPl:.CIAL AGEfHL..I _______ ...JI,

U. S. CUSTOMS S~RVIC~, OFFICi OF INVtSTIGATIONS, 300 SOUTH FtRRY

STRE~T, TERMINAL ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, ADVIS~D THAT SOURCE 3 WILL

Bi!. WILLING TO Bt: INTl!;RVIi~J't!.D BY THi FBI, LOS ANGtLc.S, CALIF'ORl'IIA,

IN R~SPECT TO THE INFORMATION H~ HAS biiN FURNISHING Rc.GARDING

CAPTIONED MATTER.

SANS IS IEALY KINtRATIONS FOR THi

INT~RVII!.W OF U. S. CUSTOMS SOU~Ci.

hECiIVING OFFIC~S AR~ RI!.MIND£D THAT INV~STIGATION TO L0CAT~

DURAZO SHOULD BE LIMITtD TO DISCRI!.~T R~CORDS CHiCKS, INS CH~CKS,D

DMV AND PROP~RTY Ri!:GORDS CHECKS, ETC., AND DISCRt:ET N~IGHBORH0UDS,

AS WiLL AS t:STABLISHED SOURClS TO DiTiRMINc. DURAZO'S CURR~~1

LOCATION. ANY OTHER INVESTIGATION SHOULD Bi!. COOHDINAr~D DIRI!.CTLY

WITH LOS ANG~Lc.S.

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PAGE FOURTEEN (LA 185A-393) U N C LAS

R~CIPIENTS ARE ALSO REQU~STiD TO ~NSURi THAT ALL

COMMUNICATIONS IN THIS MATT~R BE DIRECT£D TO ~UR~AU AND LOS

ANG~LiS BiARING CAPTION AS S[T FORTH IN THIS T£L£TYPi.

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PR~SIDENT MIGUEL DE LA MADRID HURTADO; PfO; FPC. 00: LOS ANG~L~S.

R~ LOS ANG~L~S T~L£TYPi TO BUReAU 0AT~D F~6RUAKY 29, 1984.

TH£ FOLLOWING INFORMATIOh WAS INADViRTiNTLY OMITT[D FRO~

REFERENCED TiL£TYPE:

IN VI~W OF THi FACT THAT ARTURO DURAZO IS ALL~GiDLY

ACCOMPANliD BY ARM~D GUARDS, THAT Hi ~iPOPT~DLY ALWAYS CARRI~S

A .45 AUTOMATIC WITH HIM, AND IN VIEW OF TH~ S~RIOUS~~SS OF TH~

ALL~GATION, Hi SHOUL0 Bi CONSIDiRiD ARMiD AND EXTR~MELY DANG~ROUS.

ARM~D AND iXTREMfLY DANGiROUS.

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MIGUEL DE LA MADRID HURTADO; PFO; FPC; 00: LOS ANGELiS (LA)

REF£RENC~ LA TEL[TYPE TO FBIHQ DATED MARCH 11 1984, AriD

BUTELCALL TO LA ON MARCH 1, 1984.

ON MARCH 1, 1984, CAPTIONED MATTgR WAS DISCUSSiD WITH

Dl!:PARHI1ENT OF JUSTICE <DOJ) , CRIMINAL DIVISION, ATTORNl£Y ..... 1 __ .....I

D CONCERNING POSSI3L~ PF'O VIOLATION. ATTORNiYL-I_----I

TEL~PHONICALLY CONTACTED ASSISTANT U~IT£D STATiS ATTOR~~Y CAUSA)

L...-_____ ....JI IN LA, AND DISCUSSED ~!IrH HHl THt: DIffICULfY

OF iSTABLISHING A PFO VIOLATION IN THIS CASl£. ATTORN2Y ..... 1 __ ....1

ADVISiD THAT AUSP, ..... 1 _----II Ul~DiRSTOOD THIS DIFF'ICUL IY,

AND WOUL~ 3~ STRUCTURING HIS tF'FORTS TO OTHER VIOLATIONS,

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PAGE THREi Dl!. HQ, 01~1 UNCLAS i£ F T 0

SUCH AS FEDiRAL FIR~ARMS ACT VIOLAYIONS CONC~RNING AUTOWATIC

~EAPONS IN POSSiSSION OF SUaJ~CT AND HIS ASSOCIAT~5, AND ALSO

POSSIBLi ~iUTRALITY ACT VIOLATIO~S IN SETTING UP A ~~RCiNARY

FORCE TO TRAVEL TO MiXICO TO ASSASSINATi PR~SID~NT D~ LA ~A0RID.

ATTOHNl:!.YL..1 _----JI ~,JAS Of' THi opunorlJ THAT CUR1-tiln FACIS DU

NOT INDICATE A VIOLATION OF PFO STATUTiS; HO~J~Vf.R, Hi DID I~OT

Bl!.LI~Vi IaV~STIeATIO~ SHOULD ~~ DISCONTI~UiD, AS POSSIBL~ PFO

VIOLATIO~ COULD ~XIST IF PLOT TO ASSASSI~ATi MiXICA~ Prt~SID~~T b6

WAS ~FF~CTiO I~ TH~ UNITl!.D STAT~S (U.So) OR A THIRD COUNTRY b7C

OT HiP. THAN f>'J£XICO.

FBIHQ HAS PRiS~NT~D THE POSSIGLi ~~UTRALITY VIOLATION TO

DOJ, IiVTl!:RNAL S?:CURITY SeCTIO[-;, AND IS AUAlIli~G AN OPI;~HJlJ.

I~MIGKATION AND NATURALIZATION S~RVIC~ ri~ADQUART~RS A0VIS~D

THAT SUBJ~CT'S MOST R~CENT ARRIVAL I~ THE U.S. WAS ON o~c~~a~R

22, 1983, AT SAN JUA~, PUiRTO RICO, A~D SUBJECT'S MOS! R~C~~I

D~PARTURi FROM THi U.S. WAS O~ JANUARY II, 19~4, AT HO~OLULU,

HAWAII. THi SUdJECT'S WHE~aABOUTS IS CURRl!.NTLY UNKwOP~.

FBIHQ HAS OBTAI~iD DOJ APPROVAL FOR INTERVIEw Of FUR~~R

1,JITNl:!.SS PROTh:CTION PROGRAM Pt.l~TICIPf\l~T IL...-______ ...I LA

PROC~iD WITH TH~ INTiRVleW.

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A MERC~NARY FORCE WAS FORMED BY THE SUBJ~CT TO TRAV~L FROM rH~

UNITED STATES TO MEXICO TO ASSASSINATE THE. 1i1l-!:XICAN PRl!.SIDliNT.

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VIOLATIONS COULD BE CO~SIDERiD AT THAT TIMi.

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ARTURO DURAZO, AKA; POSSIBLi THR~AT AGAI~ST MtXICAN fR~bI0~~r

MIGU~L D~ LA MADRID HURTADO; PFO; FPC; 00: LOS ANGiL~S (LA)

R~F~RtNCi LA T~L~TYP~ TO FSIH~ DAT~D MARCH I, 19~4, A~D

BUT£LCALL TO LA ON r~AHCH 1, 19&4.

ON MARCH 1, 1984, CAPTIONED MATT~R WAS DISCUSS~D wlfH

i)iPARHliNT OF JUSTIC;,;. CDOJ), CRDlIl~AL DIVISION, ATTORNC;Y IL...-__ .....I

1....-----11 CONCt-RIVING POSSIBLt. PF'O VIOLATION. ATTORNiY ..... 1 _----I

T~L~PHONICALLY CO~TACTiD ASSISTANT U~IiiD STAT~S ATIOR~iY (AUSA)

L...-_____ ...... I IN LA, AND DISCUSSJ:::D ~VITH HI~/l THl!: DIFFICUL'iY

OF' IiSTABLISHI1~8 A PFO VIOLATION IN THIS CAS!!:. ATTOR;~J::.Y ..... 1 _----I

ADVISi!;n THAT /-'.USAL...I __ ...... I U:~D:!.liS·fOOD TiiIS DIFFICUL'fY,

AND viOULD Bt. STRUCTURING HIS u.FFORTS TO OTHEH VIOLATIO[~S,

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SUCH AS FEDhRAL FIREARMS ACT VIOLATIONS CO~C~R~ING AUTO~ArIC

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POSSIBLl!. ~l!.UTRALITY ACT VIOLATIONS Hl Sd:TTII~C UP A IIJl!.RCl!.l~AKY

FORC!!. TO TRAViL TO ~!!.XICO TO ASS~SSINATi PRiSIDEWT D~ LA ~ADRID.

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NOT INDICATf A VIOLATION OF PFO STATUT~S; HOWiV~R, Hi DID ~OT

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t'JAS li.F'Fl!.CTl.!.D IN THt. U~ITt.!) STAT.c.S (U.S.) OR A THIRD COUNTRY

OTHd.Fi THAN MliXICO.

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DOJ, INTiRNAL S~CURITY SiCTION, AND IS AWAITING A~ OPINION.

I~~IGRATIO~ A~D NATURALIZATIO~ SiRVIC~ HiADQUARYt.RS AUVIS~D

THAT SUBJc;CT' S [/;05T Rt::C~NT AfJ:;I VAL It4 THE. U. S. \'lAS 0 N D J:!.Cl!.lvIBl1.R

22, 1953, AT SAN JUAN, PUiRTO ~ICO, AND SUbJiCT'S MOST R~Cl!.Nr

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HAWAII. THi SUBJ~CT'S WHiRl!.ABOUTS IS CURRlNYLY UNK~OWN.

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t"lITIJiSS PHOTt:CTION PHOGHAM PARTICIPANT I ~ LA

P~OC~~D WITH TH~ I~TERVI~W.

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OF INTiRNATIONAL AFFAIRS, IN ORD~R TO ~FF~CT ~XrRADITIO~ OF

SUBJiCT TO M~XICO, SHOULD Hi b~ LOCAT~D IN THi U.S,

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FBI SAN FRANCISCO PRIORITY

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FBI WASHINGTON FIELD PRIORITY

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LEGAL ATTACHE MEXICO CITY PRIORITY

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UNCLAS EFT 0 SECTION ONE OF TWO

ARTURO DURAZO, AKA ARTURO DURAZO MORENO, "EL NEGRO" DURAZO,

GILBERTO DURAZO, (FNU) MORENO; POSSIBLE THREAT AGAINST MEXICAN

PRESIDENT MIGUEL DE LA MADRID HURTADO; PFO; FPC;

00: LOS ANGELES <LA)

REBUTELS DATED MARCH 2, 1984, AND BUTELCALLS TO LA ON

MARCH 5 AND,. 6, 1984.

FOR INFORMATION OF RECEIVING OFFICES AND LEGATS, CAPTIONED

CASE IS BEING SUPERVISED BY THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION

(CID), TERRORISM SECTION, AND ALL FUTURE COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD

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CONTAIN THE ABOVE TITLE AND BE ADDRESSED TO FBIHQ,

ATTENTION: CID, TERRORISM SECTION.

ON MARCH 6, 1984, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL (AAG) ..... 1 __ ----1

r---.....,~ DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CDOJ), CRIMINAL DIVISION HELD A

MEETING WITH DOJ AND FBIHQ OFFICIALS CONCERNING CAPTIONED CASE.

AAGI I ADVISED THAT MEXICAN DEPUTY FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL

FERNANDO BAEZA MET WITH UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL

WILLIAM FRENCH SMITH ON MARCH 2, 1982, CONCERNING THE ALLEGATION

THAT DURAZO, FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE OF MEXICO CITY, WAS PLANNING

TO ASSASSINATE MEXICAN PRESIDENT DE LA MADRID. BAEZA REQUESTED

PROMPT FBI INVESTIGATION OF THIS ALLEGED THREAT.

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THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAD PERSON-

ALLY NOTIFIED FBI DIRECTOR WEBSTER OF THIS MATTER. ALTHOUGH

DURAZO IS PRESENTLY BEING THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED BY MEXICAN

AUTHORITIES FOR CORRUPTION, BAEZA ADVISED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

THAT IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST ONE MONTH TO PRESENT APPROPRIAT~

WARRANTS TO START EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DURAZO IF H~

IS LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES CU.S.). AAGI IALSO ADVISED

THAT BAEZA REQUESTED THE FBI TO DETERMINE IF DURAZO HAS ASSETS

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IN U.S. BANKS, AND THAT APPROPRIATE STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO

LOCATE THESE ASSETS.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ALLEGE THAT

DURAZO MAY HAVE AS MUCH AS ONE BILLION DOLLARS AT HIS DISPOSAL,

WITH AT LEAST SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS CONFIRMED IN CANADIAN BANKS.

FBI INVESTIGATION TO DATE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE

DURAZO'S PRESENT WHEREABOUTS, BUT LATEST INFORMATION DEVELOPED

BY LA INDICATES THAT HE IS NOT PRESENTLY IN THE U.S.

THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (INS) HEADQUARTERS

CONFIRMED IN LATE FEBRUARY, 1984, THAT DURAZO LAST EXITED THE

U.S. ON JANUARY 11, 1984, AT HONOLULU, HAWAII, AND HAS NOT

OFFICIALLY RE-ENTERED THE U.S. SINCE THAT TIME. DURAZO HAS A

B-2 VISA, DATE ISSUED UNKNOWN, AND AN INS BORDER CROSSING CARD

(FORM 1-586) ISSUED AT SAN YSIDRO, CALIFORNIA, IN MAY, 1983.

DURAZO WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 18, 1922, AT CUMPAS, SONORA, MEXICO,

AND ALSO USES DATE OF BIRTH OF OCTOBER 18, 1918. U.S. DEPART­

MENT OF STATE, VISA OFFICE ADVISED THEY HAD NO RECORD OF DURAZO,

BUT HAVE PLACED HIM IN THEIR LOOKOUT SYSTEM IN THE EVENT HE

APPLIES FOR ANOTHER VISA.

U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE (USCS) HEADQUARTERS ADVISED THAT

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DURAZO HAS TECS SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 946788, AND

SUGGESTED THAT L00KOUT BE PLACED ON DURAZO BY USCS, LA.

INS HEADQUARTERS ADVISED THAT THEY HAVE PLACED AN F-3

STOP FOR DURAZO IN THEIR SYSTEM.

LA ENSURE THAT DURAZO IS ENTERED IN USCS, TECS LOO KOUT

SYSTEM. ALSO, ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THROUGH AVAILABLE SOURCES

WHETHER SUBJECT HAS ANY ASSETS IN LOCAL BANKS IN THE LA AREA.

LEGAT MEXICO CITY CONTACT DEPUTY FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL

BAEZA, AND OBTAIN IDENTITIES OF ANY U.S. BANKS WHERE DURAZO

MAY HAVE ASSETS. ALSO, OBTAIN NAMES OF CANADIAN BANKS WHERE

DURAZO REPORTEDLY HAS SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS. DURING BAEZA'S

MEETING WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, HE ALSO REQUESTED ASSISTANCE

CONCERNING ELECTRONIC SWEEPING OF HIS OFFICE AND TELEPHONE

LINES. DURING CONTACT WITH BAEZA, DETERMINE EXACT DETAILS

REGARDING WIRE TAPPING OR BUGGING OF HIS OFFICE AND TELEPHONE

LINES AND, THEREAFTER, ASCERTAIN HOW U.S. GOVERNMENT MAY ASSIST

BAEZA IN THIS AREA. IT APPEARS LOGICAL THAT DURAZO HAS SOURCES

IN MEXICO WHO MAY BE REPORTING ON INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS THAT

MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ARE PURSUING IN THIS CASE.

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LEGATS BOGOTA AND PANAMA DISCREETLY CONTACT APPROPRIATE

OFFICIALS AND/OR SOURCES CONCERNING DURAZO'S PRESENT WHERE­

ABOUTS IN YOUR RESPECTIVE TERRITORIES.

LEGAT OTTAWA CONTACT THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE

FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING DURAZO, AND ATTEMPT

TO DETERMINE IF HIS WIFE IS RESIDING IN CANADA. ACCORDING TO

DOJ, OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, MEXICAN AUTHORITIES HAVE

PREVIOUSLY CONTACTED CANADIAN AUTHORITIES CONCERNING EXTRADITION

OF DURAZO IF HE IS LOCATED THERE. CANADIAN DEPARTMENT OF

JUSTICE, ATTORNEY I ITELEPHONE NUMBER ~ . I lIS AWARE OF THIS MATTER, AND SHOULD BE CONTACTED TO

DETERMINE WHAT INFORMATION THE MEXICANS MAY HAVE FURNISHED THE

CANADIANS CONCERNING DURAZO. ALSO, THROUGH LOGICAL CONTACTS,

DETERMINE IN WHICH BANKS DURAZO HAS HIS ASSETS AND, THEREAFTER,

ATTEMPT TO ASCERTAIN IF DURAZO HAS ANY TRANSACTIONS WITH U.S.

BANKS FROM CANADA.

LEGAT PARIS, THROUGH CONTACT WITH SPANISH AUTHORITIES,

ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE IF DURAZO IS IN SPAIN OR RECENTLY VISITED

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FBI EL PASO PRIORITY

FBI HONOLULU PRIORITY

FBI HOUSTON PRIORITY

FBI LAS VEGAS PRIORITY

FBI MIAMI PRIORITY

FB I NE\v ORLEANS PRIORITY

FB I NEW YORK PRIORITY

FB I OKLAHOMA CITY P RIO RITY

FB I PHOENIX PRIORITY

FB I SACRAMENTO PRIORITY

FBI SAN ANTONIO PRIORITY

FBI SAN DIEGO PRIORITY

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FBI SAN FRANCISCO PRIORITY

FBI SAN JUAN PRIORITY

FBI WASHINGTON FIELD PRIORITY

LEGAL ATTACHE BOGOTA PRIORITY

LEGAL ATTACHE MEXICO CITY PRIORITY

LEGAL ATT ACHE OTT AWA PRIORITY

LEG AL ATT ACHE PANAMA PRIORI TY

LEGAL ATTACHE PARIS PRIORITY

LEGAL ATTACHE ROME PRIORITY

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ARTURO DURAZO, AKA ARTURO DURAZO MORENO, "EL NEGRO" DUR,AZO,

GILBERTO DURAZO, (FNU) MORENO; POSSIBLE THREAT AGAINST MEXICAN

PRESIDENT MIGUEL DE LA MADRID HURTADO; PFO; FPC; 00: LA

THERE, NOTING THAT FORMER MEXICAN PRESIDENT LOPEZ PORTILLO, A

CLOsE FRIEND OF DURAZO, REPORTEDLY NOW RESIDES IN SPAIN.

LEGAT ROME CONTACT APPROPRIATE ITALIAN AUTHORITIES CON­

CERNING DURAZO, AS IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT HE MAY BE RESIDING

IN IT ALY.

IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT SUBJECT IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED

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BY ARMED GUARDS AND CARRIES A .45 CALIBER AUTOMATIC t HE SHOULD

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CINCINNATI (IMMEDIATE)

DALLAS (IMMEDIATE)

EL PASO (IMMEDIATE)

HONOLULU (IMMEDIATE)

HOUSTON (IMMEDIATE)

LAS VEGAS (IMMEDIATE)

MIAMI (IMMEDIATE)

NEW ORLEANS (IMMEDIATE)

NEW YORK CITY <IMMEDIATE)

OKLAHOMA CITY (IMMEDIATE)

PHOENIX (IMMEDIATE)

SACRAMENTO (IMMEDIATE)

SAN ANTONIO (IMMEDIATE)

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SAN JUAN (IMMEDIATE)

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ARTURO DURAZO, AKA, ARTURO DURAZO MORENO, "EL NEGRO", GILBERTO

DURAZO, (FNU) MORENO; POSSIBLE THREAT AGAINST MEXICAN PRl!:SIDENT

MIGUEL DE LA MADRID HURTADO; PFO; FPC. 00: LOS ANGELiS.

FOR INFORMATION OF SEATTLE OFFICE, THIS MATTER WAS PREDICATED

~ON RECEIPT OF INFORMATION THAT ARTURO DURAZO, FORMER CHIiF OF

POLICE, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, VIAS PLANNING TO ASSASSI NATE PRt!.SID~NT

MIGUEL DE LA MADRID HURTADO OF MEXICO. THE ASSASSINATION PLOT

CALLS FOR A CO-CONSPIRATOR FOR tHE PLANNING OF SETTING UP A

MERCENARY FORCE TO TRAVEL TO MEXICO AND ASSASSINATE PR~SID~NT

DEL A MAD RID.

ON FEBRUARY 24, 1984, LEGAT, MEXICO CITY, DISSEMINATED ABOVE

INFORMATION TO MEXICAN AUTHORITIES, WHICH IN TURN WAS FURNISH~D

DIRECTLY TO MEXICAN PRESIDENT MIGUEL DE LA MADRID HURTADO. MUCH

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CONCERN WAS GENERATED OVER THIS THR£AT INASMUCH AS THE DEPUTY

MEXICO FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS ADVISED THAT DURAZO MAY HAV~

AS MUCH AS ONE BILLION DOLLARS AT HIS DISPOSAL, WITH AT LEAST

SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS CONFIRMED IN CANADIAN BANKS.

ON MARCH 6, 1984, ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GEN£RAL (AAG) 11....-__ .......

""'---""'1, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CDOJ), CRIMINAL DIVISION, HELD A

MEETING WITH DOJ AND FBIHQ OFFICIALS CONCERNING THIS MATTER.

AAGI IADVISED THAT MEXICAN DEPUTY FEDERAL ATTORNEY GENERAL

FERNANDO BAEZA MET WITH UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM

FRENCH SMITH ON MARCH 2, 1982, CONCERNING THE ALLEGATION THAT

DURAZO, FORMER CHIEF OF POLICE OF MEXICO CITY, WAS PLANNING TO

ASSASSINATE MEXICAN PRESIDENT DE LA MADRID. BAEZA REQUESTiD

PROMPT FBI INVESTIGATION OF THIS ALLEGED THREAT.

AAG 1 1 ADVISED THAT THIS INVESTIGATION SHOULD RECEIVE

THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND THAT THE ATTORN~Y GENERAL HAD PERSONALLY

NOT IFIED FBI DIRECTOR WILLIAM H. WEBSTER OF THIS MATTER. IT

SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ARE PRESENTLY INV~STI­

GATING DURAZO FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION AND THAT IT WOULD TAKE AT

LEAST ONE MONTH TO PRESENT APPROPRIATE WARRANTS TO START

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EXTRADITION PROCEEDINGS AGAINST DURAZO IF HE IS LOCATED IN THE

UN IT ED ST ATES. AAG L-I _----IIALSO ADVISED TH AT BAEZA REQUESTED THE

FBI TO DETERMINE IF DURAZO HAS ASSETS IN U. S. BANKS, AND THAT

APPROPRIATE STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO LOCATE THESE ASSETS.

SUBJECT DURAZO IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

NAME: ARTURO DURAZO MORENO.

AL lASES:

(FNu) MORENO.

ARTURO DURAZO, "EL NEGRO", GILBERTO DURAZO,

DOB: OCTOBER 18, 1922 (FURNISHED BY LEGAT, MEXICO CITY);

SEPTEMBER 17, 1920, MAY 18, 1921, AND SEPTEMBER 22, 1925 (FURNISHED

BY COMANDANTEI ~ MEMBER OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATION

GROUP, SECRETARIAT OF COMPTROLLERSHIP, MEXICO, D.F.)

POB: CUMPAS, SONORA, MEXICO.

MARITAL STATUS: MARRIED TO IL...-_______ .....

PASSPORT NUMBER: BJ20867, ISSUED DECEMB~R 10, 1982 (MEXICAN

PASSPORT) •

HEIGHT: 5' 11".

vJEIGHT: 180 POUNDS.

HAIR: GRAYING, WITH RECEDING HAIRLINE.

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EYES: BROWN.

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FORMER OCCUPATION: CHIEF OF POLICE AND TRAFFIC, MEXICO

CITY, MEXICO (6 YEARS).

POSSIBLE WHEREABOUTS: TAHITI.

FOR INFORMATION OF RECEIVING OFFICES, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

WAS RECEIVED FROM IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (INS),

WASHINGTON, D.C., INTELLIGENCE LIAISON OFFICE, P~RTAINING TO

THEIR INS NON-IMMIGRANT INFORMATION SYSTEM (NIlS), ARRIVAL AND

DEPARTURE RECORDS, WHICH REFLECTS THAT DURAZO WAS ISSUED AN INS

BORDER CROSSING CARD (FORM 1-586) #A81873988, AT SAN YSIDRO,

CALIFORNIA, IN MAY, 1983. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS REFLECTiD

IN THEIR FILES:

ON JANUARY 12, 1983, SUBJECT ARTURO DURAZO MORENO ENTERED

THE UNITED STATES THROUGH DALLAS, TEXAS, AND HIS INTENDED

DESTINATION WAS CARIBE HILTON HOTEL, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO.

DURAZO DEPARTED THE UNITED STATES ON JANUARY 31, 1983, THROUGH

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

ON FEBRUARY 3, 1983, SUBJECT ENTERED THE UNITED STATES THROUGH

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AND HIS INTENDED ADDRESS WAS AT THE

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WESTWOOD MARQUIS HOTEL, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. THER~ WAS NO

RECORD FOR DEPARTURE ON THIS TRIP.

ON MARCH 2, 1983, SAME AS ABOVE, AND DEPARTED THE UNITED

STATES THROUGH HONOLULU, HAWAII ON MARCH 14, 1983.

A FOURTH TRIP TO THE UNITED STATES DID NOT R~FLECT ANY

INFORMATION EXCEPT THAT HE DEPARTED UNITED STAT~S ON APRIL 18,

~83, THROUGH LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

ON t1AY 2, 1983, SUBJECT ENTERED THE U. S. THROUGH SAN YSIDRO,

CALIFORNIA, AND HIS INTENDED ADDRESS IN THE U.S. WAS 59510 CAMINITO

CHIAPAS, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. SUBJECT DEPARTED THE U.S. ON

JULY 3, 1983, THROUGH LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

ON JULY 110, 1983, SUBJECT ENT£RED THE U.S. THROUGH LOS

ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WITH INTENDED ADDRESS AT 4333 ADMIRALTY WAY,

MARINA DEL REY, CALIFORNIA. SUBJECT DEPARTED U.S. THROUGH SEATTLE,

WASHINGTON, ON DECEMBER 1, 1983.

ON NOVEMBER 1, 1983, ENTERED THE U.S. THROUGH SAN YSIDRO,

CALIFORNIA, FOR BUSINESS TRIPS TO LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. NO

RECORD OF DEPARTURE DATE.

ON DECEMBER 22, 1983, SUBJECT ENTERED THE U.S. THROUGH SAN

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JUAN, PUERTO RICO, AND THE INTENDED DESTINATION WAS THE HOTEL

PALACE, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. SUBJECT DEPARTED THE U.S. ON

JANUARY 11, 1984, THROUGH HONOLULU, HAWAII.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SINGULAR IN NATURE AND IT SHOULD

BE PARAPHRASED IN ORDER TO PROTECT TH'I!. SOURC!!: OF THE INFORMATION

IF DISSEMINAT£D OUTSIDE OF THE FBI:

SOURCE 11

SOURCE 1 HAS ADVISED THAT ARTURO DURAZO IS ALWAYS ACCOMPAN1I::D

BY I AND HE SERVES AS ARTURO'S RIGH T HAND IN ~----~====~------~

ALL MATTERS. I IS ARTURO'sl ~ AND

ALLEGEDLY HE IS A WELL- KNOWN I lIN MEXICO OF A VERY GOOD,

REPUTABLE BACKGROUND.

~ ____________________________________ ~l WHO

WORKS AS A MAITRE 'D AT THE WESTWOOD MARQUIS HOTEL RESTAURANT,

WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA, A VERY EXCLUSIVi HOTEL, HIGH ROLLER TYPE,

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WHl£R£ fAMOUS ROCK STARS AND CELEBRITIES STAY WHILE IN LOS

ANGELES, CALIfORNIA. SOURCE 1 HAS BEEN IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT

WITH L-I __ ...... 1 AND HAS BEEN ABLE TO RELATE MESSAGES TO L-I ______ ......

REGARDING HIS STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES.

ON fEBRUARY 29, 1984, SOURCE 1 ADVISED THAT HE TALKED TO

L....-__ ..... I AND REQUESTED fROM HIM TO DETERMINE If L..1 _____ ----1

WOULD BE INTERESTED IN OBTAINING A JOB PRACTICING MEDICIN£ WITH

SOURCE 1 OR I I LOS ANGELES.

L...-__ ..... I HUNG UP AND SHORTLY THEREAfT£R CALLED HIM BACK, STATING

THAT DR. fRANCISCO WAS VERY INT£RESTED IN DOING SO, AND THIS WILL

GIV£ HIM A GOOD EXCUSE TO STAY AWAY fROM ARTURO.

IT ~JAS THE OPINION Of SOURCE 1 THAT BASiD ON THE RELATIVE

£XPEDIENCY WITH WHICH I I CONTACTED I I THAT HE

THOUGHT ARTURO DURAZO ANDI IMIGHT BE BACK IN

THE UNITED STATES AGAIN. SOURCE 1 ADVISED THAT HE IS GOING TO

MAKE EVERY EffORT TO PERSONALLY MEET WITHI ITO DISCUSS

THE ABOVE ISSUE AND GIVE THE fBI AN OPPORTUNITY TO fOLLOW

L...-_____ ..... I AND POSSIBLY DETERMINE ARTURO'S WH£REABOUTS.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ON A PREVIOUS OCCASION'L-I ___ .....

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DURAZO TOLD SOURCE 1 THAT LAST TIME HE HEARD, ARTURO DURAZO AND

L...-_______ ----IIWERE ON THEIR WAY TO TAHITI.

SOURCE 1 HAS ALSO REPORTED THAT I I, IN FACT,

THE OWNER OF THE RESTAURANT AT THE WESTWOOD MARQUIS HOTEL AND

THAT ARTURO DURAZO OWNS THE HOTEL HIMSELF.

INVESTIGATION AT LOS ANGELES REFLECTS THAT THE W£STWOOD

MARQUIS HOTEL, 930 HILGARD AVENUE, WESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA, IS OWNED

BY CONTRACT DESIGN, A DIVISION OF MONTEVt£RDI-YOUNG, 425 NORTH

DOHENY DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA. TH~Y ALSO OWN THE

W~STWOOD HOUSE HOTEL, INC., 8560 SUNSET BOULEVARD, HOLLYWOOD,

CALIFORNIA. NO RECORD COULD BE LOCATED AT LOS ANGELl!:S, CALIFORNIA,

REGARDING CONTRACT DESIGN AND/OR MONTEVERDI-YOUNG CORPORATIONS.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT INFORMATION REC~IVED FROM L~GAT,

MEXICO CITY, REFLECTED THAT ON JANUARY 20,1983, AND NOVEM8iR 29,

1983, ARTURO DURAZO HAD BEEN DETECTED ENTERING THE UNITiD STATES

LISTING AS HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE 425 NORTH DOHENY DRIV~, BiV~RLY

HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90210.

TAX ROLLS RECORDS AT LOS ANGELES ALSO REFLECT A MAILING

ADDRESS FOR THE WESTWOOD HOUSE HOTEL, INC., DBA WESTWOOD MARQUIS

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HOTEL, AS BEING THE LAURA WEST ENTERPRISES, 8560 WEST SUNSET

BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SACRAMENTO OFFICE IS REQUESTED TO OBTAIN ALL INFORMATION

AVAILABLE REGARDING THE WESTlJ100D HOUSE HOTEL, INC., DBA Wb.STVJOOD

MARQUIS RESTAURANT; CONTRACT DESIGN, A DIVISION OF MONTJiVJ£RDI­

YOUNG; AND LAURA WEST ENTERPRISES, THROUGH CHARTERS OF INCOR­

PORAT 10 N FOR BUS I NESS LICENSES I N CAL IFORNI A.

ON MARCH 7, 1984, TECS LOOKOUTS WERE PLACED AT LOS ANGELli:S,

CALIFORNIA, THROUGH U. S. CUSTOMS SERVICE REGARDING KNOWN SUBJECTS

IN THIS MATTER. U.S. CUSTOMS REQUESTED THAT IT WOULD BE ADVISABL~

TO OBTAIN DATES OF BIRTH FOR OTHER KNOWN SUBJECTS AND RELATIVES

OF DURAZO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN POSITIVE HITS IN THE

CLETS SYSTEM.

ON MARCH 9, 1984, ..... 1 ___ ...... U.S.CUSTOMS SERVICE, LOS

ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ADVISED THAT ON THAT SAME DATE AN INDIVIDUAL

NAMED I I J!:NTERED THE UNITED STATli:S THROUGH MIAMI

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INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, LANE 19, AT 11:40 AM, PACIFIC TIME.

FOR INFORr1ATION OF MIAMI, AN INDIVIDUAL NAMED 1"""1--------, .---...... 1 WAS CONFIRMED AS TRAVELLING WITH ARTURO DURAZO BY THi SAN

JUAN OFFICE. THEY STAYED AT THE HOLID~Y INN CONDADO HOTEL FROM

D~C£MB£R 22, 1983 THROUGH DECEMBER 24, 1983. IT IS UNKNOWN AT

THIS TIME L-I __ ----IIINVOLVEMENT WITH ARTURO, EXCEPT THAT HE COULD

Bf A BODYGUARD AND/OR PILOT.

MIAMI IS REQUESTED TO ATTEMPT TO OBTAIN COPIES OF

ANY DOCUMENTS SIGNED BY .... 1 _____ ...... 1 AND FOR\t/ARD TO LOS ANG~Ll!.S,

TO BE COMPARED WITH KNOWN HANDWRITING OFI ~ IN

ADD IT ION, DETERMINE IFI 1 ttJAS ACCOMPANII£D BY ANY OTHER PARTliS,

THEIR IDENTITIES, AND THEIR FINAL DESTINATION IN THE UNITED

STATES. \HLL OBTAIN ANY OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE Rl1.GARDING

L.....-___ ----I~ SAN JUAN OFFICE IS REQUESTED ~O DETERMINE IF SUBJECT ARTURO

DURAZO MORENO EVER STAYED AT THE CARIBE HILTON HOT~L AND HOTEL

PALACE, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, AND CONDUCT APPROPRIATE INVESTIGATION.

RECEIVING OFFICES ARE REQUESTED TO CONDUCT DISCREiT INQUIRIES

TO DETERMINE IF ARTURO DURAZO HAS PURCHASED ANY PROPERTY AND/OR

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MAINTAINS ANY ASSETS IN LOCAL BANKS IN YOUR AREAS.

ADM IN 1ST RAT IVE:

RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO BUREAU, FEBRUARY 29, 1984; AND

BUREAU TELETYPES TO LO S ANGELES, MARCH 3, 1984 A ND MARCH 8, 1984.

SOURCE Is~1 __________________________________________ ~ .--------.~

FOR INFORMATION OF INTERESTED OFFICES, ON MARCH 8, 1984, b7C

A GROUP I PROPOSAL WAS FORWARDED BY LOS ANGELES TO THE BUREAU FOR b7D

FBIHQ APPROVAL REGARDING CAPTIONED MATTER.

IN ANTICIPATION OF GROUP I PROPOSAL SCgNARIO, MIAMI OFFICE,

ATTENT ION: UNDERCOVER COORDINATOR 1 I, AND SAN JUAN

OFFICE UNDERCOVER COORDINATOR ARE REQUESTED TO ASCERTAIN DETAILS

IN OBTAINING A CALL FORWARDING TELEPHONE NUMBER, FOR UNDERCOVER

AGENT TO BE UTILIZED AS PART OF THE SCENARIO IN CAPTIONED MATTER.

MIAMI AND SAN JUAN ARE REQUESTED TO ADVISE LOS ANGELES IF

A CALL FORWARDING NUMBER CAN BE ESTABLISHED IN THEIR AREAS AND

LENGTH OF TIME AND COST NECESSARY TO ESTABLISH SUCH SERVIC~.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ALL EXPENSES REGARDING CAPTIONED

MATTER WILL BE FUNDED OUT OF THE LOS ANGELES UNDERCOVER OPERATION.

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PAGE THIRTEEN (LA 185A-393) U N C LAS

REQUEST OF THE BUREAU. BUREAU IS REQUESTED TO FORWARD

ABOVE INFORMATION TO LEGAT, MEXICO CITY, AND REQUEST FULL BACK­

GROUNDS AND ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION REGARDING SUBJECT ARTURO

DURAZO, RELATIVES, AND CLOS~ ASSOCIATES.

IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT IT IS ALLEGED THAT SUBJECT IS

~WAYS ACCOMPANIED BY ARMED GUARDS AND CARRIES A .45 CALIBER

AUTOMATIC PISTOL, HE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND EXTR~MELY

DANGEROUS.

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Gi:!.i\:~RAL ARTUF\O DURA'l;p' GTURO r.iORd~ f5"iL i~iGRO"; POSSIBLE THReAT AGAINST l~JiXICP.N PRJ!:SID£'..NT

~IGN~L Di LA MADRID AURTADO; PFO; FPC, 00: LOS ANG~L~S

TITLE MARKED CHAI~Gin TO REFLiCT Ti~Ul:!: NM1E OF SUBJiCT

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ALIAS OF GILBi2TO NORi~iI~G DEL~TiD FROM TITLE INAS~UCH

AS INFORMATION RiCiIV£D RfFL£CTS THAT SUBJ2CT DID NOT

OBTAIN BIRTH C~RTUFICATE OF HIS ALLEGiD D~CiASED BROTHiR

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PAGt!. T\'IO (LA 185A- 393) UNCLAS

OF POLIC~, Ml:!.XICO CITY, WAS PLANNING TO ASSASSINAli

PRl:!.SIDENT rUGUiL DE LA fylADRID HURTADO OF Pil:!.XICO. THIi

ASSASSINATION PLOT CALLS FOR A CO-CONSPIRATOR FOR TH~

PLANNING OF S~TTING UP A M~RCiNARY FORCi TO TRAVl:!.L TO Ml:!.XICO

A[~D ASSASSINATt.i. PRiSIDii.NT Di LA [1ADRID.

ON F~B~UARY 24, 1984, LEGAT, Wl:!.XICO CITY, DISS~~INAlt!.D

ABOVE INFORMATION TO MiXICAN AUTHORITIiS, WHICH IN TURN WAS

FURNISH~D DIRiCTLY TO MEXICAN PRiSIDENT ~IGUiL Di LA MADHID

HURTADO. MUCH CONCERN WAS Gi~l:!.RAT£D OVER THIS THREAT

INASMUCH AS THZ D~PUTY M~XICO FEDiRAL ATTORNfY G~Nii.RAL HAS

ADVISl:!.D THAT DURAZO MAY HAVE AS I~UCH AS ONE BILLIOr.: DOLLARS

AT HIS DISPOSAL, vJITH AT Li£AST SEVil~ MILLION DOLLARS CONFIRMeD

---IN CANADIAN BANKS.

ON MARCH 6, 1984, ASSISTANT ATTORNZY GiN~RAL (AAG)

L...-_____ ....II D£PARTr1JENT OF JUST ICE CDOJ) , CRUll NAL

DIVISION, H~LD A MEETING WITH DOJ AND F8IH€ OFFICIALS

CONCiRNING THIS r·1ATTER. AAG L..I _----II ADVISED THAT f:jl:!.XICAN

DEPUTY F~DERAL ATTORNEY G~~ERAL FiRWANDO BAiZA MiT WIIH

UNIT~D STATeS ATTORN~Y G~NERAL ~ILLIAM FRLNCH SMITH ON

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MARCH 2, 1982, CONCERNING THE ALLiGATION THAT DURAZO, FORM~R

CHIl:!.:F OF POLICe: OF r,1EXICO CITY, WAS PLANNING TO ASSASSINAT~

M~XICAN PRESID~NT DE LA MADRID. BA~ZA REQU£ST£D PROMPT

FBI INVEST IGATION OF THIS ALLEG~D THREAT.

AAG c===J ADVISED THAT THIS INVESTIGATION SHOULD R~CiIV6

THE HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND THAT TH~ ATTORNEY G~NERAL HAD

PiRSONALLY NOTIFI£D FBI DIRti:CTOR WILLIAM H. WEBSTER OF THIS

MATTER. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MEXICAN AUTHORITIES ARi

PRES~NTLY INVi£STIGATING DURAZO FOR ALL2G£D CORRUPTION AIm

THAT IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST ON~ MONTH TO PR~SiNT APPROPRIAT~

WARRA~TS TO START EXTRADITION PROCE~DINGS AGAINST DURAZO IF

H~ IS LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATi£.s. AAG I IALSO ADVISt.D

THAT BAEZA R~QUEST~D TH~ FBI TO D~T~RMINE IF DURAZO HAS

ASSl!.TS IN U. S. BAN KS, A~D THAT APPROPRIATJ£ STEPS SHOULD

Bi TAK~N TO LOCATE TH~SE ASSiTS.

SUBJECT DURAZO IS DiSCRIa~D AS FOLLOWS:

NAM~: ARTURO DURAZO MOR~NO.

(F'NU) j·l0Rc.NO.

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PAGe FOUR (LA IB5A-393) UNCLAS

D08: OCTOB~R Hs, 1922 (FURIHSH~D BY Lt:GAT, t/jiXICO

CITY); St;PTf!:MBti.R 17, 1920, t1AY IS, 1921, Aim S£P'fii~bER 22,

1925 (FURNISHED bY CQtllMANDAlflt: GA;:>Rlc.L ::;OSA CUl:!.VAS,

MiMBER OF SPECIAL INV~STI8ATION GROUP, SECRiTARIAT O~

COMPTROLLiRSHIP, MiXICO, D.F.)

POB: cur(PAS, SO[~ORA, foJ~XICO. O/) 0 '0 ({)(Jtf) r~ARITAL STATUS: MARRIED TO SYLVIA Gt.!j{zA SAC.NZ.

P PISSPO 11T Nur~BiR: BJ 2036 7, ISSUt.u DEC£lfJBER 110, 1982

(MEXICAN PASSPORT).

HEIGHT: 5'11".

HAIR: GRAYING, WITH RECEDING HAIRLI~~.

c. YiS: Bl~01;JN.

FORM~R OCCUPATIO~: CHI~F OF POLICe AND [RAfFIC,

MiXICO CITY, M~XICO (SIX YEARS).

POSSIBL~ WHiR~ABOUTS: TAHITI.

THti. FOLLOWING I~FORMATIOt IS SINGULAR I~ ~AIURl:!. AND

IT SHOULD BE PARAPHRAS~D IN ORD~R TO PROT~cr THi SOURC~ OF

rHi IclFORMATION IF DISSEMI~ATED OUTSIDi OF TH~ FBI:

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PAGi FIVl!. (LA 185A-393) UNCLAS

SOURC~ ON~ HAS B~£N A P~RSONAL FRI~ND OF ARTURO DURAZO AND

THE DURAZO FAt~ILY FOR rfJ \! rJARS. Hi IS THli OFFICIAL SPONSOR

OF ARTURO'S NiPHEV) I~ TH~ UNIT~D STAT~S

AND r,1A I NT AI NS CO NT ACT vJITH SiVl1:RAL M~I'1BERS OF fH£ DUH AZ 0 FAi"lIL Y

WHO RESIDE IN LOS ANGc..LiS, CALIFO:ilHA.

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SOURCi ONi HAS ADVISli:D THPT ARTURO DURAZO IS ALWAYS ACCO~PANI~D

BY~I ____________ ~ AND He. SiRViS AS ARTURO'S RIGHT HAND I III

ALL MATTERS.

SOUF~Cl:!: n'lo lSi

I. TH~Ri IS NO I~DICATIO~ THAT SOURCE O~£ AND ~--------------~

SOURC~ T\"JO ARE ACQUAINTt:D WIn: iACH OTH!£R A;~D YHJi.Y HAVI!. BASICALLY b6

b7C PROVIDED THI£ SAME INFOR['1ATION. b7D

ON MARCH 15, 1982, SOURCE TWO WAS INTERVIiW~D FOR APPROXIMAT~LY

SIX HOURS, BY RiPR~SENTATIViS OF TH£ FBI, LOS ANG~LiS, A~0 I~ TH~

PRl;.SiNCI!,; OF U. S. CUST,OMS AGli:NT L.I ______________ ~I LOS ANGl:!.Lr:.S,

AND TH~ FOLLOWL~8 INFORMATION IS A SUM1'lAHY OF THi INFOR.'1ATIOLIJ

P.10V ID gD BY HIM:

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SOURCt: TWO HAS Pf.RSONALLY KNOiJHJ ARTURO DURAZO i.jOHJ:.l~O

FOR MANY Y~ARS AND SINCE DURAZO'S ENTRY IN THE U~ITiD STATiS

BACK IN JANUARY, 19&3, Hi HAS DONi MANY PERSONAL ORS FOR

ARTURO DURAZO AND HIS SON, r----------~~A~@ Kl~OVJN AS I.

IN EARLY 883 SUBJECT TRAVELED TO MiXICO AT THi R~QU~ST

OF ARTURO DURAZO, AND DROVi SEVERAL V~HICLES FOR ARTURO BACK

TO THi U.S. THROUGH TH~ TIJUANA/U.S. BORDiR AND FINALLY TO

LOS ANG£L~S, CALIFORNIA. DURING HIS FIRST TRIP, SOURC~ TWO

DROV .. A 1979q~VlON WAGON. GRAY Il~. COLOR AND A LIliUh;MNT

I ~~M THE M~XICAN POLICi IN MiXICO CITY, DROV~ A

CHRYSLiR Ni\'! YORKiR, 5TH AVENUi:. EDITION, r'1AROON ItJ COLOfl.

ONCl THl STATION WAGON WAS I~ LOS ANGELES, ARTURO DURAZO

ASKt.D SOURC.!: TWO TO OBTAI1~ U.So PLATES FOR TH~ STATION \'JAGOi'J.

SOURCe: T1;JO ARRANGiD FOR A 1'1~t:TI1~G Br..T\\liia 1""---_ ..... L...-_ ..... I, IN CHARGe. OF TH~ Fl!.DiRAL P i-WT£CI IV£!. Sl:!.RVI Ci I l~ LOS

ANG£LiS, AND ARTURO DURAZO, DURING vJHICH (11~ETII'iG 1-1 __ ..... 1 OFF~Rt!.D

HIS U.S. GOVERNMiNT PLATiS FROM HIS OFFICIAL Vt.HICLt!. A~D SOURC£!.

Bl:!:LIiV£S THAT HE PUT THi M~XICAN PLATl!.S ON L..I __ ----II GOV.!.RI~iI'jc:.{H

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CAR. ARTURO DURAZO DROV£ TH~ STATION WAGON WItH THE U.S.

GOVr!:RN~1~tJT PLATES ON IT FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 DAYS. DUKING

THAT TIM~ ARTURO DURAZO WAS STAYING AT THE MARI~A DiL RiY

CITY CLUB HOTEL, MARINA DEL RiY, CALIFORNIA, AT A COSY OF

APPROXIMAT~LY $7,000.00 A MONTH.

ON ANOTH£R OCCASION SOURC~ TWO, TRAV~L~D TO MEXICO WIIH

L...-_________ ...... I A:~D TOG.:.THiH "'HTH LIEUIti:NANT .... 1 __ ----'

THEY DROVE A RED VAN, ONE; FORD STATION ~'JAGOI~, dLUi, A 1979

OLDSMOBILi, r10DEL 98, AND P, R.:.D FiRRARI al:!.LONGlL~G TO .... I __ ......

ArtT UR 0 'SL..1 __ ----I

DURING THAT nup LIEUT~l~A1H L-I __ ..... 1 HAD ASKED SOURC!!. TvJO b

TO CHECK IN THE U.S. GOV~RNMiUT LAW ~NFORC~M£NT COMPUTERS TO b C b D

SE£ IF THi£Rr!: t'lAS A STOLi:N LOOKOUT FOI1 ANY OF TH!!: CARS.

SOURCi!. n·JO STATiD HE DID NOT CHiCK IVITH HIS FRIENDS ABOU'f THi

CARS AND TOLDI 1 HE DID, AND vJH liN I I AT'fE~JP Tt.D TO

COME THROUGH THi!: TIJUANA/U.S. BORDER, Hi HAS ARRiSTED BY

U.s. CUSTOMS. IT TURNC:D OUT THAT THE RED VAN HAD 8l!.iNS S,[OLl!:N

r----~Q~~ OUT OF T t.XAS. ARTURO TOLD SOURCr!: H/O THAT COLO Nl!.L L..I ____ ....11

HAD SOLD HIM THi R~D VAN.

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PAG£ i IGHT (LA 185A- 393) U I~CL{I.S

SOURCi TlJJO CONT (:ICTJ£D A S~RGANT L-I __ ..... 1 liROII] TH~ CALIFOKldA

HIGHUAY PATROL (CHP) , AND AFTER SOUf,Ci HJO EXPLAI Ne.D TrIAT THe.

RED VAN Bt:LONGD TO GJ£Nl:!:RAL ARTURO DURAZO ,I 10RDER~D FH~

RELI£AS£ OF THE RED VAN AND THE. OLDSI~OB ILE, BACK TO TIJUANA,

M£XICO.

SOURCt!: THO THEN DRO ~ THO OLDSMOBILe BACK INTO LOS Al'lG~Ll!.S

AND C.APTAIN ~QRANSITO r~UNICIPAL, TIJUA1~A, 1V;~XICu,

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DROV~ THE RiD FERRARI WHILE TH~ FERRARI WAS IN TIJUAwA. SOURCl!. TWO

LATER TOOK IT TO A SHOP IN TIJUANA, TO HAVI!. THi CLUTCH RI!.PAIRl1.D. fHJ!:

R£PAIR COST HIM $800.00 AND Ht!: CHARGiD AHTURO DURAZO $1,400.010,

~I!.PING $700.00 TO HIMSELF. DURI~G THAT Pl!.RI00 OF TIMi SOURGI!. lWO

LOAN~D A 9~M AUTOMATIC PISTOL TO ARTURO DURAZO FOR HIS PI!.RSONAL

USI!. WHICH HI!. R£TURNED ON A LATl!.R OCCASIONo

SOURCi TWO ACCMPANIED ARTURO DURAZO TO LAS VEGAS AROUND ~ID

JUN~, 19 <33, AND ST AUO AT THii: MGM HOTIiL, FOR THREi DAYS. "wi I~ LAS ViGAS, SOURCE TWO AND ARTURO M£T \HTH JUDGE GARY ~rs AND SONE CITY i';ARSHALLS. DURING THIS TIME JUDG£ DAVIS ASKr!.D

SJ UR C~ 1\}0, l!~ HH AT \1 AY IN AS HE INVOLVr£D \'.' ITH ARTURO DUR AZ O.

SOURC~ TItJO TOLD HHfJ H~ lJJAS Oi~LY A GOOD FRI£ND OF' ARTURO AND THr!.

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PAG2. IUNE. (LA 185A-393) UNCLAS

JUDGE REPLIi!.O TO HI~j THAT HE KtlJl!:t'i, G~Ni.RAL DURAZO \~AS I1NOLVc.D

IN DRUGS, WAS A CROOK, AND WAS INVOLV~D WITH ORGA~IZiD CRIMi!.

FIGURES.

SOURC!!. T~'O STATED THAT Gl::.Nl:..RAL DURAZO IS A GOOD FRII::ND OF r----------I.....I.jO fI) 0 L....-____ ....Jr ;HO ALLt:Gl:!.DLY Q1.n~S THJ!. DU1~iS HOTiL IN LAS VC:GAS.

SOURC~ TIlI0 STATED THAT HE HAD HJ!.ARD THAT I IvJAS Al~ L...-_-.===!.....-__ ORGANIZED CRDli FIGURl!: IN LAS ViGAS. ALLi:.Gi!.DLYL-I ____ ----J

OBTAINED CREDIT CARDS AND A LIMOSIN~ FOR ARTURO DURAZO, WH~~

Hb: FIRST CAf,1i TO THE U[IJITED STATl£S. THiY ARl1. ViliY CLOSi F'iUL:.!'JDS

OF THi CHIiF OF POLICE IN CULV~R CITY, CALIFOR~IA A~0 ALL~Gi!.DLY

THJ!.Y ASK~D ARTURO TO INV£ST 54~0,800.00 IN A CASI~O IN LAS Vi!.GAS.

SOURC~ TWO ADVISiD THAT GEN~RAL ARTURO DURAZO ~ANTJ!.D TO OPi!.N

A SECURITY BUSINESS IN LOS ANG~LES, WHERE THEY WOULD CONDUCT

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I;~VEST IG~.T IONS !5~P{~NSE ATTORNEYS IN DRUG CASl£S. ARTURO DURAZO

CONTACTEDI IFORMER DRUG iNFORCil(ic.NT AGl!.NCY CD!!.A) AGJ!.lIJT,

LOS ANG~LES, CALIFORNIA, A LONG TI~~ FRI~ND OF ARTURO DURAZO,

TO SST UP THE COMPANY. GENERAL ARTURO DURAZO TOLD SOURCi!. T~O THAT

Hi WAS SUPPOSED TO INVgST $250,000.00 WITH SOMi. ASSOCIATl!.S IN

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, IN ORDER TO SET UP THf CORPORATION. ARTURO TOLD

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SOURCE TVlO THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO GIVi THE MONiY TO 11.....-_.....1 L....-_...JIBl£CAUSE THEY HOULD NOT LET HH1, ARTURO, HAVi COIv'jPU .. n:

CONTROL OF THE CORPORATIONC

ON ONE OCCASION IN 1983, ARTURO DURAZO WANTED TO TRAV~L TO

LAI<£/()DOp FOR A SHORT VACATION AND SOURCE HJO CALLED JUDGE. SIMOI~ BR~N~ PRESIDING IN LAS ViGAS, TO S[i IF HIS

FR lEND COULD RgNT GENERAL DURAZO HIS PLANi. JUDG~

BROWN CALLED 1 I, \lJHO OvJNS A UNION 76 TRUCK STOP Il~

LAS VEGAS AND ALSO OHNS A CESSNA PLANi, AND OBTAI~~D TH[ CiSS~A

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FOR A $3,500.00 FEE. DURING THIS PelUOD OF TIME:, GENt::RAL DURAZO b6

Sf ILL HAD THI£ U.S. GOVERNf·1ENT PLATES Oi~ HIS STATION \'JAGON. DURIl~G

THAT SAME PERIOD OF TIME (AROUND ~ARLY 1983), DURAZO WiNT TO

LAK£ T AHO!!. ACCDrfJP AN liD ay HIS G I RLFR lEND, 1 1 WHO IS

AN ATTTORNEY IN MiXICO, 1-1 ________ .....11 SON FROlvJ ARJURO' S

FIRST f1ARRH\GE, AND HIS SOI~'S \VIFE.

ARTURO DURAZO ALSO HAS A GIRLFRIEND FROM E~GLA~D WHO R~SID~S

IN PAU,' SPRINGS. SHJ:. VISITED HIr~ '.mILi HE VIAS STAYII~G AT THi

MARINA DEL REY CITY CLUB HOTEL.

L...-___ .....I1 GAVt. A .380 AUTOI'JATIC TO Gc.Nl!.ARL AI1TURO DURAZO AS

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PAGe: ELcViN (LA 185A-393) UNCLI\S () A GIFT, SUPPOSEDLY 1.':H1CHL..I_----I1 BOUGHT FRON ,CHiSHIRc. AI~D Pl!.Rr;.Z,

A GUN DEALER IN MONROVIA, CALIFORNIA.

ON ON~ OCCASION, ARTUNO DURAZO AND SOURCi rwo, M~T IN

A V~RY EXPtNSIVi RESTAURANT I~ BEVe:RLY HILLS, WHERe: THEY

f1£T HITHL..I ____ ----J1 L..I ____ ...JI INTRODUC£D ARTURO TO 1-1 __ ...J

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L...-_ ..... I \'JHO Bt:CP.l"J1:!: HIS DATE FOR TH~ Nt?J/f ALSO PRESElH \vi!.Rl!.

II ND tvIF~,L..I ______ ....J

~A:-:-N::D--::vJ -:1 F:-:~-:-' .--;::::IL..~~~~~==========I I S A IL.. ___ ----II ~iI TH THE 0 R G A NIL c.D

ARTURO DURAZO TOLD SOURCE TWO THAT HE HAD PURCHASl!.D A

BUSINl!.SS IN LOS A~G~L~S, THAT WAS PRODUCI~G $50,000.00 A MONTH

FOR HU1. HE ALSO CLAI!VJtD TO HAVi!. PURCHASiD A BUILDDJG IN

BEViRL Y HILLS.

ARTURO DURAZO HAS TWO ATTORN~YS I~ Mt.XICO CITY NAOO£ (FNU)

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L...-___ ...JI AND L..I _____ ----II. THEY HAVe: TRAVl:!.Ll!.D TO LOS ANGl!.Li!:S

I _., Wi ;a4;. c*_ a * .... 0. ''''4 $ :ueo =

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ON THR~i DIFF~H2NT OCCASIONS I~ TH£ RiCiNT PAST AND SOURC~

~oJAS OF TH~ OPDJION THAT IT :JAS POSSldLi THiY WiRI:!. VISlfING

DURAZO.

SOURCE; TvJO STAT~D THAT C:Vl!:RY TIF1~ ..... 1 ___ ...... 1 ANDIL...-__ ----I

TRAVl!:L TO LOS ANGiL£S, THiY TAKi A FLIGHT FRON OOC:XICO CITY

TO GUADALAJARA, I~EXICO, ONC.:. THER£!., THiY Rc.GISTl!:R Il~ A LOCAL

HOTEL, THiN RETURN TO THi AIRPORT AND FLY TO LOS ANGc.L£!.S,

THC;Y DO THIS AS A DIVI£RSIONARY f1~THOD IN THE l1:ViNT l'HEY ARl!.

BiING FOLLO\'JED BY THI£ MJi.XICAt~ AUTHORITI~S.

SOM~i:!/'IJ?f;rYtJD THE MIDDLE OF 1983, ARTURO DURAZO CO[iIACT~D

II J ~ OS ANG[LiS ATTORNEY WHO IS A CLOSE FRliND OF L...-____ ;:::/'.

h'ASHINGTON, D.C., AND

PAIDI I $50,0~0.00 TO REPR~SENT HIM I~ THE ~V£~T AN

EXTRADIT ION UARRANT 'JJAS FILiD FROM i1J£XICO.

ARTURO DURAZO LATER PAID AN ADDITIONAL ~13,000.0~ TO

$20,000.00 DOLLARS TO I I AND I I SiNT A LeTTER TO IL---__ ...... L...-_ ...... IADVISING HHl THAT IN THl:!. l:Wi!:NT THAT P,[JY iXTRADITIUt~

R~QUiST WAS R£CEIVI:!.D FROM MiXICO, THAT H~ SHOULD B~ IMM~DIAT£!.LY

NOT IF n.D.

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AROUND OCTObl!.R, 1983, SOURC£ nvo TRAVf.!.Ll!.D TO \1ASHI!lJGTOtlJ,

D.C. WITH ARTURO DURAZO; ACCOMPANIlD BY HIS GIRLFRIEND 1 I; ~ I I;

AtJD IN IIASHINGTON, D.C. THiY~Ji: DH,~~R ;!ITH \

THE CHH.F OF P/Nlf.P

FOR TH£ CAP IT OL, JAMES POt'J£L_ AfcOf'llP ANI.!.D bY CAPTAI I~I

DURING THE Ml!.ETING TWO WELL-DRESSED INDIVIDUALS CAM~ IN AND

TALKl!.D TO CAPTAINL..I_---I~ L-1_---'ILATiR STATED THAT THEY ~Jl!.Rt:

CIA AGiNTS. DURING THl£ DINNeR G£!.NliRAL DURAZO AS KiD CHIEF

POI!JELL IF' HE. COULD Hi!.LP HH1 oaTAIN U.S. CITIZi:!.NSHIP. CHIeF

POWELL PRO~lIS&.D TO TAL K TO AU. S. CO;~GRiSSMA[\J TO HiLP H Ittl our.

AFT£R TH~ DI~N~R GiNERAL DURAZO TOLD SOURCE TWO THAT TH~ CIA

DID NOT ~vANT Gt:.Nl::RAL DURAZO TO Rb:[l'jAIN IN THE U.S.

UPON THE fiiTURN FROM ~ASHI~GTON, DoC., G~NfRAL DURAZO WAS

TRYING TO FIGURi OUT THi WAY TO Gl!.T U.S. PAP~RS TO R£MAI~ I~

THE UNITED STATES. Hi M~NTION~C THAT Hi HAD A BROTHl!.R, WAME

UNRECALLiU, WHO WAS BORN IN BIsa~E, ARIZONA AND DlcD IN MiXICO.

SOURC£ TWO CALLED A CONSTABLE IN ARIZO~A WHO TOLD HIM THAT TH~

BIRTH CERTIFICATE RiCORDS COULD BE OBTAINED IN PHoaNIX, ARI~O~A.

THi CONSTABL&' MAIL~D THE APPLICATION FORMS AND SOURCi two, AFTiR

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THINKING IT OViR THREW THJ£ APPLICATION M1AY Alm DID NOT

GiT TH£ BIRTH CERTIFICATi FOR ARTURO DURAZO. DURING THAT

TI~l£ ARTU 0 DURAZO WAS RESIDING AT Iff·<:-[.j¢'INA DiL RJ£Y CITY 1/'/ V 0

CLUB UNDE.R THE NAM!!. OF ARTURO r,10R£NO·.

ON ONE OCCASION, G~~ERAL ARTURO DURAZO ASKiD SOURC~ TWO

TO CASH A CH~CK FOR APPROXIMATELY $4,489.00. IT WAS A

C£RTIFICATE OF D~POSIT (CD) FROM TH!.!: 1ST CITY NATIO!ML BANK,

IN ~ESTWOOD, CALIFORNIA. ON A SECOND OCCASION, SOURCE TWO WAS

ASKiD BYL...I _ ...... ITO CASH A $10,000.00 CHECK AT TH&: SAf1E LOCATION.

THIS T H1!!: TH~ CHECK WAS SIGNiD BYL.,.I_----IIHH1SELF. IN D£CirJBt.R,

1983, ARTURO CURAZO ASKiD SOURC~ TWO TO CASH A~OTHiR

$10,000.00 CHECK B~CAUSE H~ WAS L£AVING TO PUiRTO RICO.

SOURC~ TWO WAS SUPPOSiD TO FLY WITH THE $10,000.00 CASH TO

MiXICO CITY AND G IV!:!: THli. iljONt:y T I. / I ~~ '\

SOURCE TWO \'Jl::.NT WITH 1L...------....."...,J ..... j,~1 fiiJD, 13I£CAUS£ SUPPuSiDLY

IWAS TO MiET WITHI I ~====~ ~--------------.....I L...-___ ----II IN MEXICO CITY, FOR THE PLANlHNG OF SOf1!!. SUAT TRAliHNG.

SOURC!!. TWO PAID THE $10,000.00 TOL...I_ ...... I IN TH£ PRiSiNCE OFL..I ___ ......

L.-__ ~I. DURING THAT TRIP SOURCE TWO DROV~ A 1980 VAN, WITH

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$20,000.00 CUSTO~IZtD JOB, BACK TO TH~ U.S.

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ACCOf.1PAiU!!.D SOURCi£ TWO DURII~G THIS TRIP ..... 1 _---JI PROVIDJ:!.D

$210,0~~o00 M~XICAN pasos FOR SOURCE'S 2XP~NS~S DURING THAT fRIP.

IN JANUARY, 1984, ARTURO DURAZO GAVi THE VAN TO SOURCE TWO FOR

HIM TO K~iP. O[~ MARCH 9, 1984,1 IGAVE SOURCE A NOTORIZJ:!.D

Docm'jj£NT FOR A BILL OF SALi, DAT~D T\VO OR THR~b. DAYS PRIOR,

WITH ARTURO DURAZO'S SIGNATURg ON IT.

f SOURCt T~O ADVISED THAT HE PiRSONALLY TYP~D TH~ BILL OF SAL~

AT TH~ OFF ICES OF UL TRATELECO~1 ,.- \:]iST P ICO SOUL!!. VARD, LOS AI:IiGI1.LcS, b6

\lDf>O I...-_______________ J..J ALLf!.G2DLY INVOLVED II~ b7D

ORGANIZED CRIME AND A PERSONAL FRIEND OF DURAZO'S. SOURe!!. lWO

GAVe; THE BILL OF SAL~ To .... I_---I1 AFTiR H£ HAD If FOr< ONi \VJ:!.i!.K,

H~ BROUGHT IT BACK WITH ARTURO'S SIGNATUR~ ON IT AND DULY

NOTORIZI!.D. SOURC~ TiI]O ALSO ADVISl£D THAT ARTURO DURAZO OBl'AINJ:!.J.:J

THR~i PORTABLi BRliFCASE TELiPHONiS FRO~ ULTRATj£L!!.CO~ ON~ KePT

BY ~mTURO HIrI]Sl!:LF, NU~:8l:!.R UNKNO\vN; ON/£ GIVi£N TOI--l _--I TfLJ::PHONJ!..

NUf.1BiRI 1 AND aNi GIVEN TO SOUF/Cli: TVJO, Tli.Ll:.PHO l~i

========1.'1::::=1 ALSO HAS A B£~Pl!:H TiLI!.PMO~i NUifJOl:.Rr-1 ---......

ALHAYS USf.D BY HUJ. SOURCE HJO ADVISl£D THAT ALL HIS TeL!!.PHONe

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CALLS OUT OF TH;£ BRliFCASJ£ TlELiPHONt: AR£ PAID BY I IAi~D

ARTUrO H H1SELF.

S~CURITY DIRECTORATe: (DFS) , v]l::::R£ AFRAIJ OF ARTURO DURAZO

3ECAUSE H~ HAD TOO MUCH INFORMATION AGAI~ST THEOO A~D THEY

t,,lQULD PRc.FiR TO ASSASSINATi DURAZO BiFORE HE l'lAS TAKiN BACK TO

MfXICO IN onD~R TO PREVfNT HIM FROM TALKI~G. SOURCi TWO

STAT:l.D THAT COf1MANDANTl:!:1 I vIAS INVOLViD IN A 100 tlILLION Pl!.SO

0~AL \HTH SOMi STOLl!.N Jit·jC:LRY. ARTURO DURAZO TOGETHi::R \d fH L...1 __ .....

AND I 1~~Ri ALLEGtDLY INVOLVED IN TH~ COLD MURD~R OF l::::IGHT

COLUMBIANS TWO OR THREE Y~ARS AGO, IN WHICH TH~Y ALL~G~D THAT

THOSE INDIVluUALS WERE M~M8~RS OF A TERRORIST ORGANIZATIO~. TH~Y

tJ~Ri FOUND DEAD, SHOT IN THE H£AD, IN A CANAL IN ffJl£XICO CITY.

ARTURO DURAZO STATED THAT ACTUALLY THEY WERE JEW~L~RS CARRYING

ONE MILLION DOLLARS CASH IN U.S. CURRENCY AND THEY JUST WANIiD TO

ROB THEM. ARTURO DURAZO STATED THAT THIS WAS THE MAIN R~ASON

WHY Df LA MADRID WANTED TO GET HIM.

SOURCE TWO STATiO THAT BACK IN 1980-81, THE CHIEF OF POLICf

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IN LAS VEGAS, N£::VP.DA [·jADli. Gt!:NiRAL ARTURO DURAZO HONORARY

M£~1BER OF THE NORTH LAS VEGAS POlICE D~O£NT TOG£TH>:R WITH

I I (HONORARY CAPT AIN) ,. COLO Nt.L I if"~ IFHOl1 DFS),

1 1 (FOm1i!.R DiA AG~rn) ANi) CP.PTAL'] (FROII'] DFS).

ON MARCH 9, 198L1,0 HAD AN ARGUll'JeWf \HTH SOURCE I,~ A Bl::.Vl!.RLY

HILLS RiSTAURANT AND WAS ARR~STED FOR IMP~RSO~ATING AN

OFFIC~R, B~CAUSE H~ WAS CARRYING TH~ HDNORARY CAPTAIN CA~D WI1H

HIfIJ •

SOMETI~jl!: IN JANUARY ORtlfJOUARY,1 1 ('ii£T WITH SOURce; fWu

AT WHICH T D1~ Hl£ ST ATED ,"Ul.!: LA IvjADR Xi) HAS CAUSED IOO [l'lUCH

PROEL~MS TO MY FATH~R AND MY FA~ILY, THAT SON OF TH~ BITCH MUST

DI~o" "CAN YOU HiLP US WITH TH[ U.S. GOV~R~W~Nr, SPiCIFICALLY ~ITH

TH~ CIA, TO G~T A ~EC~SSARY FORC~ TOG~THiR, OF 10 OR 20 M~~,

~XPiRT ASSASSINS, TO ENT~R TH~ PRiSIDENTIAL PALACl!. IN M~XICO

AND KILL THE PRC:SID~NT."

SOURCe. T\"JO TOLD ..... I_----'IT!-!A'f SUCH A THING WOULD Sf. IMPOSSIBLe:

TO ASK FRO~1 A U.S. GOViRN~1~rrr AGi:!.NCy.1 ITH~;~ ASK;:') IF SOURCi

T~O COULD G~T SOMiONi THAT COULD DO Ifo SOURC~ RiPLI£D IN THi

AFFIRNATIVi ...... I_----'ISTATl!.D THAT IF HI:'.. hiM, Ai3L~ 'fa GiT THIS GROUP

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PAGc. J!:IGHTEl!.N (LA 185A-393) UNCLAS

TOGETHJ:iJ~ 9 T HAT HI:!; UOULD 6l:!. \HLLI i~G TOGO H H1Sl£LF \'I1'1H IHl!.

G~OUP •

SOURCE: n']o ~';ARNJ!:DDTO Bli: CAREFUL vJHO H TALKl::.D TO

BiCAUSi THIS MATTER WAS A VIOLATION Of THE ~iUTRALIrY Acr A~D

AG A I NST THE U. S. LAWS. ONi ifJri:li: K AF'Tli:R '1l-I~ I NIl It.L RiQ.U~S! ,11.....-_ ..... ASKi:!.D SO URC~ T 1:10 IF Hb. HAD FOUN D THi PiOPLE, AND SOUliCl:!: ADV ISLD

HIM THAT SOMiTHING LIKi THAT ~OULD TAK~ 1IMi BECAUS£ YOU ~~i:!.D!!.D

TO FIND PEOPLE WHO THEY COULD TRUST.

SOURCi TWO IN~UIR~D AS TO WHO ~AS GOING TO FINANC~ THl:!.

OPERAT ION AND 1 1 R~PL Ib:D THAT HIS F ATHER ~.; AS. SOURC!!. TwO

ASKf:DD IF' Hi ~WULD TALK TO HIS FATHiH AbOUT THIS, Ai~J D

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R£PLIW THAT Hi£,D, ~!OULJ GIVt: H~"l_A .:LAt;~ TICK~f/lJ~JOO{)O FLY TO CAtJAD A AND MI:::£T I!JITH I I.-JO IHi:!.li 9 1-1 __________ J....J

(APPROXIMATiLY 48 ViARS OLD), WHO R~SIDiS WITH HER DAUGHTiH,

1...-_______ ----11 CAPPROXH1ATiLY 15 YEP.RS OLD). Ol~Ci Ii~

CA;~P,DA \tJITHI-I_-....I THiN THi!:Y HILL DISCUSS FUITfH£R DiTAILS.

I...-_-....JI ST ATi!.:D THAT THiR!!: \ .. !lZRi A LOT OF P..:.OPLd: ItJ 11'H A Lor OF

MONEY IN M~XICO WILLING TO FI~ANCE THE ASSASSINATION PLAN 1'HROUGH

ARTURO DURAZO, TO INCLUD~ OTHERS IN EUROP~. L...-_ ..... ISTATi:D lHAI

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IN THE; J£VENT OF E.XiCUTING TH£ PLAN THAT Hli: t'iOULD HAV~ TO

TRAV~L TO WASHINGTON, D.C. FIRST, TH~N TO CANADA, A~D tH~~

TO ~UROP~, TO M~iT WITH TH~ P~OPL~ WHO ARi B[HI~D THE PLAN.

O~ ~1ARCH 9, 19l3L!, SOURC!!. HIO Mi::T WiTH .... 1 ______ ---1

""--__ ...... ICNEPHE\O, AND ATTORi~l!:Y .... 1 ___ ...... IFROM MJ:i:XICO. DU RI l~G

THt: COUHSi OF TH!!. CONVl!.RSATIO!~ 1 1 STATED THAT DE LA ~JAJRID

WAS GOING TO DI~ A~D THiY ALL LAUGH~D.

TH~ DURAZO'S OWN A BIG HOUSi IN CANADA, A Ml!.RCl!.Ol!.S ciS~Z

AN;) A STATION WAGOiJ, viHICH THb.Y BOUGHT THE.R~. I I IS DRIVING

A BRAND N~U LINCOLN CONTINl£NTAL l'lARK XVII LSi, '.vHI1'i, ALL!!.G~DLY

VALUE AT $27,000000. HE ALSO OWNS A F~R~hRI AND A ROLLS ROYC~

WHICH HE KEEPS AT AN U~KNOWN LOCATION IN LOS ANGiLl!.S. ARTUkO

DURAZO O~NS A WHITE LINCOLN CONTINENTAL LIMOUSINE, LIC~NS~

PLATE 2AXA490. ARTURZO OWNS A .22 CALIBER B~LT BUCKLi PISTOL

t:JHI CH SO Ul~Cl!. TWO G AVJ!: H 1M AS A GIFT.

SOURC~ TWO LAST HEARD FROM DURAZO ON D~C~Ma£R 25, 1983,

AND Dl:i:Cc.r~i3liR 31, 1983 \'JH~I~ Hi CALLED SOURC~ TO \'IlSH HIlt'l A

MiRRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NeW Y~AR. A~TURO TRAV~Ll!.D TO SA~

JUP,N, PUi!:RTO RICO WITH .... I __________ ---..J AND THf:.Y MiT

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IN PUeRTO RICO \oJITHI I (MOTHJ£R) ANDL-I __ ...JI (DAUGHIii-D

A~j) A FRlt!:ND OF I I NAr~EDI I (LNU).

ARTURO TRAVEL~D TO PU~RTO RICO BECAUS~ THJ£Y W~RE SUPPOS~D

TO GO ON A CARIBBEAN CRUISi. FOR SOM~ REASON ARTURO DID NOT

GO ON THe. CRU lSI!:. sounc~ HJO ADVISiD TH AT L-I __ ....JI FRliND ,

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i IS AT THl!. PRESENT TIME H L0J:\~''O' SOURC~ TWO STATC:D THAT I _ INS OFFIC~H I~ SAN DliGO,

ADVISiD HHl THAT Hi HAD SOLD A BARRt.TTA PISTOL TO ARTUR~DUf{AZO wHl!.N

ON ONi OCCASION SOURCt:. TI}JO VJJ£iH TO PICK UP CO[r;AI~DAl\JT~ SPHA1?uN" FORN~R DIR~CTOR OF MEXICAN S~CR~T SiRVIC~, AT THE TIJUANA/U.S. BORD~R. THi

~AY ARTURO DURAZO L~FT TO PUli.RTO RICO? SOURCE TWO ACCOMPANI~D HIM

TOGJ!.THt.R \HTH CO[fJANDANTl:'.: SAHP.GUN TO THE rGiXICAN CONSULATE IN LOS

ANGELES. TH~R~ TH~Y TALK~U TO CONSUL G~NfRAL ABOUT PASSPORT WHICH

Hi REFUS~0 TO ISSUi. TH[ CO~SUL GiNiRAL STATED THAT HE Ni~D~D TO

CLI£AR IT \VITH lljJ!.XICO AND ARTUlW ADVISi.D HIM TO FORGiT IT, THAT

Hi COULD G~T ON~ iLSiVHlR~. ARTURO ADVIS£D SOURCE TWO IHAT ON

THi WAY TO SAN JUAN, pUiRTO RICO, THEY W£RC: GOING TO STOP IN A

U.S. CITY Bl!.FOHl::. CONTINUING TO PU~RTO RICO. SOURC~ STAT~D fHAT He

THOUGHT THl!.Y \v£Rl!: GOING TO STOP IN N£\v YORK BUr THAT TH~Y COULD

42 $a#~U • sa. _ 44 a 4 G' , $ * 4 so P4_

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PAG!:. Tt'JiNTY-ONli (LA 185A-393) UNCLAS

HAVi t,LSO MiANT MIAMI. ARTURO CLAH1S TO HAVi FRIi:!.l~DS

IN MIAMI. SOURCi TWO STAT~D THAT ARTURO HAD VISITiD MIA~I

TWO OR THREE TIM~S AFTiR H~ RETIRED FROM HIS JOB IN M~XICO.

O~ ON~ OCCASIO~, ARTURO M~NTION~D THAT HE WAS OFF~R~D A

SAFiHAV~N BY A FRIEND IN COSTA RICA AND ANOTHER ONi IN BRAZIL.

ALLl:!:Gl!:DLY ARTURO'S GIHLF'RIEND, .... I __ ...... HIM AT THE PRES~NT TIME.

IS STILL R~SIDI~G WITH

ARTURO DURAZO H~S' A~RI~4D I~ THE U.S. t.1·1BASSY IN ~l!:XICO I' 11.-c::;/ V IU

CITY NAMED I I WHO ALL£G~DLY OBTAI~~D THR~£ VISAS

FOR THRi~ GIRLFRIENDS OF DURAZO TO VISIT HIM IN LOS A~GiL~S.

't. ARTURO IS ALSO ALLEGl:!:DLY to. FRI£ND 0t) ~~'OLOS :1 SPt.CIAL AG£NT IN CHARGi: (SAC), TED L. Gu~mJ:!:KSON ~ WHO

I Sfi:CURITY BUSI !JliSS IN LOS A~GiL£S.

OW I~S A

SO UR Cl£ T \'10 AL SO ST AT iD TH AT 1.....------------.1 L I Ve.S

A PLAYBOY STYL~ LIFi, AND Hi HAS ALLiGiJLY ~iT AND HAS SOCIALI~cD

WITH THRE~ FBI AGfNTS AT THi PLAYBOY CLUB IN LOS ANGiLiS,

CALIFORNIA. L-I _ ....... ILIVl!:S AT .... 1 _________ --.....1

L....-_____ --.....II LOS ANGiL2S, CALIFORNIA. JUST R~Cr:..lffLY 1 SOURCr..

!\IIO NOT ICiD THAT D Rl!.CiIVlZD A TiL.t!.PHONl:. CALL \!JI fH ARc.A COD~

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303.

SOURCE TWO REPORTED THAT LAST DiCEM5~R Hi TRAV~L~D TO

THi TIJUANA/U.S. BORDER AND THROUGH INS SUP~RVISORI IH~

OBTAIN~D A BUSINESS VISA FOR SIX f10NTHS FOR L..I _______ ....J

TO R~MnIN IN THE U.S.

SOURC!!. TVJO ALSO RiPOHTJ!:D THAT O[~ O;~~ OCCASIOi~, Hi BOUGHT

THREE SMALL TAPE R~CORDERS AT $48.0~ iACH AT ARtURO'S REQUEST,

AN) HE IN TURN SOLD THl!.~~ TO MtTURO FOH $75.010 t:ACH. SOURC!:!. TiVO,

J\L SO PURCH AS~D ABOUT A 1110 NTH AGO, 51:!. ViRAL CO!~l\H::RCI AL SCRM1BLi:!.RS

FOR TELiPHONt!: PROT~CTION. Oi~i SCRM13LER VJAS GIVliN TO IL...-_....I ONi:!: FOR HIS MOTHEr., ONt: fOR ARTURO 9 nJO FORL..I ___ ----II Al~D

L ~lm\) 0Al!: FOR SOURCi T~JO. SOURCe: TvJO STATED THAT

COpH·~At\ljJl:!.j:; lZDAlI., CHIEF' OF I:HiRPOL, D1 HI:!.XICO CIiY, HP.S F'RIJ:!.NDS

IN TH!!. U.S. ~MDASSY AND HE IS Fil:!.DING INFORlviATION TO L.1 ___ .....JIAi~i)

L...-___ ....,jIIN TURN FEEDS THE INFORlflATIOfJ TO ARTURO DURAZO.

ON f'1ARCH 15, 1984, SOURCi HIO, COtH ACTED THe: FBI, LOS Al~Gt:.LJ:!.S,

CALIFORNIA, AND ADVISiD THAT H£ FORGOT TO ~I!.NTION TH~ FOLLOWI~G

INFORMAT IOt~:

ON THi LAST {'iji::ETING SOURCE HJO HAD VISIl'e.D AITORNt.Y .... 1 ___ ....1

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ON f1ARCH 51, 1984, L-I ___ ..... hOU) HHl THAT C01\IANDANTI!.. ALDANA HAD

TOLD HIM THAT TH~ U.S. GOV~RNM~NT WAS INTiRiSTiD I~ FINDING

ARTURO DURAZO IN ORD£:i TO HAVE HHl TRADc.D FOR 1....1 ______ ----1

FALN TERRORIST INCARC~RATED I~ MiXICO AT TH~ PRES~~T TI~~.

L...-__ ----IISTATl!.D THAT THE I~EXICAN GOVERNMENT HAS PLANNING TO

RELEASEL..I ______ .....IloN MARCH 31,1984, DUi TO TR£M£NDOUS

AMOUNT OF PRESSURE FROM THE COMMUNISTS IN MEXICO TO HAV~ HIM

RELEASED.

ON MARC~ '~j1984' SOURCE ONE ADVISED THAT H~ HAD JUST "fALK~D

TO I _ ARTURO'S I I, AND THAT HE ASKED HIf1 IF THr!:

POSITION WAS STILL OPEN. THIS WAS IN REF£RENC~ TO THE JOB

OFFER~D BY SOURCE ONE TO I L SOURCE ON[ INDICATED

TOI ITHAT HE DID NOT HAVE A JOB FOR HIM AT THE PRiSENT TIM!!.

BUT THAT HE \'JAS WILLING TO KiEP LOOKING AROUND. 1-1 __ ----11 HlDICATiD

THAT L-I ___ ..... I VJAS IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING AWAY FROi~ ARIURO AIIJD

THAT Hh. ~JOULD BE AtvAY FROM HH1 IN ABOUT TWO OR THRiE VJEE.KS FRO;VJ lIJOVJ.

L...-__ ....IIIfJDICATED THAT HE MOVED TO A NJ£t'! LOCATION IN AilJ APARrlvjd'~T ONi BLOCK FROM THi BiACH, LOCAT~D RIGHT wH£Ri PALOS V~RDiS AND

REDONDO BiACH MEET. HE HAS BEEN RESIDING THiRE FOR ABOUT ON!!. Wl!.~K.

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O[~ JULY 15, 1983 'L..I ______ ....JI U 0 S. CUSTOf'lJS, LOS

ANGEL~S, CALIFORNIA, ADVISiD THAT AN OLD REFERENCi I~ HIS

COMPUTER INDICATiD THAT ARTURO DURAZO MORE~O WAS THE SUSJ~CT

OF AN INV~STIGATION OUT OF LAR~DO, T~XAS? IN WHICH Hi WAS

INViSTIGAT~D UNDER POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF THE NEUTRALITY ACT.

L---__ ----II HAD 11)0 FURTH ER D~T AILS.

RiC~IVING OFFIC[S ARE REMINDED THAT INV2STIGATION I~TO

CAPTION~D MATT~R IS HIGHLY S~NSITIV~ AND IHAT ALL INV£STIGATIU~

SHOULD BE CONDUCTED THROUGH SOURCiS OF PROV~N RELIABILIIY, A~D

NO ACTION SHOULD Bi TAKiN AT THIS TIMi THAT MIGHI R~V~AL FBI

OR U.S. GOVERNi12NT INTEREST IN THIS MATTiR. INViSTIGATIOI~ TU

LOCATi DURAZO SHOULD B~ LIMITED TO DISCRE~T R~CORDS CHiCKS, INS

CHECKS, DMV A~D PROPERTY R~CORDS CH~CKS, iTC. A~Y OIH~R

INV~STIGATIO~ SHOULD BE COORDINATiD DIR~CTLY WITH LOS ANGiLiS.

AD f·! W ISTR AT IV:!::

RE LOS AtWl!.LiS Tt:Li£TYPi TO BUR~AU, {'JAf<CH 12, I~S4,

BURiAU TEL£:TYPi:i: TO LOS ANGi!:LES, DAT£D fllARCH 8, 1984.

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SOUHC~ nolO IS I ~------------------------------~ IT SHOULD Bi IWTr!:D THAT IT APPfARS OBVIOUS THAT .... I ___ .......

HAS UTILIZED EViRY CONTACT H~ HAS IN FiD~RAL AND LOCAL AG~~CI~S,

TO HZLP HIS LOt:G TI\I1£ F:1IiND~ ARTURO DRUAZO, Ai~D THAT H~ S1!.I!.[fJS

TO HAVi TAKEN ADVANTAGl:!: OF HIS FRI£NDSHIP \.;ITH DURAZO TO

B~N[FIT HIMSiLF. DURING THE SIX HOUR QUiSTIONING, Hi APP~AR~u

TO Bi HON~ST AND OP~N IN HIS RiPLIES TO INTERVI~clING AG~HTS.

FBI RiPRESiNTATIV£S WHO I~TI!.RVIEWiDI IWiR~, SUPE.RVISORY SPiCIAL AGi!.NT I I CASE AGl!.NTr"'""I------.

UND~RCOV~R AGiNTI AND U.S. CUSTOMS

AG~NT'-I ______ ....JI·

THI!. BUREAU IS R~QUiST~9 TO FURNISH INFOROOATIO~ CONTAI~~il

H~R£IN TO LI!.GATS M~XICO CITY, OTTAWA, CANADA, A~D PARIS 9 FRANC!!..

IN VI~W OF THi SENSITIVE NATUR~ OF THE INFOR~ATION CONrAI~1!.D

H~R1!.IN ALL OFFICiS ARE R~QUESTED TO USi EXTREME CAUTION IW

HANDLI~8 THIS INFORMATION WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIiS. LOS ANGiL!!.S

IS OF THE OPINION THAT THIS INFORMATION SHOULD NOT REPI!.AI ~Ol

se: D ISSE[HI~ATb.D TO 1'1li.XICAN AUTHORITH .. S.

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IN VI~W OF N~W DiV[LOPMl~T IN THIS MATT~R A~D TH~

Si!.NSITVt. tMTUHli. OF THi ALLi::.GP.TIONS Aim DIVJ.:..HSITY OF'

CONTACTS AVAILABL~ TO ARTURO DURAZO, LOS ANG~LiS WILL B~

ICONSIDERING SOOO~ NiW RiCOMM~NDATIONS AS TO TH~ GROUP I

~[CHNIQUi P80POS~D IN THIS MATT~R. ALL FI~LD OFFIC~S ARi SgING NOTIFI2D OF CAPTION~D MArlaR

IN VI~W OF DURAZO'S ~XT£NSIVi TRAViL AND NU~iROUS CONTACTS

THROUGHOUT THE U.s. WHICH COULD RiSULT IN FUTURE INV~STIGArION

tHTHIN YOUR DIVISIONS.

FOR INFORMATION OF TH~ BURiAU, TlD L. GU~D~RSON, IS A

FORM~R SAC FROM LOS ANG~L~S OFFIC~9 WHO IS TH~ SUBJ~CT OF

INVE ST IG AT 10 N BY THE D A,LLAS OFFI CE I NVOLVI NG POSS IBLi VIOLAT IUNS

OF ITSP9

MF, FBW STATUTES. H~ OWNS A SiCURITY BUSINESS IN

LOS ~NG~LiS AND HIS WHEREABOUTS ARi UNKNOWN AT THg PR£S~Nr rI~~.

SAN ANTONIO OFFICE IS REQU~STiD TO FURNISH ALL D~TAILS

I INVOLVING A POSSIBLti: NiUTRALITY ACT VIOLATION INV~STIGATION ~CONDUCTEl) AT LAR~DO, TEXAS.

IN VI!!:U OF THE FACT THAT IT IS ALLiG~l) THAT AR'iUHO DURAZO

AUJAYS CARRIiS A • 45 AUTO~ATIC PISTOL, AND fHAT H~ IS AL~JAYS

PAG~ TW~NTY-S~ViN (LA IB5A-393) U~CLAS

ACCOMPANIED BY ARMED GUARDS, H~ SHOULD BE CONSID~R~D

ARMiD AND EXTRiMiLY DANGeROUS.

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TO DIRECTOR, FBI I M M E D I ATE

ATTN: CID, TERRORISM SECTION

LOS ANGELES (185A-393) (IT-i)

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ARTURO DURAZO~ AKA, ARTURO DURAZO MORENO, "EL NEGRO",

GILBERTO DURAZO~(~NU)-MOREN'O!; POSSIBLE THRE~T AGAINST

MEXICAN PRESIDENT M'IGUEL DE LA MADRID HURTADO; PFO;

FPC;OO:LOS ANGELES

RE LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DATED MARCH 12, 1984.

FOR THE INFORMATION OF LOS ANGELES, AIRMAIL COPIES

BEING SENT TO ALBUQUERQUE, CINCINNATI, DALLAS, EL PASO,

HONOLULU, HOUSTON, LAS VEGAS, MIAMI, NEW ORLEANS, NEW YORK,

OKLAHOMA CITY, PHOENIX, SACRAMENTO, SAN ANTONIO, SAN DIEGO,

SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE AND WFO.

i-Albuquerque i-Cincinnati i-Dallas 1-El Paso i-Honolulu i-Houston RTG: wI (.18-

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FOR THE INFORMATION OF FBIHQ AND RECEIVING OFFICES,

SAN JUAN DIVISION CONTACTED THREE MAJOR AREA HOTELS WHERE

THE DURAZO FAMILY SUPPOSEDLY HAD STAYED IN THE PAST. THE

CARIBE HILTON HOTEL, PALACE HOTEL AND HOLIDAY INN CONDADO

COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING

THE DURAZO FAMILY OTHER THAN WHAT WAS REPORTED EARLIER

TO LOS AN~ELES REGARDING A PARTY OF FOUR STAYING AT THE

HOLIDAY INN CONDADO DURING MARCH 22-24, 1,983. HOWEV,ER,

OFFICIALS AT THE PALACE HOTEL STATED THAT THEY SHO'VED NO

RECORD OF THE DURAZO FAMILY STAYING AT THEIR HOTEL DURING

1983, BECAUSE THE ENTIRE RECORDS REGARDING THE ALPHABET

LETTER D FOR REGISTRATION CARDS FOR 1983 ARE MISSING.

AS INDICATED TO LOS ANGELES DIVISION, EARLIER, THE

HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DURAZO PARTY DURING THEIR STAY

AT THE HOLIDAY INN CONDADO IN DECEMBER, 1983 WERE CONDUCTED

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L..-____ ...... I. FOR INFORMATION I .... ____________ ----'IIS MARRIED

TO THE PRESIDENT OF PRINAIR A LOCAL COH~mTEn AIRLINE. PRINAIR

IS PRESENTLY OWNED BY HONORABLE COHMONWEALTH SENATOR NICOLAS

NOGUERAS, WHO ALSO OWNS THE PALACE HOTEL. THERE HAS BEEN

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PREVIOUS INDICATIONS OF CORRUPTION INVOLVING DEALINGS OF

SENATOR.NOGUERAS (NARCOTICS, GAMBLING). SAN JUAN DIVISION

IS PURSUING THE IDEA OF A POSSIBLE INTENTIONAL REMOVAL OF

THE REGISTRATION CARDS AT THE PALACE HOTEL FOR 1983.

A CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE AT THE PALACE HOTEL, MADE A

PRETEXT CALL TO THE TRAVEL AGENCY OF RAQUELA CAINAS AND

ASSOCIATES, INCORPORATED. IT WAS FURTHER DETEru~INED THROUGH

THE PRETEXT CALL THAT THE DURAZO PARTY STAYING AT THE HOLIDAY

INN CONDADO IN DECRMBER, 1983 BOARDED A CRUISE SHIP ON

DECEMBER 24, FOR A SEVEN DAY CRUISE. THE SHIP IS REGISTERED

AT THE COSTA LINES AN ITALIAN REGISTRY, THE NAME OF THE

SHIP BEING THE CARLA "C". FURTHER INVESTIGATION BY THE

SAN JUAN DIVISION DETERMINED BY MANIFEST RECORDS THAT FOUR

PERSONS WITH THE LAST NAME OF DURAZO BOARDED THE SHIP ON

THE 24TH OF DECEMBER, 1983 AT SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. TIm

ITINERARY OF THE SHIP IS AS FOLLOWS:

DECEMBER 24, 1983, CARLA "c" SETS SAIL FROM SAN JUAN,

PUERTO RICO MIDNIGHT EN ROUTE TO CURACAO, NETHERLANDS, ANTILLES.

DECEMBER 26, 1983, ARRIVE AT CURACAO, NETHERLANDS

ANTILLES.

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DECID.~BER 26, 1983, DEPART CURACAO EN ROUTE TO CARACAS,

VENEZUELA.

DECEMBER 27, 1983, ARRIVE CARACAS, VENEZUELA.

DECEMBER 27, 1983, DEPART CARACAS, VENEZUELA EN ROUTE

TO KINGSTON, ST. VINCENT. ARRIVED KINGSTON, ST. VICENT

ON DECEMBER 28, 1983.. DEPART SAME DAY FOn POINT-·AU-·PIETRE,

GUADALUPE. ARRIVED POINT-AU-PIETRE, GUADALUPE ON DECEMBER 29,

1983. ·DEPART GUADALUPE THE SAME DAY EN ROUTE TO ST. THOMAS,

UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS (USVI). ARRIVED ST. THOMAS,

USVI ON DECEMBER 30, 1983. DEPART ST. THOHAS, USVI ON

-DECEMBER 30, 1983 EN ROUTE TO SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO TO ARRIVE

ON DECEMBER 31, 1983.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH PRETEXT CALL

BY CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE TO TRAVEL AGENCY DETERMINED THAT THE

DURAZO PARTY GOT OFF THE CARLA IIC II AT ONE OF THE PORTS OF

CALLS DURING ITS SEVEN DAY CRUISE. CONTACT OF OFFICIALS

OF COSTA LINES INDICATED THAT THEY COULD NOT PROVIDE THAT

INFORMATION BECAUSE THE RECORDS PERTAINING TO THAT PARTICULAR

TRIP ARE ABOARD THE CARLA "e. 11 THE CARLA "C" IS DUE BACK

IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO ON SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1984.

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THE ONLY RECORDS COSTA LINES HAVE AT THIS Tll1E INDICATE

THE FULL NAMES OF THE PARTIES BOARDED AS WELL AS THEIR

NATIONALITY. THE FOLLOWING REFLECTS THE RECORDS OF TEE

COSTA LINES REGARDING THE DURAZO PARTY:

CABIN 227 PROMENADE TWO PARTIES .... I _______ ...... AND~I ______ ~L

CABIN 304 MAIN DECK, TWO PARTIES .... I _______ ....... AND .... 1 _______ ~I. "NATIONALITY OF PARTIES MEXICAN.

THE RECORDS REFLECTED NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

CURRENTLY ALL THREE HOTELS, THE CARIBE HILTON,

THE PALACE HOTEL AND HOLIDAY INN CONDADO DO NOT SHOW ANY

CURRENT REGISTRATIONS OF THE COMBINATIONS OF NAMES USED

BY ARTURO DURAZO. SAN JUAN IS STILL PURSUING DISCREET

CHECKS OF LOCAL BANKS REGARDING POSSIBLE ASSETS OF THE

DURAZO FAMILY DEPOSITED IN THIS AREA. BECAUSE OF THE

POSSIBILITY OF OWNERS OF TRAVEL AGENCY AS WELL AS OWNERS

OF Tfill PALACE HOTEL, SAN JUAN DIVISION WILL NOT BE

eONTACTING DIRECTLY TO TRAVEL AGENCY FOn FEAR OJr INFORMATION

~EAKrNG TO THE DURAZO FAMILY. SAN JUAN DIVISION WILL

CONT~NUE TO ~UESUE THE IDEA OF USING CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE

'1'0 JJ s ~fH{f',TLY OBTAIN INl"ORMATION FROM THE TRAVEL AGENCY.

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CURRENT INFORMATION AT THE TRAVEL AGENCY THROUGH CONFIDENTIAL

SOURCE INDICATE THEY HAVE NO FUTURE OR PRESENT ITINERARY PLANS

FOR THE DURAZO FAMILY.

IN REGARDS TO PROPOSE GROUP I PROPOSALS SUBi'lIITTED BY

LOS ANGELES DIVl'SION TO FBIHQ, CALL FORWARDING SERVICES CAN

BE OBTAINED IN SAN JUAN DIVISION AND CAN BE OBTAINED TlffiOUGH

APPROPRIATE CONTACTS AT PUERTO RICAN TELEPHONE COMPANY.

LENGTH OF TIME TO OBTAIN SERVICE IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR DAYS.

THIS TIME pERIOD INCLUDES OBTAINING AN OFF-·SITE LOCATION FOR

THE TELEPHONE ITSELF, AS WELL AS THE INSTALLATION OF THE

TELEPHONE. CALL FORWARDING SERVICES IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO

RICO ARE OF THE TYPE THAT A PARTY CAN CALL THE NUMBER LOCALLY

AND THE CALL CAN BE FORWARDED TO A LONG DISTANCE LOCATION,

I.E., LOS ANGELES.

LEADS:

LOS ANGELES DIVISION

AT LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

IN REGARD TO THE NAMES PROVIDED BY COSTA LINES REGARDING

THE DURAZO PARTY, PROVIDE THE SAN JUAN DIVISION ADDITIONAL

FAMILY NAMES IN REGARDS TO IL...-______ ....JI AS WELL AsD L--,-r-------------r-r~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------~--b6

IL...-_____ ...J FROM PREVIOUS COMMUNICATIONS, I I b7C

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AT SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

1) WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE DISCREET CONTACTS OF AREA

HOTELS AS WELL AS REAL ESTATE AGENCIES REGARDING THE

POSSIBILITY OF THE DURAZO FAMILY BEING IN PUERTO RICO.

WILL ALSO MAKE DISCREET INQUIRIES REGARDING ASSETS

DEPOSITED IN LOCAL BANKS IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO.

2) WILL CONTACT OFFICIALS ABOARD CARLA "C" UPON

ITS ARRIVAL IN SAN JUAN PORT ON MARCH 17, 1984 TO OBTAIN

FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE CRUISE TAKEN BY THE

DURAZO FAMILY DURING DECEMBER 24-31, 1983. WILL ALSO

MAKE AN EFFORT TO DETERMINE EXACT IDENTITIES OF THE

PARTIES AS WELL AS FULL DESCRIPTIVE DATA. SAN JUAN

WILL ALSO DETERMINE IF THE PARTIES LEFT THE SHIP AT

ANY OF THE PORTS OF CALL DURING THE TRIP.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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Date 3/19/84

FM SAN JUAN (163-612) CP).

TO DIRECTOR, FBI I M M E D I ATE

ATTN: CID, TERRORISM SECTION

LOS ANGELES (185A-3993) (IT-l) I M M E D I ATE

MIAMI I M M E D I ATE

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... ' ......... GILBERTO DURAZO, (FNU) MORENO; POSSIBLE THREAT AGAINST

MEXICAN PRESIDENT MIGUEL DE LA MADRID HUARTE; PFO; FPC;

OO:LOS ANGELES.

RE SAN JUAN TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DATED MARCH 15, 1984,

LOS ANGELES TELETYPE TO DIRECTOR DATED MARCH 12, 1984.

FOR INFORMATION OF LOS ANGELES, AIRMAIL COpy IS

BEING SENT TO ALBUQUERQUE, CINCINATTI, DALLAS, EL PASO,

HONOLULU, HOUSTON, LAS VEGAS, NEW ORLEANS, NEW YORK,

OKLAHOMA CITY, PHOENIX, SACRAMENTO, SAN ANTONIO, SAN

DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE AND WFO. I-San Diego (ai mail)

l-Alburqueque (airmail) l-Cincinatti(airmail) I-Dallas (airmail) I-EI Paso (airmail) I-Honolulu (airmail) R'l'G:wl /.

I-Houston (airmail) I-Sacramento I-Las Vegas (airmail) (airmail) I-New Orleans (airmail)~San Antonio I-New York (airmail) I-San Francisco I-Oklahoma City (airmail) (airmail)

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FOR INFORMATION OF FBIHQ AND RECEIVING OFFICES PER

REFERENCED TELETYPES SAN JUAN TO DIRECTOR DATED MARCH 15, 1984,

CONTACT WAS BEING MADE WITH OFFICIALS OF COSTA LINES CRUISES

ON SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1984.

AS INDICATED IN REFERENCED TELETYPE, SAN JUAN DIVISION

RECEIVING INFORMATION THAT SUBJECT AND DURAZO FAMILY TRAVELED TO

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO ON DECEMBER 2.1, 1983 AND RESIDED AT

THE HOLIDAY INN-CONDADO UNTIL DECEMBER 24, 1983. AT WHICH

TIME FOUR MEMBERS OF THE DURAZO FAMILY BOARDED THE CARLA "C"

C~UISE LINE FOR A SEVEN DAY CRUISE THROUGH VARIOUS PORTS

IN THE CARIBBEAN. SAN JUAN DIVISION CONTACTED~I ____________ ~ CUSTODIAN RECORDS FOR THE CARLA "c" WHO PROVIDED

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION.

OF THE DURAZO FAMILY, I L....-__ ----'I STATED THAT FOUR MEMBERS

~ ____ ~IAN~====~::::::::=:'=:'~:;-I-o-B-TA-I-N-E-D-TW-O-C-A-B-IN-S-F-O-R--J THEIR CRUISE. SAN JUAN DIVISION HAD PREVIOUS INFOR~TION THAT

THE PA~TY DISEMBARKED FROM THE CARLA "c" BEFORE THE CONCLUSION

OF THE SEVEN DAY CRUISE AT ONE OF THE PORTS OF CALL. ACCORDING

TO THE RECORDS PROVIDED BY .... I ___ ..... 1 ALL MEMBERS OF THE PARTY

HAD STAYED ABOARD SHIP THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE CRUISE

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AND DISEMBARKED IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO ON DECEMBER'31, 1983.

SAN JUAN DIVISION ALSO CONTAC~T_E_Dbl====~ ________ ~ CABIN STEWARD, ABOARD THE CARLA II C". ....1 ________ ...... 1 REMEMBERS

THE DURAZO FAMILY FROM THAT SEVEN DAY CRUISE IN DECEMBER.

~URTHER STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 400 PASSENGERS 1...-___ ---'

ABOARD SHIP AT THAT TIME WERE FROM MEXICO AND ALSO KNEW

THE DURAZO FAMILY ..... 1 _______ lsTATED THAT .... 1 ___ ...... IAND

1...-___ ...... 1 DURAZO WERE IN THE CABIN 227 OF THE PROMENADE DECK.

1...-___ ....... 1 RECALLS HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH .... 1 ___ -.....1

WHO INDICATED THAT HIS MOTHER AND SISTER WERE ALSO ABOARD

SHIP AND THEIR CABIN WAS ON THE MAIN DECK ROOM 304.

1 STATED THAT FRANCISCO ALSO STATED THAT 1...-___ .....

HIS FATHER ARTURO DURAZO WAS A GENERAL IN THE MEXICAN

POLICE AND WAS ALSO IN PUERTO RICO AT THIS TIME.

ASKEDI IIF HE WILL BE COMING ABOARD SHIP AT ANY

TIME. ISTATED NO THAT HE STAYED BEHIND IN A HOTEL

IN SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO. 1 1 DESCRIBED I

AS BEING ONLY A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, HOWEVER THE SHIPS

MANIFEST SHOW 1-1--:-____ ----'1 TO HAVE THE DURAZO'S LAST NAME.

1...-______ ----'1 DESCRIBED I lAS A WHITE MALE, 5' 6" IN

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~ ______ ~ISTATED THAT THEY COULD TELL THAT THE FAMILY

HAD A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF GOLD

JEWELRY WORN BY THE MEMBERS TO INCLUDE ROLEX WRISTS WATCHES.

L...-______ ....... I STATED THAT L..I ___ ----II ADVISED HIM THAT THEIR

CURRENT RESIDENCE WAS IN CANADA AND THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY

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TRAVELING DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD ON VACATION. ~I ________ .......

ALSO SPOKE WITH MRS. DURAZO, THE WIFE OF ARTURO DURAZO, AND THE

DAUGHER. DISTEFANO ADVISED THE DAUGHTER WAS BETWEEN TEN

AND TWELVE YEARS OLD AND SPOKE THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

MS. DURAZO STATED THAT SHE TRAVELS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

WITH HER FAMILY AND LEARNS THE LANGUAGES DURING THEIR TRAVELS.

PREVIOUS INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY SAN JUAN DIVISION SHOv.7E P

ACCORDING TO THE

INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY THE OKLAHOMA CITY DIVISION L..I __ ---I

~ ____ ~I IS A PILOT AND POSSIBLY THE PRIVATE PILOT FOR

THE DURAZO FAMILY. SAN JUAN DIVISION HAS NOT DETEIDUNED,

HOWEVER IF I ACCOMPANYING I ~~====~~---------~

ABOARD THE CARLA "c" AND L..I ________ ~I ARE ONE IN

THE SAME PERSON. SAN JUAN DIVISION CHECKED AGAIN Approved: Transmitted Per

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WITH HOLIDAY INN-CONDADO ON DATES AFTER THE CRUISE OF

THE CARLA "c" FOR ANY PARTIES OF THE DURAZO FAMILY BEING

REGISTERED. AGAIN WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS OF REGISTRATION

OF THE DURAZO FAMILY AT THE HOLIDAY INN-CONDADO AS

WELL AS THE CARIBE HILTON AND PALACE HOTEL. THE ONLY

REGISTRATION OF THE FAMILY IS THAT OF ONE PREVIOUSLY

INDICATED ON DECEMBER 21-24, 1983.

'~I ____________ ~I CUSTODIAN OF RECORDS FOR THE CARLA

"C" CR,UISE LINE, STATED THAT FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING

ITINERIARY OF THE DURAZO PARTY CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THEIR

MAIN OFFICE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA. ~I ______ ~ISTATED THAT THE

MAIN OFFICE WILL BE ABLE TO ADVISE WHETHER OR NOT AIRLINE

ARRANGEMENTS WERE BEING MADE BY THE DURAZO PARTY UPON

THEIR RETURN TO THE PORT OF SAN JUAN ON DECEMBER 31, 1983.

I L.. ___ ---'I PROVIDED THE TICKET NUMBERS FOR THE CARLA "C"

FOR THE DURAZO PARTY AS BEING TICKET NUMBER 903491 AND

903490, WITH THIS INFORMATION FURTHER DATA CAN BE OBTAINED

IN THE MAIN OFFICE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA.

LEADS:

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IMMEDIATE UNCLAS EFTO

1) CONTACT OFFICIALS OF COSTA LINES CRUISES AT ONE

BISCAYNE TOWER, SUITE 3190, MIAMI, FLORIDA, TELEPHONE (305)

358-7325, AND OBTAIN ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE REGARDING

~I ____________________________________ ~IDURAZO ITINERARY REGARDING

THEIR CRUISE ABOARD THE CARLA "c" ON DECEMBER 24-31, 1983.

DETERMINE FROM THEIR RECORDS IF ANY TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS

WERE MADE FOR THE DURAZO FAMILY U~ON CONCLUSION OF~THE·-

CRUISE ON DECEMBER 31, 1983. TICKET NUMBERS FOR THE

CRUISE FORI IWAS 903491 AND FORI I 1 1903490 IS EACH TICKET FORBEING A PARTY OF TWO,

SHOULD AID OFFICIALS AT COSTA CRUISE LINE IN FINDING THE

RECORDS REGARDING THE DURAZO PARTY.

2) ALSO DETERMINE IF ANY SHIP TO SHORE, PHONE

CALLS WERE PLACED BY THE DURAZO PARTY DURING THEIR SEVEN

DAY CRUISE IN DECEMBER, 1983.

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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Dates of Contact ) J r-___________ 3~~~_g_4 ____________________________________ ~ File #s on which contacted (Use lilies if File #s not available)

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Purpose and results of contact

S?l NEGATIVE o POSITIVE o STATISTIC

Description of Statistical Accomplishment

PERSONAL DATA

Title of Case FileNo.

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CHANGSD. ARTURO DURAZO MORj~O, AKA - FUGITIVi; POSSI~L~ fHRiAT

AGAI.JST f:;t:XICAt~ PRl:.SIDl!.t~T IHGUc.L D~ LA ;·jl~DHID HURTADO; PFO; FPC;

00: LO SANG l:i:Lc.S.

f ITL~ ItCHI~NGiDIt TO SHO';,,' SUbJiCT'S FUGIT IVi STATUS.

FOR INFORMATION OF BURlAU AND RiC£IVING OFFIC~S, ON ~ARCH 3~,

198 Ll, U. S. MAG ISTR U. S. DISTRICT

COURT, CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANG[LiS, CALIFORNIA,

ISSUgD A PROVISIONAL WARRA~T FOR ARREST IN THi KATr~R OF l!.XTRA-

DI'fIOfJ OF M(fUI\O !)U.·U~.zO. dAHRP.NT STATiS THAT DURAZO clt.:II~G

S1l3JiCT TO !!:XTRA0ITION TO THi GOVl:!.KN~,i.!::.JT OF liji!.XICO PURSUA:~T fa A

~ARRANT OF ARRiST ISSU~D I~ THAT COUNr~Y, CHARGI~G HI~ WIfH TAX

FH~\U), ILLiGAL POSS.;.SSION OF \'}itPOl~S, Sl:U8GLIi'JG, A:~D l!.XiORfIO~,

I~ VIOLATIO~ OF THi LAWS THlh~OF, U~D~~ TITL~ 1~, USC, Sl!.CTIOJ

3184.

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(LAPD) a r~ P,P;:; IL 4, 19GLJ , L'iDICATiS L.I _______ ....1>1, 001..:> L.1 _____ ----I

L...-----II UAS POSSI3LY i:;iSIDING AT I 13cVJ:!.RLY

:ULLS, Ct,LIFOR:Ht:. L.I ____ ..... 1 IS nt..po;·tri0LY .L.I _____ .....IIA;~D

POSSI:3ILITY iXISTS ARTUHO uU,:;AZO i\;AY ;.~ USI1~G ThIS LOC~iIO~ Ab

HILLS TO D~TiH~t;LJJ.:.. IDt:~TITY OF' OCCUPf..,ns tiT L.I ________ ---I~

f\DDITIOr~'\LLY, Oi'l AP;UL L;, 1964, I.·WOf;\·'f.\rIOl~ ~;t\a 1:(..:.C.:!.IVr:.u

CHI~F OF I~T~RPOL I~ ~iXICO CITY, 15 ~OR~ING WITH AGi~rS OF' DF'b

TO KID~JAP L.I ______ ----I~ .f')., K.;O':J:) ASSOCIATe: OF AnlU~O JUli/,L0,

WHO ~AS RiCiNTLY IDlNTIFI~J I~ ~ LOS A~G~LiS ~i0SPAP~R A~fICL..:.

lUD1.APPHJG ~:OULD B::!. TO I{I;Ti::;;:IOGf.lU: L..I ___ ..... IL~ ifJJ!.XICO lil!.GML,)LIJG

TH~ CL2R~~T lH~Rr:.P~OUTS OF ~~TURO DURAZOo SOURCi ALSO A0VIS~U

THAT DUl::Il'vG TE;!'. Pt.8T ';}l!.l:'..i( 0FS AGt-k'ITS Pi:(SO:MLLY CO NfAC'f.::.u L.I __ ----I L...-___________ ---II LOS .ANGl!.LiS, .('\i,;D IHI1.d\Til~I!.D Hi.:.H If: rlM

PHYSICP.L :'!"Et~ IF' tlHt!. t'}OUL0 ~WT C80P~i~Al~ l\..:.Gf.\liDL~G HII.!. PRi!.S":'I~T

La Ctrf 10 i~ OF ARTUHO DUHAZO 0 1';08T IDclJT If' I J!.J i5Y SOURC~ .t..S A CLC~.:.

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A5S0CIATL OF ARTURO DURAZO, bHG IS SUSP~CTiD OF I~VOLVi~~~f I~

DRUG Ti;PJiFICo

AD [\; I!l I 5T R t~T I V ~ :

CO!\FIJ):!~TIt\L SOUl\C~ IS ID~;':'fIilll.!.0 :~S L-I _____ .....1

r-------,ll,·iAS ADVIS~D OF' P1L!iC::~D KIO:1UJ)?II:C PLOl' BYL,..I ___ ----JI,

BO~J)~~ PAT~OL AGi~T, CHULA VISfA? CALIFOR~IA.

I:'JFOl~I\~tIT 10 tJ r.~G f..RD I I~G i·jOST I ~CID c:'Il WAS Pr/OVIDiD '1'0 1 ______ .....

:8Y ..... 1 _____ --....11·

,""~f\"'A f.'1D pAnIS vi 1 c~w ,,-l.v 1'.11 0

LOS A~G~LiS R~CO~~i~DS L~GAT, W~XICO CITY APPROACH TH~

OF CU~RiNT I~FOR~ATION? INJIC~TI~G ?OS3I~LL ILL~GAL ACrIVIfI~S

THAT THiS~ INDIVIDUALS ~ILL t~ SUDJ~CT YO P~OSECUTIO~ U~D~R

j);::..ViLOPiD TO DATi, THPJ THi tiCTIO,~S OF i·'l!.XICAi~ LM~ i..~FuaCC:iv.i!.lif

AUTHO~ITI2S I~ TH~ UNITLD STATiS A~~ ~OT FOR TH~ PURPOSi OF

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iNFORC~~~NT AGiNCI~SJ X~ IS NOT ~~ING ~~TiR~D INTO ~CIC Ai tHIS

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Date 4/10/84

TO LOS ANGELES (185A-393) (IT-I) ROUTINE

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UNCLAS

ARTURO DURAZO, AKA ARTURO DURAZO MORENO, "EL NEGRO", GILBERT DURAZO,

FNU MORENO; POSSIBLE THREAT AGAINST MEXICAN PRESIDENT, MIGUEL

DE LA MADRID HURTADO; PFO; FPC. 00: LOS ANGELES.

RE LA'TEL TO BUREAU, 3/1/84.

FOR INFORMATION OF LOS ANGELES, MAJOR SAN ANTONIO BANKS

HAVE BEEN CONTACTED, HOWEVER, THEIR ACCOUNTS NEGATIVE RE

CAPTIONED SUBJECT.

ON 4/10/84 ,IL.....-____ ----' U. S. CUSTOMS, SAN ANTONIO,

TEXAS, ADVISED THEIR FILES IN LAREDO, TEXAS, NEGATIVE RE

SUBJECT, HOWEVER, HE WAS ADVISED THAT SUBJECT'S NAME WAS

MENTIONED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NARCOTICS INVESTIGATION VJHICH

WAS TURNED OVER TO DEA. ACCORDING To ..... 1 __ ---' FILE WAS ALSO

TURNED OVER TO DEA.

SAN ANTONIO WILL CONTACT DEA FOR DETAILS RE ABOVE INFOR-

MATION ON DURAZO.

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RUEHCIDEPl OF' STATE

RuEHS!/U.S. SECREt SERVICE '

, ALL FBI FIELDOF'F'lCES PRIORITY

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ART~Rb DURAZO MORENO~ AKA -~UGITIV£; POSSIBLE THREAt AGAINST MEXICAN , ,

PRESIDENT MIGUEL DE l..Af'lAOR.IP HURtADO J '

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LEGAL. ATTACHf£,MEXICO CITY ADVISED ON 4/9/84 AS. FOLLOWS,

. ON APRl'L 6" 1984,' LEGAL, A1TACHi, M£'XICQ,CltV, PERSONALLY ~ONIAC1ED , , ' .

, DEPUTY' FEDERAL ATTORNEY Gt.NERAl.. Fi~.ttANPO' BAEZA, MEXl CO CITY," AND

INQli IRED' REGARD I NG ' A NY,AUTH O~lZ.AT £OS' H E'~;Mtt,{H AVE ,61 VEN "FOR Alty'

'MEXICAN' POL ICE, OFF IC1A~ TO E.~TER THE UN~}ED STA1ESTO Cl.HDUCT·

INVESTIGAT'ION R~GARDING THIS,'MATTER. Mft'. BAEZA AJSUR'ED Lt::GAT ATTACHE

THAT NO, AUTHORIZATION HAD BEEN GIVEN FOR ANYMEXI CAN LAW ENFURCt:MI£NT

OFFICIAL TO ENTER lHE UNITED STA~ES TO. CONDUC{'INVESrlGAT 10.N IN tHIS

MATlER MID, PARTICULARLY NOT', SINCE L.EGATCONTACtED B~!ZAKANY WE~~S

BACK REQUEST ING THAT nus CASE BE HANDl..SD EXCLUSIVEL.Y BY IHK 'FB! IN .

r' THE UNITED ,S! AYES. LEGAL ATTACHE 4J)V1S£D MR. BAKU ITHAt IF' MEXICAN· " ~:; -

"

\ I" :

POLICE OFfI'ICIAl.S WERE DETECtE'1) INVEST IGATING 'Tins MAtTER Iii THE UNlr~D

stAt ESf : THEY WOULD BE SUBJEct TO ARREs{rOR VIOl..ATIO NOY u.s. L.AWS. , ',,' • ' C' ,

. "BAEZA SAID HE HAD NOOBJEctlOtf TO SUCH'ACTION BIING CARRIED our BY

. TJi'E u.s .• LAW ENFORCEMENT AutijORIT lES A,Mt1~'WOULD, NOl oaJ.£ctTO THh.ARREst ..

OF' ANYONE UP THE.RE CONDuctING AN UNAUTHORIZED lNVESTIGATION. " .

" REGARDING MIGUEL ,ALDANA .. PRESENT bIRECT~R"OF INTERPOL, I'lIi:XICO.·.

UNDl:R :THE DIRECTION OFftlEXICO FEDERAL JUDICIALP,Ol..lCt: (MFJP) ,BAEZA

Sf AT ED THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN AUTHORIZED'TO .CONDUCT AHy'~lNVgSTIGATION , , ' ' '.' . ", .' .: ' "

,IN THEUNITEl> STATES AND WAS UNAWAREOF'ANY ~PERATlON ALD~NAMAY BE

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UNOERTA~,ING AGAINST ANYO~E IN THE UNITED STATES." BAEZA ADVISED THAi

HE D 10 NOT BELIEVE 'r'HATAl..DKNA WOULD BE'CAPABLE Of' AtT£MPTIHG 10

KID'NAPANYONE FROMTH£ UNITED STATES,I'OBRING THEM TO l"rt:XICp TO

FORC£COOPERAT~ON IN qAPTIO,NJ;D MATTER, j,

ON ,'APRIL 6, 1984, LEGArp£~SONA1..LY'CONTACTED tHE PRESENT

;' DIRECT~R OF' MEXICO FEDtRAL SECURITY' DIRtcToRATt <OFS) ,JOSti:ANIONIO

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ZORRILLA PEREZ. ZORRILJ..A A01/1S[0'THAT HE HAD HOT AUTHORIZi:O ANYONE , ,

FROM HIS AGENCY TO ENTER THE'UNITED STA'ttES. TO, CONDt;JCTINVESTIGATION

IN nus' MATTER AND HAD FUl...L'l":;:COQPERATEO.,lTHl,EGAT' S REQU£ST THAT' ~, ' . Jt

THlSB£: HANDLED SOLELY BY T~~ F81 INtHf::UNITED St'An:S, SINCE

L£GAT·S CONTACT WITHZORRll.LA MA'NY tiEE'KSAGO. ZORRIJ..LA'WAS ADVISED

,TM'AlTHERE WERE ALLEG AllONS' THATDFS 'lG,EN1S HADB£EN' IN THE 'UNITED

stATES INT IMIDAT-ING' PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO ACHIEVE .cOOPERATION IN

THIS MATTER. ZORRILLA ADVISED THAT IT MAYKAV£ 8EEI, SOMEONE' "

mEN! IFYING t'HEPtSEL.V'ES AS Dis, BUT NOT aElNG DF'S IF IN FACT THIS

ALLEGED INCIDENT HAD OCCUR,~tD. ZORRILLA ADVISED l.EGAl THAT HE HAD,'" ,

NOT AND WOULD NOT AUTHORIZE "OrSAGENrS 19CONDUOT . INVEST IGATION~N nus MATTER IN THE UNIlEDStlATES WI.TI10UT~ COORDINATING THE EFFORT

FIRST WITH tHE LEGAL ATTACHE IN M[jucO CITY,.ZORRILl.A WAS ADVlSt;O '

THAT, If DFS AGENTS WERE DElEe,TED CONDUCTING INVESTI6,ATION'IN THt.

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UNITEO STATES 1N AN UNAUTHORIZED MANNER, THEY WOULD BE SUBJECt 1'0 .

ARREST BY U.S, AUTHORItIES.' ZORRILLAADVISED THAT HE HAD He;> OBJEct.rON . . ' .

. TOSUCH ACTION BY U.S. AUTHORITIES IF OF'S AGENTS WERE DEtECTED .CON-

DUCTING UNAUTHORIZED INVESTIGATION·!N THE UNITED STATES.,' '~f

, BOTH DFS D I RECTtJR AND DEPUTY FEDERA'l. A lTO~NEY GENERAl. DISCUSSED

. THE POSSIBILITY THAT DURAZO MAY HAVE ENGINEERED SITUATIONS 1ft· THE

U.S. ATTEMPTING TO ACHIEVE A SITUATION ~.HICH WOUl..DSi:UNFAVORABLE'

TO . HIS EXTRADlT ttlN TO MEXICO:' It4ASMUCH ~SHECOULD SHOW TMi JUDGE THAT , '.. ' . .

THERE WERE THREATS ·AGAINST lUP) AND INTIMIDAtION USED IN' THE U.S.

TO 'ATTEMPT TO ACHIEVE HIS ~XTRADITION TO MEXICO IN ORDER TO THW~RT' ,~,

MY EXTRAD It ION ORDER.

80TH ~R .. BAEZA AMD MR .ZORRILLA WERE ADVISEr> 'r"AT A FEDERAL

ARREST WARRANT HAD BEEN ISSU,ED IN THE UN.ITED SlA.TES FOR THE ARREST.

Or DURAZO BASED 0,. THE ME)(lCAN DIPLOMATIC HOT£ REQUESTING 'fHt: :'

fi1:tOVISI.oNAL. ARREST OF DURA·ZO SHOULD HE Bil.;OCATED IN THE UNltE'O

SlATES' ,; , , ., " ARMiO M4D DANGEROUS,

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MEXICAN PRESIDENT MIGUEL DE LA MADRID HURTADO; PFO; FPC

(00: LA).

RE SAN ANTONIO TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES, APRIL 10, 1984.

FOR INFORMATION OF LOS ANGELES, A CHECK WITH DEA,

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590868 AND 00002747. ACCORDING TO DEA, THEIR CASES ON

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ARTURO DURAZO, AKA; THREAT TO KILL MEXICAN PRESIDENT MIGUl:.L

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RE BUREAU TELETYPE TO LOS ANGELES, £NTITLED "VISIt TO

THE U. S. OF PRESIDENT DE LA MADRID OF MEXICO FROM MAY 14,

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PURSUED BY LOS ANGELES, AND TH~ FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS AN

UPDATE ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS:

THi FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SINGULAR IN NATURE AND

SHOULD NOT BE DISSEMINATED OUTSIDE THE FBI.

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