CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES
arms, propaganda and explosives seizure
[Reference: Dade County OCB file #21132A & 21265A]
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June 26, 1958
Investigation into the Cuban Revolutionary Activities.
1. On Tuesday, June 24, 1958, acting on information received from
a confidential informant, W.L., a search warrant was obtained from
Circuit Judge GORDON and served on two apartments at the Tradewinds
Motel by the writer and the following officers: McKee, KAPPEL,
TARABOCHIA, Detective HERBERT, of the City of Miami P.D., and Motel
Commission Investigator JOHN KELLY.
2. In Apartment 107 of the Sun Coast Building the following
material was found: 9 cases of 40% special gelatin, Dupont Red Cross
dynamite, size one and a quarter by eight inches; one 45-caliber Colt
automatic pistol, serial No. 1684093, with clip and ammunition; one
30-caliber rifle barrel; one Italian 7.35 caliber rifle, serial R2127;
two Thompson sub-machine guns, serial Nos. removed; 30-caliber MI
Springfield rifle, serial 560997; and numerous propaganda papers.
3. The following persons were taken into custody:
1. JUAN ALEXANDRO MILIAN, w/m, 34
2. ALONZO FRANCO ABDIAS, w/m, 25
3. SIGUNDO JOSE FERRERO, w/m, 34
4. DIEGO MARQUEZ, w/m, 29
All of the above subjects were charged with suspicion of illegal possession and storage of explosives.
4. On Wednesday, June 25, the same informant disclosed that
further material could be found in the Seaborne Building of the
Tradewinds apartments. Assisted by Officers McKEE, CAPPELL,
TARABOCHIE, KASSOFF, MOLINA, and Inspector KELLY, we returned to this
location and searched the premises on the authority of the Hotel
Commission Safety Inspection Regulations. In Apartment 102 we
discovered 4,320 rounds of 7.35 Italian rifle ammunition.
5. We arrested OSVALDO CARMONA VENTO, w/m, 34 and JUAN
JENER-SAIZ, w/m, 37, and JORGE R. ARENCIBA y PESTANO, w/m,
approximately 30.
6. On June 26, 1958, I went to the office of the United States
District Attorney and signed an affidavit at the request of Assistant
U. S. Attorney O.B. KLINE requesting a hearing on violation of
probation of ARENCIBA. This request was granted and a hearing to
revoke probation will be held on June 27, 1958, at 12:00 noon.
Detective S. B. BILLBROUGH
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