BOMBING
MEXICAN CONSUL
1968 -- Dade County
Florida
[Reference:
Dade County OCB file #3-57]
DATE: September 9, 1968
CASE NO.: CI 3-57
TO: E. WILSON PURDY, Director
Public Safety
Department
FROM: JOHN L. VERMILYE, Commander
Vice and Intelligence Section
SUBJECT: Bombing: RAFAEL REYES SPINDOLA, Mexican Consul
General
At approximately 12:15 a.m., this date, this writer was
contacted by
Complaint Officer J. Montgomery and advised that a bombing
had taken
place at 912 S. w. 74 Avenue.
Upon the arrival of this unit, the following personnel were
on the
scene: Officers P. Janosky, J. Wunderly, South District
Uniform Bureau,
and Sergeant T. Fox of Crime Scene Search Section.
The explosive device used was an M-26 fragmentation hand
grenade, which
failed to fully detonate. On the front porch was found
approximately 3/4" of fuse cap, partially mutilated; a
coil of
spring steel, opened to a length of approximately 6 feet,
small
"pebbles" of, and powdered, composition "B" explosive; a
mark on the
wall 9" above the floor and 4" south of the door jamb.
This mark
was apparently made by the hand grenade, when it struck the
wall, prior
to detonation.
Due east of the front door, on the edge of S. W. 74 Avenue,
54' from
the front of the house, was located the top half of the
grenade; 34'
east-southeast of the front door, the safety lever was
found.
From the above physical evidence, the following conclusion
were reached by this agent:
Person (s) unknown threw the hand grenade from the street,
(S. W. 74
Avenue) onto the porch. It struck the front wall and
fell to the
floor.
Upon detonation, approximately 1' 3" east of the front door,
only the
fuse cap exploded, and that only partially, causing the
grenade to fly
apart. The safety lever was found at the point where
it was
ejected during the flight of the grenade.
No damage resulted form this incident, the only thing being
a scorched area on the concrete floor of the porch.
The victim, RAFAEL REYES SPINDOLA, white male, 48, who is
the Mexican
Consul General, did not see or hear anything unusual prior
to the
explosion.
A check of the neighborhood revealed no witnesses to this
incident.
This again appears to be the work of the "Cuban Power" group
which has been active in this area.
All physical evidence was impounded for processing by the
Crime Lab.
Investigation continues.
PREPARED BY: _______________________
ROBERT
E. WILLIS, Agent
REW/gmc
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