</s>104-10308-10029 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 SECRET MEMURANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: AMCANOE Job # 65-535/28 File # 19-6-91 Date: included: Volumes: 11 1. Description: This project concerns U.S. contacts for a resistance group in Cuba. Support of the Unidad de Liberacion Nacional (ULN) and their plans and efforts to overthrow CASTRO. Principle players are: AMCANOE-1 (201-0283570) Eduardo GARCIA Molina AMCANO-2 (201)-0726572) Enrique Alfredo GARCÍA Molina AMCANOB-3 (201)0727185) Antonio Jose RAMTREZ Mendez, captured and executed in Jan 64; AMCANODE-4 (201~0729621) Armando SOSA Rodriguez AMCANOF-5 (201-)0727186) Marcelino PEREZ Diaz AMCANOSE-6 (201]-0729610) Orlando OROPESSA Perez, AMCANOO-6(201-072980) orlando ACOSTA Valdes, captures AMCANOPE-7 (201-(0729280) tried and killed by firing squad 15 Sept 63. AMCANOC-9 (201 -- Juan AMESTOY Dominguez, killed 29 Sept 63 in a gun battle.

Summary: The document details U.S. government records related to contacts with a Cuban resistance group, specifically the Unidad de Liberacion Nacional (ULN), aimed at overthrowing Fidel Castro. It lists individuals associated with ULN operations, including Eduardo GARCIA Molina (AMCANOE-1), Enrique Alfredo GARCÍA Molina (AMCANO-2), Antonio Jose RAMTREZ Mendez (AMCANOB-3, captured and executed in January 1964), Armando SOSA Rodriguez (AMCANODE-4), Marcelino PEREZ Diaz (AMCANOF-5), Orlando OROPESSA Perez (AMCANOSE-6), Orlando ACOSTA Valdes (AMCANOO-6, captured), and Byron CAMERON (AMCANOPE-7, tried and killed by firing squad on 15 September 1963). Additional entries reference Paulino A SIERRA, a Cuban lawyer in Chicago, and efforts to unify exiles. A March 1964 memo notes a businessman and ship owner linked to AMCANOE-1 who connected him with underworld elements via a former St. Louis police officer, allegedly tied to the Costa Nostra, which offered $150,000 for Castro’s assassination. Other documents from April and May 1964 mention CAMERON’s contact with an unidentified group willing to assassinate Cuban leaders, including Fidel Castro, Paul CASTROO, and Che GUEVARA, with MAPIA involvement noted.  

Key People: Eduardo GARCIA Molina (AMCANOE-1), Enrique Alfredo GARCÍA Molina (AMCANO-2), Antonio Jose RAMTREZ Mendez (AMCANOB-3), Armando SOSA Rodriguez (AMCANODE-4), Marcelino PEREZ Diaz (AMCANOF-5), Orlando OROPESSA Perez (AMCANOSE-6), Orlando ACOSTA Valdes (AMCANOO-6), Byron CAMERON (AMCANOPE-7), Paulino A SIERRA, S.W. TYLER, Herbert F. JENNE.  

Key Locations: Cuba, Chicago, Miami Springs, Fort Lauderdale, St. Louis.  

Key Events: Efforts to overthrow Castro by ULN; offers for Castro’s assassination ($150,000); connections between AMCANOE-1 and underworld elements via a former police officer; CAMERON’s involvement in planning assassinations of Cuban leaders; deaths of RAMTREZ Mendez (January 1964), CAMERON (15 September 1963), and ACOSTA Valdes.  

Key Organizations: Unidad de Liberacion Nacional (ULN), Costa Nostra, MAPIA.

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