Cryptonym: AMTRIGON-1
A dispatch in October of 1962 stated that AMOT-28 (Andres Eugenio Venegas Garcia) reported in late September that the brother of AMTORRID-1 had told the former that AMTRIGON-1 was organizing a group or association called the Hermandad Cubana (Cuban Brotherhood), which included about seven or eight Americans. The dispatch added that AMTRIGON-1 lived "with two Americans at 220 N.W. 8th Avenue, top floor, Miami. In the upper room #5 of this house the group has arms and equipment." One of AMTRIGON-1's associates was said to have been a man named "Larry" (possibly Larry Laborde/AMDENIM-4). The dispatch also noted that "AMTRIGON-1 doesn't try to hide his anti-American feelings, and he says he doesn't want to have anything to do with KUBARK (CIA) personnel."
According to Fabian Escalante, former Cuban intelligence chief, in his book, JFK: The Cuban Files, on November 13, 1963, "Argimiro Fonseca Fernandez, Wilfredo Alfonso Ibanez, Israel Rodriguez Lima, and Erasmo Manchin Garcia, four CIA agents infiltrated into Cuba for subversive and espionage activities, were captured and brought to trial. Guns, pistols, ammunition, and letters written in invisible ink were taken from them. The CIA had given them the task of locating coastal areas suitable for landing arms."
Andres Venegas is discussed in the strange epilogue to the Bayo-Pawley mission, where much disinformation is contained about survivors - see 104-10057-10102 - page 6. Venegas was AMOT-28.
1994.06.02.15:07:15:780005: Reel 61, Folder B - UNIDAD REVOLUTIONARIA.
7/3/61 letter to F. F. Cavada (AMBLEAK-1) from unnamed author. Refers to CIA officer "Bill" being replaced by "Frank Booth". At p. 3 - "I enclose a list of 36 of the 50 (Falcons) who are training from minimum assistance from the Unidad (aka UR/AMSCROLL) The attached list has Arigmiro Fonseca is listed as one of the "Ratio(?) of Falcons of UR - "Relacion de Halcones".
104-10166-10088: CABLE: INFO CONTAINED DBA 9219
Cable from C/TFW/PM C.W. Matt to JMWAVE, 5/6/62: "Leads conclude AMTRIGON op compromised prior (to) departure (from) WAVE area...(Army) has queried re (CIA) ops interest Antonio Cuesta Valle/AMDENIM-14 (who mentioned in this report) and has been told we have ops interest."
10/15/62 dispatch from Chief, JMWAVE to Chief, TFW: "On 26 September 1962, AMOT-28 (Andres Eugenio Venegas Garcia) reported...information given to him by brother of AMTORRID-1 about AMTRIGON-1...(identified in marginalia as Argimino Fonseca Fernandez). AMTRIGON-1 is organizing a group or association called the Hermandad Cubana (Cuban Brotherhood), which includes about seven or eight Americans. AMTRIGON-1 lives with two Americans at 220 8th Avenue, top floor, Miami. Among the Americans who go around with AMTRIGON-1 there is one who is called 'Larry'. (note: Larry Laborde/AMDENIM-4?) He and another American of this group were instructors of Fidel Castro's troops during the early part of the Castro regime. (Note: Probably Gerry Hemming) AMTRIGON-1 doesn't try to hide his anti-American feelings, and he says he doesn't want to have anything to do with (CIA) personnel"...it was requested...that AMTRIGON-1's POA be cancelled." AMTRIGON-1 also stated that if he were ever to join an army, the army would have to watch out for him. Marginalia on page 4 of 5 identifies him as Argiminio Fonseca Fernandez, date of birth 12/28/23, born in Santiago de Cuba.
The routing slip to the above document; another copy of the document itself, and an attachment.
1/25/63 memo from DDP to FBI liaison Sam Papich: Subject Argimino Fonseca Fernandez and the Hermandad Cubana - A New Anti-Castro Organization in Miami - The marginalia under his name states "201-314932" - it is also handwritten in the lower right-hand corner.
FBI report of 6/17/63: "On June 12, 1963, Tito Perez Cuba, 220 N.W. 8th Avenue, Apartment 2, stated Gerald Patrick Hemming and another United States citizen named (Ed) Collins formerly shared a room at the above address with Argimiro Fonseca."
Fabian Escalante, JFK: The Cuban Files (Ocean Press, 2006), p. 248
"11/13/63: Argimiro Fonseca Fernandez, Wilfredo Alfonso Ibanez, Israel Rodriguez Lima, and Erasmo Manchin Garcia, four CIA agents infiltrated into Cuba for subversive and espionage activities, were captured and brought to trial. Guns, pistols, ammunition, and letters written in invisible ink were taken from them. The CIA had given them the task of locating coastal areas suitable for landing arms."