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201-203040 Diaz-Garcia, Sandelio Herminio

Central Intelligence Agency · 1975-08-11 · 163 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This Central Intelligence Agency personality (201) dossier on Sandelio Herminio Diaz Garcia holds material dated from November 1956 to August 1975 and was approved for release in 2025. It contains 1966 intelligence cables on a 29 May 1966 exile infiltration attempt near Havana, in which Diaz was reported killed while trying to assassinate Fidel Castro. It also includes a report on cancelled assassination plans, 1973 traces linking a Herminio Diaz to narcotics trafficking, and FBI file listings. The dossier contains no UFO material.

  • p. 3 …201-0203040 DBB-0038065 08 FEB 1966 FBI SANDALIO HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA, ALSO KNOW 201-0203040…
  • p. 4 …AND SHOULD BE REQUESTED FROM IP/FILES. DIAZ GARCIA, SANDELIO HERMINIO 201-0203040 201-0097455 SEX…
  • p. 6 …IT ALSO RUMORED THAT DIAZ HAD MEETINGS WITH LOCAL MEXICAN POLICE SHIEF WHO PERSONAL FRIEND. DIAZ…
  • p. 9 …HERMINIO OR ERMENGILDO DIAZ (20-02-03-30) (MEC WITH GUAYAQUIL DPOB: SPAIN; CIRCA 1923 D…
  • p. 10 …REQUEST STATION AND SLIGO TRACES DUQUE/DIAZ. PRESENT CITIZENSHIP NOT KNOW. 3. FOR SAN JOSE: REQUEST…
  • p. 12 …CUESTA, ALVAREZ, SALDIVAR, ANTA, ROMERO, DIAZ, MAS, BORGES. FILED 312015Z (IW COMMENT: MR. FLORES, WH/C…
  • p. 15 …ARMANDO ROMERO AND HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA WERE THE MEN WHO WERE KILLED ON THE SHORE. ROBERTO…
  • p. 16 …TDCSDB-315/00765-66, DATED 9 MARCH 1966 SAID THAT DIAZ WOULD LEAVE MIAMI AT ANY…
  • p. 17 …GROUP OF CUBAN EXILES, LATER IDENTIFIED AS CUESTA, RORER, FERNANDEZ ANTA, DIAZ, ZALDIZAR, EXERCISING WITH SEABIRD…
  • p. 18 …ROMER AND DIAZ NEVER OF OPS INTEREST
  • p. 23 …ARMANDO ROMERO ERMINIO DIAZ Garcia ANTIONIO CUESTA DEL VALLE EUGENIO SALDIVAR GUILLERMO ALVAREZ ROBERTO ANTA ROMERO…
  • p. 26 …Three plots which have been reported are those planned by Herminio Diaz Garcia, Reinaldo Padron, and…
  • p. 27 …A prominent Cuban emigre in Miami who is a friend of Diaz, and with whom Diaz…
  • p. 28 …0 PLANS OF HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA TO ASSASSINATE FIDEL CASTRO RUZ DOI: 15 FEBRUARY TO 4…
  • p. 30 …A REPORT DATED 6 JANUARY 1966 FROM THE SAME SOURCE GAVE INFORMATION ON DIAZ' PLAN TO…
  • p. 31 …ON 15 FEBRUARY DIAZ SAID THAT HE HAD JUST RETURNED TO MIAMI FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS…
  • p. 33 …9 MARCH 1966 SUBJECT PLANS OF HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA TO ASSASSINATE FIDEL CASTRO RUZ PLACE & DATE…
  • p. 35 …WAVE INTEL UFG 8011 (CABLE) AMRAZZ/1 REPORTED PLANS OF HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA TO ASSASSINATE FIDEL…
  • p. 37 …SE C R E T CFN 9532 8 1966 8011 AMRAZZ/1 HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA FIDEL…
  • p. 39 …PERTINENT INFORMATION DIAZ, HERMINIO 201-203046 201-203040 SEX M DOB ? 100-009-014 DBB -24744…
  • p. 40 …RID INDEX DIAZ, MIRANDA. FILED 062322Z REPORT CLASS SECRET CONTROLLED DISSEM NO FOREIGN DISSEM WH/C…
  • p. 42 …ON 4 JANUARY 1966 A HUBAN EMIGRE IN MIAMI SAID THAT HERMINIO DIAZ GARCIA, A MEMBER…
  • p. 43 …IT IS BELIEVED THAT DIAZ IS RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM JOSE MARIA "PEPIN" BOSCH LAMARQUE, OF THE…
  • p. 46 …PERTINENT INFORMATION Sandra Diaz, Hermino 201-203040 SEX M DOB ? CIT CUBA OCC ? Δ USA, FLA…
  • p. 47 …BORGES PAID DIAZ $360 FOR GRENADES. DIAZ DELIVERED FORTY CONSEQUENTLY BORGES ASKED A-15
  • p. 48 IN 18432 PAGE 2 DIAZ PICK UP OTHER TWENTY OR $120 CASH THEY REPRESENT. IF A…
  • p. 50 A15 9MM $120 20 65 A-15 US MK II HERMINIO DIAZ 732 NW THIRD ST…
  • p. 53 (Sandra Lis) Herninio Díaz García 127 74W 13th Ave. Aug 3 Miami (Tel. 371-6825) Deliverer…
  • p. 54 …ROS BELIEVES DIAZ WILL RETURN U.S. MIDDLE FEB 64. 2. DURING DIAZ SOJOURN WAVE AREA…
  • p. 55 G G G L E T ATTACHMENT 17 to UPGA-13685 Merminio DIAZ (201-203040) Subject…
  • p. 58 …HOWEVER, ONE SOURCE, SANDELIO HERMINIO (DIAZ) GARCIA, PERHAPS KNOWN TO AMWHIP, REPORTED IN JULY 1963 IN…
  • p. 65 Idou A Sancalilo Herminio DIAZ Carota DP05: 3 September 1983 Aguacate, Habana Province Idea 8 Efigonio…
  • p. 67 …RID/FI FILE TITLE Diaz Garner, Sandie Franklin TRACE REQUEST ABSTRACT FILE NUMBER (PRIMARY CODE) 201…
  • p. 68 …Report on JMWAVE Contacts with Sandalio Herminio DIAZ Garcia ACTION REQUIRED: None. For your information and…
  • p. 69 …Sandalio Herminio *DIAZ Garcia (201-203040) ## Background: 1. Subject arrived in the United States on the…
  • p. 71 …Sandalio Herminio DIAz Garcia (201-203040) ## Basic Biographic Information: 1. Subject was born on 3 September…
  • p. 72 …Subject said ANDERSON knew him as Herminio DIAZ. 6. In 1956 Subject took asylum in the…
  • p. 77 …PERTINENT INFORMATION DIAZ, HERMINIO 201-203040 SEX M DOB ? CIT ? OCC ? KAPOK 201-203040 UFGA-12173…
  • p. 83 64684 Iden A Sandalio Herminio DIAZ Garcia DPOB: 3 September 1923 Aguacate, Habana Province Iden B…
  • p. 84 …TO RI FILE NO. PERTINENT INFORMATION 14. DIAZ GARCIA, SANDALIO HERMINIO 201-203040 SEX M DOB…
  • p. 88 …NAME (First) (Middle) (Last) (Nee) Herminio DIAZ 2. NAME IN NATIVE LANGUAGE OR SCRIPT Same as…
  • p. 91 …FULL NAME Herminio DIAZ Fernandez 2. YEAR OF BIRTH 1900 3. PLACE OF BIRTH Jaruce, Havana…
  • p. 92 FULL NAME SEX YEAR OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH NATIONALITY AT BIRTH* M F Ruben DIAZ…
  • p. 97 …DIAZ Garcia 1928(?) Buenos, Cuba Cuban Donaldo DIAZ Garcia 1935(?) Habana, Cuba Cuban Angelica DIAZ Garcia…
  • p. 102 …Dubon DIAZ Garcia (brother) - Urban Reform, Havana, Cuba. Donaldo DIAZ Garcia (brother) - Ministry of Health, Chief…
  • p. 107 FULL NAME SEX YEAR OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH NATIONALITY AT BIRTH* M F Ruben DIAZ…
  • p. 108 …AND SUBJ'S ALLEGED ACQUAINTANCE WITH RAUL (DIAZ) ARGUELLES, EX-DTI CHIEF, AND SAMUEL (RODILES) PLANAS…
  • p. 109 …JUAN (ALMEIDA) BOSQUE, SAMUEL (RODILES) PLANAS, RENE (RODRIGUEZ) DE LOS SANTOS, ROLANDO (CUBELAS) SECADES, RAUL (DIAZ…
  • p. 111 …REQUEST TRACES SANDALIO HERMINIO (DIAZ) GARCIA (A 13 319 255), DPOB 3 SEP 23, AGUACATE, HAVA…
  • p. 115 …REQUEST TRACES SANDALIO HERMINIO (DIAZ) GARCIA (A 13 319 255), DPOB: 3 SEP 23, AGUACATE, HAVA…
  • p. 119 …Chiefs of Stations, Havana, San Jose, Guatemala, Caracas, and Bogota SUBJECT { GENERAL Operational SPECIFIC Herminio DIAZ…
  • p. 121 and some letters which DIAZ was carrying. Source: HYROTHESIS (B) (second sentence para 2) (B) Appraisal…
  • p. 122 …Chiefs of Stations, Havana San Jose, Guatemala, Caracas and Bogota Herminio DIAZ Garcia Juan Manuel DELGADO…
  • p. 125 …Letter to Sandelio Herminio DIAZ García EVALUATION: 9/9 - Documentary 1. A letter was sent from…
  • p. 129 Jamalalie Herrenme DIAZ Garcia aka Herrenme DIAZ Garcia Efigenio AMEITEIRAS Delgado Rank ROS Gonzalez Jesús GONZALÉZ…

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FIELD INFORMATION REPORT

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PLACE ACQUIRRED Joan Jones. Contt FLoo

DATE OF REPORT 15 August 1956

SOURCE, SOURCE EVALUATION, APPRAISAL OF CONTENT

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On Wednesday, 1 August 1956, prior to the attack on the Guardi San Francisco in Taguigalapa by a group of the Incan Liberal Party supporters, known VILLADA Morales artild Liberal leader, that it was planned to attack as an deposit in the capital! These contended were to be distributed to the public, which was then to contact attacks on their parts in Taguigalapa. VILLADA that he had correspondence with the honorary supporter of Gerice Palo Scurra and the Aconita Democrat in party of Venezuela, in that he planned to an Corta Juan President from VILLADA Party to aid in overseeing the present National Government.

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7. On the same date, local Floridas, Honduran newspaper many joined together with Villalba that the north coast and San Pedro Sula areas of honduras are ready to join in favor of VILLA, all that only a small amount of areas are needed, since they already have land grashes, rifles, and some machine-guns in Honduras. For Jabén exile Lorenzo Vera Derea, Sandelio Bernardo Jalil Larra, proirlanda MUY Yasquen, confrere with Villalba. They also rearrange that they receive to support the Honduran Liberia and take Villalba with them by force if be can be circled in habitate in starting the uprising.

On 8 August 1950 Francisco SANCAS Reyes and Gilberto Fares conferred. They were later joined by Francisco and Juan MILLI Bermudez, and the group decided to write reports on the situation in Honduras before starting the revolt. They again that VILLEDA had been hesitant to start the revolt, and that if necessary they will act without his authorization. Word has been received by the group that Francisco will provide the Liberals with arms on condition that SANCAS Reyes be given command of the rebel forces.

4. On 5 August an unidentified nurse arrived from Tepuilpape. According to SAVC. Raye, she told Villazza that the attack on the Cuervi San Francisco was merely to obtain arms, and that the participant not accounted for among the prisoners, dead and wounded had escaped with several truckloads of area from the post. The survivors are reportedly concentrating in the Deali area and are receiving support from Nicaragua.

5. On 1 August SANGKEL and the KILLA brothers stated that they are ready to take

MAY 1958 51·58 PREVIOUS EDITIONS MAY BE USED.

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