___ i _ _ _ _ on- 2- - ' · - - - ·_Approved for Release 2018 10 01 C06701426 • i I e ROUTINE ln llis ·lnfo tion Ca bl 386037 IN • - c --•m 1 • f FUJl11tSI IJIS5EMINA110N PAGES 3 5 c AND USE Of TtlS IHJOIMAnOM SUlJEO TO CONiRots StA1B AT 8fGNNiNG AND 911 OF llEFOliT TtOS IS AN INFORMATION REPORT NOT RNAUY EVAlUA1B 1N1R11GENCE I I SECjE¥7 nns _ DOCUMENT 1s· QI TO BE REPRODUCED manI r L i REPORT CLASS '• I________ nn f'U' ENT rn f u 1 UUU 'd DIST 8 SEPTE -IBER 1977 NOTICE--SENSITIVE INTELLIGE CE -- 3 5 c _J SOURCES AND METifODS UNOLVED- 3 5 c 3 5 c _ ___ ' 7 J'I C' L I -1 ' COUNIRY -- --AR - G ENT - l N - A---- - --- JC -IA --- - H f J - -ucs i L flS c v 1 1 -l• 1 4 t vT BE GI v ' TO M O E EXC l t 1' ih JU itl cw •• 1 •• I 1' 11 SUIUECJ KIDNAPPING AND ASsAsSJNATIO OF GENtlNE ASSADOR TO VENEZUELA BY A GROU ASSOCIATED WITII ARG£ntlNE STATE INTELLIGENCE SECRETARIAT SIDE WtnlODT SIDE KNOWLEDGE OR AUlllOklZATION 3 3 b 1 3 5 c s A I _ SEERE'f j ' E SI - - l 3- 1 Approved for Release 2018 10 01 C06701426 ' 3 3 b 1 Approy d i for_ Release 2018 10 01 C06701426 · i -- ·-- WARr 'INC llo11TICF Sl NSltn E L''TEU ICD°Ci SOURCEs A 'liD METIIOOS IJ'o' 'OLVED IN 386037 3 5 c PAGE 2 OF 9 PAGES FURTHER DISSEMINATION ANO US£ · f THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO COHTROlS STATED AT BEGINNING AND END Of REPORT - THIS DOCUMENT IS NOT TO ·BE REPRODUCED · - - · - - ' SUMMARY ' ' HECTOR 'H_IDAY -GO SOLA ARGE_NT_INE AMBASSADOR TO VENE UELA WAS IDN APPED AND S TED- Y A_SPECJ OUJ ·tiHI HAS WORKED FOR THE ·STATE INTEL LICENCE SECRETARIAT SID WITH9UT SIDE AUTHOR ZATION OR THE SOLE OTrVE 1FQR Tiri K·ID JwPINt WAS 'to DEMAND MONEY FROM -KNOWLEPGE HIS FAl ffLY - WM ' ' ' THE _ ' l ll RITIES B EGAN AN INTENSIVE SEARCH FOR HIDALGO SOLA TllE GROUP' BECAME AFRAID OF BEING DISCOVERED AND THEY KILLED HIM ·THE GROUP WAS L D BY 'ONE ANIBAL SON-IN-LAW OF GENERAL· OTTO G 0 R D 0 N PAL AD IN 0 AND INCLUDEJ TllE FOft IER DIRE TOR OF SIDE AFTER THE KILLING THREE MEMBERS WERE ARRESTED AND THE OTHERS FLED ABROAD 3 3 b 1 i END SUMMARY • cl FOMMENT PREssuRE 11As BEEN PLAcrn oN mE ARGENTINE -- GOVERNMEN _l' BOTH INTERNATIONALLY AND NATIO ALLY TO FIND TllE l'ERPETRAl'ORS OF THE KIDNAPPING OF ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR TO VENEZUf LA HECTOR II I D A L G 0 2 S 0 L A HIQAl _G9 S LA WHO _DISAPPEARED ON 18 JULY 1977 W A KIDNAPPED_ AND ASSASSINATED BY A SPECIAL GROUP WHICH HAS- WqRKED FOR THE STATE INT LLU N E SECRETARIAT SIDE ACTING l · UNDER THE DlRECtlON OF ONE ANIBAL G o·R DON ' - THE GROUP DID NOT HAVE ORDERS FROM· SIDE TO CAR RY1 OUT THIS OPERATION AGAINST HIDALGO SOLA 5 'AND 4 • 3' I 1 IT WAS' CARRIED ' OUT · WITHOUT THE' APPROVAL OR THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIDE s 4 3 2 1 - C° ° ' __ _ I I _I i - ---·- -- __ ____ -· ---- c__ _ • I ·-- _ __ __ __ _ _ _ Appro d for Release 2018 10 01 C06701426 J ·l - · · · _Approyed for UJ3 Vlg 'r - • · · R lease 2018 1 O O 1 C06701426 ' WW li11ed fll WAIL onCE · · · M£lltODS IN 'OLYm 1 IM 386037 3 S c PAGI 3 OF 9 PAGES · I • SECREr- - 'llOl' C AND USE Of 1IGS INFOIMATK H SUIJKT TO CC IROI$ Sl'AJED AT RGIHMING AND END OF llEPOIT d t lla nus ·DOCIJMEN IS TO BE REPRODUCED THE GROUP UNDERTOOK 11fE KIDNAPPING WITH THE SOLE MOTIVE OF OE IA DING RANSOM FROM 111E FAMILY THINKING THAT IT WOULD CREATE COSFUS ION SD THAT THE FAMILY t30ULD PAY A LARGE SUM OF MONEY 'HEN SECURITY FORCES BEGAN AN INTENSIVE EFFORT TO FIND HIDALGO SOLA THE GROUP AFR AID OF _BEING DISCQVE b · o£c iDED NOT TO NA KE CONTACT KITH THE FAMILY AND ASK INSTEAD nt EY KILLED HIM A D HID HIS BODY ··FOR A RANSOM 3 KHEN HIDALGO SOLA WAS KIDNAPPED HE WAS TAKES TO HOUSE AT BACABAY 3570 IN ·1HE tz£DERAL CAPIT L IOIIOI SIDE RENTS A _ D USES FOR OFFICIAL OPERATIONS OF G0Jl09N'S GROUP I ' AH ARNY COLONEL 110 WORKS FOR SIDE IS THE CONTACT BETWEEN SIDE AND GORDON ·ARD MEETS GORDON IN ' 'I nus HOOS DURING KEPT lU QDED SO ' · 1'fE THAT· IF t' ItrE I SOLA WAS IN E HOUSE HE lfAS m COLONEL CANE 11fERE HB WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE HIDALGO sot A AND WOULD 11tl ntAT TllB HOODED MAN WAS A-SUBVERSIVE CAPtiJRBD BY GORDON'S GROUP 4 THE BUBNOS AIRES PROVINCIAL POLICE SUCCEEDED IN DISCOVERING WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE HIDALGO SOLA CASE FOLLOWING A 'J ISVESTIGATIOS OF A CASE OF A KIDNAPPED OULD IN WHICH THE FAMILY PAID TllE RA SOM AND THE CHILD WAS FREED IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT nus KAS OPERATION OF GORDON'S GROUP f 3 I OTHER s 4 3 I I 1 - 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_ ENCISO --- Approved for Release 201 8 10 01 C06701426 5 ' 3 I I 3 3 b 1 ' _ ·· _ · •• - H _-i_ •_ y _ _ ·• •'- r i v -i' - · - J '1 J · _ - - · -· 'f 'r __ - _ Approved for Release 2018 1 oio1 C06701426 -- ' ·---- -- ire· __ - - _ - - '_ - I _ ' · - - ___ __ '· --- --- ------- - - ·-·I -·- '' • WARNING Hon SENSITIVE JNTELUCENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED IN 386037 PAGE 6 OF 3 5 c 9 l'AGES FURTHER DISSEMINATION AND USE Of THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO C NTR0l5 SJATED AT BEGINNING AND END OF REPORT • - THIS DOCUMENT S N_ TO BE Jm PRODUCED THE KIDNAPP ING ON BEHALF OF SIDE BUT SIDE DENIED THIS ' · -· • OF THE DETAILS VMY AND THE - ' ALTHOUGH SOME T ME OF THE KILLING IS NOT KNOWN THIS CONFIRMS THAT ENCISO WAS INVOLvED Wini A CRIMINAL GROUP - ' - - · _ 8 3 3 b 1 COMM£NTS A 1 t RING tHS LAST WEEK OF JULY 1977_ LEGATT RECEIVED INFORMATION F OM AN ARMY INTELLIGENCE SOURCE THAT HE HAD SEEN A REPORT TO THE EFFECT ntAT AMBASSADOR HIDALGO SOLA HAD PERSONALLY BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING TWO ARGENTINE PASSPORTS IN VENEZUELA TO T O INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DETAINED IN ARGENTINA Willi TllESE PASSPORTS THE PASSPORTS ISSUED BY HIDALGO SOLA ERE UNDEi FALSE IDENTITIES AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IN POSSESSION OF THEM WERE IDENTIFIED AS TBRRORISTS WHO HAD RECENTLY RETURNEll TO ARGENTINA FROM CUBA THE SOURCE REPORTED THAT A COMMENT TO THE AFOREMENTIONED REPORT NOTED THA I - TIIE ARGENTINE ONSUL GENERAL I N VENEZUELA WOULD NORMALLY · HAVE ISSUED SUCH PASSPORTS AND THAT mE ANBASSJ DOR'S PERSONAL ISSUANCE OF THESE PASSPORTS CLEARLY IMPLICATED HIN DIRECTLY tfITH mE TERRORISTS WHEN ASKED WHBTHBR THE ARNY JNTELLIGENCE SERVICE SIE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIDALGO $OLA'S ABDUCTION THE SOURCE EMPHATICALLY STATED THAT HIS SERVIC6 WAS IN NO WAY INVOLVED BUT i111AT HE HAD A STRONG FEELING THAT THE MOTIV TION FOR THE ABDUCTION OF me AMBASSADOR WAS APPARENTLY D WI HIS OBVl US CONPLl ITY IN EXTENDING FALSE DOCUMENTATION • te tr -t · - __ _ _ _ _Approved r Rel seiOJ_§ 10 01 C06701426 5 4 3 I I Approved for Release 2018 10 01 C06701426 -·· -·- I J3 --· l •' WMINJNCNOIJCE Sl liSlm'E CE· so O S INVOLVED ' · ' IN 386037 3 5 c PAGE' 7 OF 9 PAGES s _ _ fUl1HBt DISSEMINATION AND USE Of THIS INFORMATION SUBJECT TO · tdNnOis STATED AT RGINNING AND ENO OF REPORT THIS DOCUMENT IS QI TO BE REPRODUCED TO ARGENTINE TERRORISTS 11IE SOURCE NOTED THAT TIIE REPORT HAD BEEN CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT nm ARGENTINE INTELLIGENCE B NDIVIDUAL WITH RE CARD TO ANIBAL GORDON ' · IT IS BELi EVED Tll IS IS _IDENTICAL WITH ANIBAL LNU ALIAS EL GORDO ALSO KNOWN AS EL VIEJO ' ASIDE PALADINO WAS SIDE co_NTRACT EMPLOYEE DURING THE PERIOD WHEN GENERAL DIREC T9R ANIBAL LED A BAND OF cm1'ION CRIMINALS AND OPERATED A _SIDB INTERROGATION C ER WAS A CONVERTED PUBLIC GARAGE IN BAND lfBRE RBSPONSlllLE OP TWO CUBAN -·- DIPLOMATS ' co ruNITY FO llEfJ RRED TO AS EL THB FEDERAL 'CAPITAL THE AB_ UCTION AND UBSEQUENT IN - JARDI WllICH ANIBAL AND HIS ASSASSINATION BUENOS AIRES DURING AUGU T1976 ONE OF THE MEMBERS QP ANIBAL'S GROUP WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SUBSEQUENTLY MARRIED GENERAL PALADINO'S DAUGHTER · C AFTER PALADINO'S RETIREMENT ANIBAL AND HIS GROUP REPORTEDLY WERE DISBANDED HOWEVER SEVERAL SIDE OFFICIALS PRIVATELY EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN OVER THE FUTURE ACTIVITIES OF ANIBAL AND llIS GROUP SINCE IT WAS WELL KNOWN THAT IN ADDITION TO CARRYING OUT OFFICl L SIDE BLACK OPERATIONS TIIEY ALSO 'ERE ALLOWED TO FREE LANCE BY CARRYING OUT SUCH OPERATION AS EXTORTIONS TO SUPru IENT TllE IR s I DE I COME S· 4 4 3 I l 2 I _ _Approved for Release 2018 10 01 C06701426 ------- - -_ -- -- -' - - --· ' Approved for Release M 1a _·uii iD- io if 2018 0 01 C06701426 _ WA6t o'INC ' OTICE SENSlnVE CE SOURCES AND ME11IODS r ' OLVD IN 386037 PAGE 8 _ __ Of 3 5 c 9PAGES FUR1HER Dlss£MiNATION AND USE Of THIS INFO MATION SUSJEO TO CONTROLS STATB AT BEGINNING ANO END Of REPORT TH_IS DOCUMENT IS QI TO BE REPRODUCED o IT IS STRONGLY BELIEVED THAT TifE CHILD ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED ANJ RETURNED AFTER A RANSOM HAD BEEN PAID AS SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH FO R OF TH 0 1E REPORT P RT AINS OF A U S CITIZEN WO I TO THE KIDNJ lPING OF 11IE YOUNG SON STILL MISSING FRON INVESTIGATIONS IN TIIE KIDNAPPING IT HAS BEEN LEARNED THAT ANIBAL IS IN PARAGUAY E IT IS Noren THAT ANIBAL AND ·ms GROUP CARRIED OUT NUMEROUS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE BLACK OPERATIONS AGAINST me TERRORIST TARGF T AND THEIR RESPECTIVE KNOWLEDGE OP THESE OPERATIONS WOULD BE EXTRE IELY EMBARRASS I NG TO THE INCUMBENT NI LIT ARY GOVEIUOIENT THERE IS S'O llCUBT THAT ANIBAL AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS Of HIS GROUP WOULD BE P OTECTED TO SOME EXTENT FROM NORMAL CRIMINAL CllARGES SHOULD THEY Bf ARRESTED BY ARGENT I NE LAW ENFORCEMEN T AUTHOR IT I ES IN ORDER TO GU R O 'TEE T THE ' NOT DISCLOSE EMBARRASSING INFORMATION COS'CrnSIS'G THEIR rAST orERATlOSS I ·I j 5 4 '3 I - 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