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This San Juan FBI file concerns the 1979 murder of Carlos Muñiz Varela, director of Viajes Varadero, a Puerto Rico travel agency arranging family-reunification trips to Cuba for Cuban exiles. The records describe threats and attacks against the agency, including a January 1979 bombing, Muñiz's fatal shooting on April 28, 1979, and an unexploded device found in July. An FBI airtel dated December 3, 1979 summarizes joint FBI and Puerto Rico Police investigation, claims of responsibility attributed to groups using names including 'Omega Seven' and 'Zero,' witness accounts, and allegations involving Cuban-exile suspects. The San Juan office concluded that it had no solid evidentiary proof tying the suspects to the murder or bombings and continued contacts with police, sources, and Viajes Varadero personnel.

FBI file number: SJ 2-116 | Documents span: 1978-1979 | Released in 1 part
Names in this file: Carlos Muñiz Varela, Jesús García, Edita Cabrera, Armando Ruiz Maceiras, Ricardo Fraga, Miguel Rivera, Ramón Álvarez Lombana, Ernesto Lluesma Pares, Javier Espina, Gloria Díaz, Edmundo Dresser
Subjects: Cuban exile terrorism, Puerto Rico, political violence, Viajes Varadero, FBI investigation, unsolved murder