AGITATION AGAINST GOVERNOR OF GUANAJUATO BY NATIONAL SINARCHIST UNION

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06906144
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• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2022
• Case Number: F-2019-02317
• Publication Date: November 26, 1964

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
- Intelligence Information
COUNTRY MEXICO
PATE OF EARLY OCTOBER MID NOVEMBER 1964
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AGITATION AGAINST GOVERNOR OF GUANAJUATO BY NAT I ONAL
S INARCHIST UNION
DATE ACQ. MEXIC): MEXICO CITY (20 NOVEMBER 1964)
PLACE &
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1,, A CAMPAIGN AGAINST GOVERNOR JUAN JOSE TORRES LANDA OF
GUANAJUATO WAS BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE NATIONAL S INARCH I ST UNION
(UNS�UN ION NAC tONAL S I NARQU I A-,CATHOL I Cs R I GHT I ST, ANTI-COMMUNIST
POL I T CAL GROUP) FOR SOME TIME BEFORE THE ARREST OF I TS . LEADERS ON
13 NOV 19611. THE UNS REGARDS GOVERNOR TORRES AS 'THOROUGHLY UNTRUSTWORTHY
BECAUSE HE HAS APPOINTED A NUMBER OF PRO-COMMUNISTS TO POSITIONS OF
POWER WITHIN THE STATE AND. BECAUSE HE HAS GROSSLY EXCEEDED THE
ACCEPTED STANDARDS OF GRAFT . IN HIS USE OF PUBL I C FUNDS. THE
CAMPA I GN HOWEVER WAS NOT VOI LENT AND SHOWED NO SIGNS OF BECOMING SO
COMMENT I IT IS. POSSIBLE THAT ' THE. STRENGTH OF PUBLIC FEELING (WO )
Tilts inatertn1 enntaiwtatiormatinn alootIng the Natimml Defense or the United States within the tanning 01 the Espionage Laws. title
10, MCC. Bens. 703490 704, the trans:utast= or revelation 'of which in any manner to an unauthorised person Is prohibited by law.
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AGAINST THE GOVERNOR, COUPLEDWITH THE PERSISTENCE-OF THE SiNARCHIST
CAMPAIGN, MIGHT HAVE DEVELOPED INTO A DANGEROUS SITUATION.-IN VIEW
OF THE RECENT COMMUNIST-LED AGITATION IN PUEBLA WHICH' LED TO THE
REPLACEMENT-OF-THE GOVERNOR, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE.MEX1CAN GOVERNMENS
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ACTED ,AGAINST THE SINARCHIST LEADERSHIP TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF THE
GOVERNOR AND TO AVOID ii3EP4TIIITIPON, ALTHOUGH FROM THE RIGHT THIS TIME,
OF ANOTHER PUEBLA INCIDENT). .
' 2. SINCE THE.S1NARCHIST LEADERS ARE BEING HELD UNDER THE AUTHORITY
�-�:OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE WHICH NORMALLY DEALS ONLY WITH
'CRIMINAL MATTERS, IT' S POSSIBLE THAT THEY WILL BE CHARGED WITH
ASOCIALDISSOLUTJONul (FIELD COMMENT; THE MEXICO CITY DAILY
,JsIOVEDADES-OF.'2)�NOVEMBER REPORTED THAT THE ATTORNEY. GENERAL'S
OFFICE HAD ANNOUNCED THAT THE UNS LEADERS WOULD APPEAR BEFORE A
.FEMAL JUDGE 'HOPEFULLY, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK',
GENERAL SAID THAT ..HIS OFFICE WOULD .
NOT PRESENT THE CASE BECAUSE THE AGITATION TOOK PLACE IN GUANAJUATO
STATE. HE ,ALSO;SAtD�THAT'THERE WAS.NO.DESIRE TO; MAKE THE
INNOCENT INSTRUMENTS-OF THE 23 JA!1LED LEADERS SUFFER. ATTORNEY
,GENERAL.OSCAR.,TREVINO RIOS'CONCLUDED THAT THE SINARCHIST LEADERS
ACTED IN.GUANAJUATO PURELY.FROM.PERSONAL AND POLITICAL MOTIVES ON
THE PRETEXT OF POPULAR'DISSATISFACTION WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE
STATE.,
3. FIELD COMMENT: GOVERNOR TORRES LANDA WHO WAS REPORTED IN 1959
. TO BE A FOLLOWER AND ADMIRq2 OF GENERAL LAZARO CARDENAS, FORMER
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PR ES tp ENT...OF -MEX:10 ANO.PROM IN ENT . PRO.COMMUN AND-
AN..Aom.iRER ..OF -.JAC INTO . LOPEZ .MEMBER OF . THE, NATIONAL E>ECUTIVE �
DIRECTORATE. pf-:.,THE 'POPULAR � SOCIALIST PARTY .
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(PFS...PART1DQ POPULAR SOCIAL I STA',MAF.XIST) .3.. HAS ACT INELY...POSHED. THE
nGUANAJUA1:0 -� PLAN' AMDDA?1RELI17ING. SOME OF THE DISTRESS OF "
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THAT TIME EXTREME PERSONAL DISTRUST OF �TORRE6 LANDO4'
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