The JFKA and Gilberto Policarpo Lopez

[Tom Graves]

Yes, it matters. She has no idea how sick Gilberto was in 1963.

Dear Fred,

Neither do you, evidently.

After the assassination, his wife told the investigators that he suffered from epileptic seizures, but ironically, he was doing construction work just fine a month or two later.

-- Tom

PS From a 17-page HSCA document (RIF 180-10141-10499) that was released in 2017 or 2018. “CIA has no objection to declassification and/or release of this document as sanitized.”

The FBI learned that Lopez married an American woman in Key West in August 1962. [33] According to Lopez's wife, he worked for a time with the Pepsi Cola company in 1962 and at the Molina and Murgia Bakery in Key West, which was owned by cousins. [34] She said that he also worked for a construction company in Tampa in June 1963. [35] Lopez's wife told the FBI that Lopez began suffering from recurrent attacks of epilepsy and had to be confined at Jackson State Hospital in Key West in early 1963. [36] She stated that he was treated by doctors from Coral Gables and Key West for the epilepsy. [37] She stated that she did not believe he had a history of epilepsy before coming to the United States. [38] She believed his convulsions were brought on by nervous tension and worry over his family in Cuba and may have been a reason for his return to Cuba in 1963. [39]

Starting with footnote 27 and ending with footnote 33, the source is FBI Report, 8/26/64, Serial 105-126109-12, p.  (The footnotes from 34 to 51 were “ibid.”)

Footnote 49 – “According to Lopez's FBI file, he registered with the Selective Service at Key West on July 29, 1960, and was classified 4-F on February 23, 1962 due to a language barrier.

[Benjamin Cole]

How healthy does a guy have to be to pull a trigger?

Why was Havana so eager to bring a US citizen--Lopez---into Cuba?