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a 5, ! FEDERAL BUREAU OF ItNVESTIGA Vv Dote of tronscription_LO/6/75 ~ EEE was advised o: ie 0: ¢ial identity o: nterviewing Agent, : and furnished the following signed statement: "October 6, 1975 "San Juan, Texas 7 residing at cop sand , having been advised by Federal Bureau of Investigation, at any statement made by me can be used in court, do hereby make the following free and voluntary statement: "On July 25, 1975, I was in Pecos, Texas, in connection with United Farm Workers (U.F.W.) organi- zing activities. Our headquarters were in Pecos, Texas, and we had been sleeping at a convent of the Catholic Church in Pecos. On July 25, 1975, we got up at about 5:00 AM and about thirteen of us met at our headquarters. One group of organizers left with Mr. Orendain, and I went with the group being led by Mr. Armando Acosta. “Our group drove into Pecos County, Texas, and went to a melon field, located on a dirt road in fel , to talk to rkers. "We arrived at our location and were there about ten minutes when two patrol cars of the Sheriff's Office arrived. The Chief Deputy of the Sheriff's Office arrived and talked to Mr. Jim Douglas, an attorney with our group. We were then told by Mr. Douglas and the Chief Deputy to get into the patrol car. I was not told that I was under arrest. This occurred at approximately 7:00 AM. "We were then taken to the County Courthouse interviewed on_LO/6/75_ ss, San Juan, Texas ries SA 44-2889 = This document contoins neither recommendations nor conclvsions of the FBI I vs the properly of the FBI ond is loaned to your agency: i and its contents ore nol to be dutribuied outside your ogenty. 197