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Whether that figure is accurate or not, Cuba's iconic dictator provided an almost-mythical adversary for what became an obsessive, error-prone assassination campaign by the CIA. The agency's...
According to columnist Jack Anderson, the first CIA attempt to assassinate Castro was part of the Bay of Pigs Invasion operation, but five more CIA teams were sent, the last apprehended on a rooftop within rifle range of Castro, at the end of February or beginning of March 1963.
7 bizarre ways the US tried to kill or topple Fidel Castro. An exploding seashell, a paramour, and tainted ice cream are among some of the more inventive tactics.
638 Ways to Kill Castro is a Channel 4 documentary film, broadcast in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2006, which tells the story of some of the numerous attempts of the Central Intelligence Agency to kill Cuba's leader Fidel Castro. It was directed by Dollan Cannell.
The Kennedy administration had tried to kill Castro 42 times, according to Escalante. A series of newspaper reports in the 1970s led to a government investigation of the CIA's abuses of power.
New details of the first CIA attempt to kill the Castros — a 1960 plot against Raúl — have recently emerged. AP. Exploding cigars. Poisoned pens. Booby-trapped seashells. These were just a few of...
The assault failed, Castro was captured and sentenced to 15 years in prison, and many of his men were killed.
