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CIA-Mafia Plot to Assassinate Fidel Castro

RecordOBS-0269
CategoryHistory/Assassinations
StatusPARTIALLY SUBSTANTIATED
SummaryProponents claim that the CIA collaborated with the Mafia to assassinate Fidel Castro, with the plot funded from the Bay of Pigs invasion budget. This claim is supported by declassified documents and official investigations.
OriginThe plot allegedly occurred in the early 1960s, prior to the Bay of Pigs invasion, as part of broader U.S. efforts to remove Castro from power.
Claimed
  • The CIA worked with Mafia figures to assassinate Fidel Castro.
  • The assassination plot was paid for out of the Bay of Pigs invasion budget.
  • The plot was part of a broader covert operation to destabilize Cuba.
Evidence / consensusDeclassified documents, including a CIA Inspector General's report, confirm that the CIA discussed and planned assassination attempts on Castro with Mafia associates. However, the plots were never successfully carried out.
> OBSERVER NOTE:
The CIA-Mafia connection is a documented historical fact, though the extent of the plot's operational details remains partially redacted. The claim is not a fringe theory but a confirmed covert operation.

Sources

  1. Cuba: The Bay of Pigs Invasion 65 Years Later | National Security Archive

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