Bay of Pigs vet, families seek billions from Cuba

[Mika]

Bay of Pigs vet, families seek billions from Cuba

Since the day in 1959 that Cuban government agents blackmailed his father into committing suicide, Gustavo Villoldo has been on an anti-Castro mission that included co-piloting a B-26 bomber during the ill-fated 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion, infiltrating Cuba for the CIA numerous times and tracking down Fidel Castro lieutenant Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Bolivia in 1967.

Now, at age 78, Villoldo is fresh off another clash with the Cuban government, this time with a tentative success: He and family members of other two men — American Bobby Fuller and Cuban Aldo Vera — each won separate lawsuits in Florida seeking billions of dollars in damages combined from the Cuban government, which defaulted after never responding to the lawsuits.

"Money to me in this case, it doesn't mean anything. My family tragedy is sacred ground," Villoldo said in a recent interview. "I am continuing to fight Castro in a different arena."

The fight now, though, is less with Cuba than it is with the banks where the U.S. Treasury froze Cuban government assets that the families now want to seize. The banks are resisting turning the money over, insisting the U.S. families have yet to prove they should be allowed to seize it.

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[GeorgeGist]

1. Ah, Greed ...

the universal language.

[Ken Burch]

2. They're suing a country that wouldn't let them stage a fascist takeover?

[bemildred]

3. Bay of pigs indeed. nt

[Peace Patriot]

4. Jeez!

[Judi Lynn]

5. And why on earth would "Castro" have ever wanted to find Che Guevara's grave & exploit the remains?

How the heck would that be accomplished?

What I do know, having read it long ago, was that a Cuban "exile" reactionary was arrested in Cuba for trying to blow up the memorial to Che Guevara! Talk about exploiting.

How damned stoooooopid.

Also, how on earth would Cuba have ever "blackmailed" their CIA-connected relative into killing himself?

Miami is ALWAYS entertaining. Hope they go nowhere on this new attempt to extort. Clearly it will depend upon who's in charge of their case. Law is so malleable at times.

[Judi Lynn]

6. You may recall a DU troll has posted images of dead Che here, gloating, over and over. Sad. n/t