FBI Says 7 in Plot to Kill Castro Will Surrender
Seven Cuban exiles, including a director of the most influential exile group, are turning themselves in to face trial on charges of plotting to kill Fidel Castro, the FBI said Wednesday.
The seven were indicted by a federal grand jury here on Tuesday, and the FBI issued arrest warrants in what is believed to be the first such court case after years of alleged plots against Cuba’s communist leader.
Four of the suspects will face charges in court in Puerto Rico today. The other three will appear in court next week.
“Other arrests and indictments . . . could happen any moment because the investigation is continuing,” FBI spokeswoman Sara Lema said.
The indictment of Jose Antonio Llama, 68, was a blow to the Miami-based Cuban American National Foundation, of which he is a director. Castro has accused the foundation of plotting to kill him, but the group says it is committed to peaceful political persuasion.
Angel Manuel Alfonso, 58, Angel Hernandez Rojo, 65, Juan Bautista Marquez, 62, and Francisco Secundino Cordova, 51, were arrested off Puerto Rico on Oct. 27 when a search of their yacht revealed weapons that included two .50-caliber assault rifles.
Lema said Llama and two others--Jose Rodriguez, 59, and Alfredo Domingo Otero, 68--will appear in court next Wednesday.
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