Juan Pablo Roque’s daughter confirmed this week her father’s death due to infection with a virus, one day after undergoing open heart surgery. Roque was a spy for Fidel Castro‘s regime who infiltrated Cuban exile organizations and outwitted the FBI and the CIA. He was accused in absentia of conspiracy to murder four pilots of the Brothers to the Rescue organization in 1996.
Posted Nov 29, 25 – 12:10 AM EST. Updated Nov 29 25 – 12:22 AM EST.
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