Chronology of Incidents
Cuban Political
Violence
In the United States
Jan 1965 – Mar 1976
[REF:
DISORDERS AND TERRORISM,
National Advisory Committee, on Criminal Justice Standards
and Goals
Washington: 1976. Report of the Task Force on
Disorders and Terrorism
Appendix 6: CHRONOLOGY OF
INCIDENTS OF
TERRORISTIC, QUASI-TERRORISTIC, AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN
THE UNITED
STATES: JANUARY 1965 TO MARCH 1976 By Marcia McKnight
Trick]
[NOTE: Only the Cuban
incidents were extracted]
Quasi-Terrorism
The sudden decline in airline hijackings in 1973, after
their 5-year
surge, can be attributed to two factors: (1) in January of
1973 the
airlines instituted of policy of requiring that all
passengers and
carry-on baggage be screened through metal detectors, and
(2) Cuba and
the United States signed a treaty in the summer of 1973
whereby Cuba
would only accept those hijackers requesting political
asylum,
returning all others. When considering the increases
in 1974 and
1975, it should be noted that only 7 out of the 20 hijacking
attempts
were successful, and that those 7 were in the general
aviation category
(helicopters, small private planes), not subject to the
major airlines'
screening process.
WHO'S WHO
The following Who's Who is an attempt to describe in general
terms the
political groups whose names appear at least once in this
chronology. The criterion for inclusion is that a
group or
individual was involved in a specific incident of
terroristic or
quasi-terroristic violence. An effort was made to
distinguish
between groups that were left-wing or right-wing in
political
orientation.
Groups of Right-wing
Orientation
Cuban Action Commandos–This Los Angeles-based group is
believed to have
been responsible for numerous bombings of consulates of
countries
deemed friendly to Castro's Cuba. Active in the late
1960's, many
of its members were imprisoned. Particularly active in
1975, this
group also directs its attacks against left-wing bookstores.
Other Anti-Castro Groups–Most of these groups are social and
fraternal
organizations for Cuban exiles, who hope to return to a Cuba
without
Castro. Over 1,000 such groups have been formed in
Miami alone,
but approximately 20 are now still active. Few of the
groups are
actually violent, but their proliferation and ties with the
Cuban
community make those that are violent difficult to
apprehend.
Bombing targets are usually government agencies or firms
doing business
with Cuba. With hatred of Castro as the only unifying
ideology,
these groups are transient and have overlapping
memberships.
These groups often use fictitious names for the purpose of
fund-raising, and use another name for terrorist activities.
CHRONOLOGY
1965
October 26. A Cuban male unsuccessfully hijacks a
plane from
Miami to Cuba; he is acquitted of aircraft piracy and
assault (mental
competence was an issue of the trial).
1966
[none listed]
1967
April 3. New York City–The Cuban Mission to the United
Nations is
bombed; U.N. acting chief suffers non-fatal burns in the
bombing.
October 16. New York City–There are explosions across from
the Cuban, Yugoslav, and Finnish missions to the United
Nations.
November 20. Louis Gabor Babler, born in Hungary,
successfully
hijacks a Crescent Airline Piper Apache from Hollywood,
Florida, to
Cuba; the plane was scheduled to go to the Bahamas. He
is still a
fugitive; the profile is not applicable.
1968
January 25. Miami, Fla.– Package en route to Cuba explodes;
El Poder Cubano is suspected
February 8. –Miami, Fla.–The British consulate is damaged by
a
bomb. El Poder Cubano or other anti-Castro Cubans are
believed
responsible.
February 17. Thomas J. Boynton, white, successfully hijacks
a private
charter Piper Apache from Marathon, Fla., to Cuba. He
returned to
the United States via Canada on November 1, 1969. He
was
sentenced to 20 years for kidnaping.
February 21. Lawrence Rhodes, white, successfully hijacks a
DC-8 from
Tampa, Fla., to Cuba. He surrenders in Spain on
February 10,
1970. A January 4, 1971 hijacking charge against him
is
dismissed; he was committed to a mental institution; on July
8, 1971 he
return to prison; he is sentenced to 25 yeas for robbery on
July 17,
1972.
March 12. Three Cubans successfully hijack a DC-8 from
Tampa, Fla., to Cuba; all are fugitives.
April 18. New York City–The Mexican mission to the U.S. is
bombed by El Poder Cubano, an anti-Castro group.
May 26. Miami Fla.,–The Mexican consul general's residence
is damaged by a bomb placed by El Poder Cubano.
June 21. New York City–Spanish Nationalist Tourist office is
again bombed by El Poder Cubano.
June 29. E.H. Carter, a black, successfully hijacks a
DC-3 from Marathon, Fla., to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
July 1. Velasquez Fonseca, born in Cuba, successfully
hijacks a B-727 from Chicago to Cuba; he is still a
fugitive.
July 4. New York City–The Canadian consulate and the
tourist
office are bombed by El Poder Cubano. The Australian
National
Tourist Office is bombed by El Poder Cubano
July 7. New York City–The Japanese National Tourist Office
is bombed by El Poder Cubano.
July 9. New York City–The Yugoslav and Cuban missions to the
United States are bombed by El Poder Cubano.
July 12. Leonard Bendicks successfully hijacks a
Cessna 210 from
Key West, Fla., to Cuba. He is deported to U.S. in
September
1968. On March 4, 1971, he is sentenced to 10 years
for
kidnaping. He is white.
Oran Daniels Richards tries to hijack a CU-880 from
Baltimore, Md., to
Cuba; charges against him are dismissed on September 3,
1969; he is
released from a mental institution in Dayton, Ohio on
January 10, 1970;
he is white.
July 14. Chicago, Ill.–El Poder Cubano terrorists bomb
the Mexican National Tourist Office.
July 16. Neward, N.J.–A bomb planted by El Poder Cubano is
found and removed from the Mexican consulate by police.
July 17. Akron, Ohio–Hernandez Leyva, a Cuban, successfully
hijacks a DC-8 from Los Angeles to Cuba; he is still a
fugitive.
July 19. Los Angeles, Calif.–An Air France ticket office is
damaged by a bomb.
A Mexican National Tourist Office is bombed.
A Shell Oil building is bombed.
A Japan Air Lines office is bombed. El Poder Cubano is
suspected of all the bombings.
July 30. Los Angeles, Calif.–Anti-Castro Cuban terrorists
bomb the British consulate.
August 3. New York City–The Bank of Tokyo Trust Company is
bombed by El Poder Cubano.
August 4. Jessie Willis successfully hijacks a Cessna
182 from
Naples, Fla., to Cuba; he returns voluntarily via Mexico on
January 10,
1969; he is sentenced to 10 years for kidnaping; he is
paroled on July
28, 1971; he is white.
August 5. Los Angeles, Calif.–The British consulate is
bombed by anti-Castro Cubans.
August 8. Miami, Fla.–An underwater explosion by El Poder
Cubano damages a British vessel near Miami.
Los Angeles, Calif.–The British consulate is bombed; the
bombing is claimed by anti-Castro Cuban exiles.
August 17. Miami, Fla.,–A Mexican airline office is bombed
by El Poder Cubano.
August 22. Bill McBride, white, successfully hijacks a
Cessna 336 from
Nassau to Cuba; he is still a fugitive, no positive
identification is
made.
September 16. Miami, Fla.–El Poder Cubano terrorists fire on
a Polish vessel with rifles.
September 20. Suarez Garcia, a Cuban, successfully
hijacks a
B-720 from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Cuba; he is still a
fugitive.
October 23. Alben Truitt successfully hijacks a Cessna
177 from
Key West to Cuba; he returns via Canada in February 1969; he
is
sentenced to 20 years for aircraft piracy and 20 years for
kidnaping
(to run consecutive); he is white.
New York City–Police capture El Poder Cubano terrorists who
attempted
to assassinate the Cuban ambassador to the United Nations;
the
ambassador is unharmed.
November 4. Raymond Johnson, a black, successfully hijacks a
b-727 from New Orleans to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
November 23. Five Cubans successfully hijack a B-727 from
Chicago to Cuba; all are still fugitives.
November 24. Three Latins (two born in Puerto Rico)
successfully hijack a B-707 from New York to Cuba; they are
still fugitives.
November 30. Montesino Sanchez, a Cuban, successfully
hijacks a B-720 from Miami to Cuba; he is still a fugitive
December 5. Eduardo Castera, a Latin successfully hijacks a
B-727 from Tampa to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
December 11. Two blacks successfully hijack a DC-8
from St. Louis to Cuba; they are still fugitives.
1969
January 2. A black couple successfully hijacks a DC-8 from
New York to
Cuba; the man was killed during a bank robbery in New York
on April 22,
1971; he was described as an associate of the black power
movement; the
woman is still a fugitive.
January 9. Ronald Bohle, a 21-year-old Purdue University
student,
successfully hijacks a B-727 from Miami to Cuba; he returns
via Canada
on November 1, 1969, and is sentenced to 20 years for air
piracy on
July 6, 1972; he is white.
January 11. A white man successfully hijacks a B-727
from
Jacksonville, Fla., to Cuba; he returns via Canada on May 5,
1969; he
is acquitted of air piracy and kidnaping on grounds of
temporary
insanity.
January 13. A white person unsuccessfully attempts to hijack
a CU-880
from Detroit to Cuba; he is sentenced on July 31, 1969, to
15 years for
interference with a flight crew; he had a history of mental
illness.
January 17. A Latin from Dominican Republic successfully
hijacks at
DC-8 from New York to Cuba; he is still a fugitive;
extradition process
is underway.
January 24. Ayre (alias, no positive identification)
successfully
hijacks a B-727 from Key West to Cuba; he was a 19-year-old
Navy
deserter who "didn't want to go to Vietnam"; he is still a
fugitive; he
is white.
January 28. Two black men successfully hijack a DC-8 from
Los Angeles to Cuba; they are prison escapees and are still
fugitives.
Three black men successfully hijack a DC-8 from Atlanta,
Ga., to Cuba; they are still fugitives.
January 31. Allan Sheffield successfully hijacks a
DC-8 from San
Francisco to Cuba; he says he is "tired of TV dinners and
tired of
seeing people starve in the world", he is still a fugitive.
February 3. A 21-year old student and his girlfriend attempt
to hijack
a plane from New York City to Cuba; when the pilot refuels
in Miami,
the hijackers allow the passengers to deplane; the police
capture the
hijackers.
Two Cubans successfully hijack a B-727 from Newark, N.J., to
Cuba; they are still fugitives.
February 10. A Latin, born in Cuba, successfully hijacks a
DC-8 from Atlanta to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
February 25. A black man successfully hijacks a DC-8
from Atlanta
to Cuba; he surrenders to U.S. authorities in Prague, CSR,
in September
1969; he is sentenced to life imprisonment on July 7, 1970.
March 5. A black successfully hijacks A B-727 from New York
to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
March 17. A white successfully hijacks an airliner from
Atlanta to
Cuba; he returns via Canada on November 1, 1969; he is
committed
to a mental institution on February 1, 1972; he is released
on second
18-month furlough on December 5, 1973.
March 19. A white tries to hijack a CV-880 from Dallas to
Cuba; he ends
up in New Orleans; charges are dismissed due to insanity.
April 13. Four Cubans successfully hijack a B-727 from San
Juan, Puerto Rico, to Cuba; they are still fugitives
May 5. Jean Pierre Charrette and Alain Alard (one Canadian,
one
unknown) successfully hijack a B-727 from New York to Cuba;
they are
still fugitives; both are white.
May 23. Three Latins born in Cuba successfully hijack a
B-727 from Miami to Cuba; they are still fugitives.
June 8. New York City–A bomb explodes in Loew's Orpheum
Theater,
causing minor damage; press reports alleged that it was set
by
anti-Castro Cubans protesting a showing of the picture
"Che".
June 17. A black successfully hijacks a B-707 from Oakland
to Cuba; he is a fugitive.
June 22. A Latin born in Cuba, successfully hijacks a DC-8
from Newark, N.J., to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
June 25. A Latin successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Los
Angeles to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
June 28. A white successfully hijacks B-727 from Baltimore
to Cuba; he
returns via Canada in November 1969; he is sentenced to 15
years for
interference with a flight crew on October 6, 1970.
July 26. Black successfully hijacks a DC-8 from El Paso,
Tex., to Cuba;
he returns via Canada on November 1, 1969; he is sentenced
to 50 years
for aircraft piracy on September 14, 1970
July 31. Chicago, Ill.–A white successfully hijacks a B-727
from
Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cuba; he is still a fugitive; he was an
accused
bank robber being transported to Los Angeles.
August 5. A Man unsuccessfully tries to hijack a DC-9 from
Philadelphia
to Cuba; charges are dismissed on January 12, 1970; he is
committed to
a mental institution; he is discharged on September 15,
1971.
August 14. Two Cubans successfully hijack a B-727 from
Boston to Cuba; they are still fugitives.
August 29. A Cuban successfully hijacks a B-727 from Miami
to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
September 7. A Latin hijacks a DC-8 from New York to Cuba;
he is still a fugitive.
September 10. A Puerto Rican unsuccessfully tries to hijack
a DC-8
(scheduled for San Juan) to Cuba; he is committed to mental
institution
on January 30, 1970; he is released in December 1971.
September 24. A Cuban successfully hijacks a DC-8 from
Charleston, S.C. to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
October 9. A man successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Los
Angeles to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
October 21. A white successfully hijacks a B-720 from Mexico
City to Cuba; he committed suicide in Cuba on September 28,
1970.
November 4. Two armed men seize a Nicaraguan airliner en
route from Miami to Mexico; they divert it to Cuba.
December 26. M. Martinez (alias) successfully hijacks a
B-727 from New
York to Cuba; he is still a fugitive; no positive
identification was
made.
1970
February 16. A man who was born in Cuba, with wife and two
children,
successfully hijacks a B-727 from Newark to Cuba; he is
still a
fugitive.
March 11. A black successfully hijacks a B-727 from
Cleveland to Cuba;
he is imprisoned in Cuba for Attempting to escape; he is
fatally shot
escaping from prison on March 26, 1973.
April 22. Ira Meeks and Dianne McKinney, black, successfully
hijack a
Cessna 172 from Gastonia N.C. to Cuba; they remain
fugitives.
May 5. Coral Gables, Fla.–The University of Miami Computer
Center is firebombed.
May 25. A Latin successfully hijacks a B-727 from Chicago to
Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
July 1. George Lopez successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Las
Vegas to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
August 2. A Latin successfully hijacks a plane bound for San
Juan from New York to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
August 19. Three men (two born in Cuba, one born in Spain)
successfully
hijack a DC-3 from Newark to Cuba (the plane's destination
was San
Juan); they are still fugitives.
August 20. A black successfully hijacks a DC-9 from Atlanta
to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
September 19. A black successfully hijacks a B-727 from
Pittsburgh to Cuba; he is a fugitive.
October 8. The anniversary of Che Guevara's death in
Bolivia.
October 30. L. Rosas (alias) a Latin man with a wife and
five children,
successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Miami to Cuba; he is still
a fugitive;
no positive identification was made.
November 1. A man born in Mexico successfully hijacks
a B-727
from San Diego to Cuba; he has two children with him; he is
still a
fugitive.
November 13. A black successfully hijacks an airliner from
Raleigh,
N.C., to Cuba; he is still a fugitive; no positive
identification was
made.
December 19. A black attempts to hijack a DC-9 from
Albuquerque to
Cuba; he is taken into custody at Tulsa; he is sentenced to
5 years
subject to a medical mental examination for conveying false
information
about an attempt to commit air piracy.
1971
January 22. A black successfully hijacks a B-727 from
Milwaukee, Wis., to Cuba; he would have gone to Algeria, if
possible.
February 4. A black successfully hijacks a DC-9 from Chicago
to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
February 5. Miami, Fla.–In the Dade County jail, 40 inmates
hold two
hostages; their reported grievances are that the inmates are
treated
like animals and the jail is a snake pit ; 30 men are housed
in a
16-man cell.
February 25. A white successfully hijacks a B-727 from San
Francisco to
Cuba or Canada; he ends up in Canada; he is deported on
March 8, 1971;
he is sentenced to 10 years for interference with a flight
crew.
March 31. A Latin born in Venezuela successfully hijacks a
DC-8 from
New York to Cuba; he returns to the United States via
Bermuda on
October 8, 1974
A white attempts to hijack a DC-9 from Birmingham to Cuba;
he is
sentenced to 3 years probation for carrying weapons aboard
an aircraft
on June 7, 1971.
April 5. A former Cuban hijacks a Cessna 402 from Key
West to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
June 17. Washington, D.C.–Five men are seized at gunpoint at
2 a.m. in
the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee; the
men
apprehended have cameras and electronic surveillance
equipment; file
drawers have been opened an ceiling panels have been
removed; of the
five men arrested, Bernard Barker, James W. McCord, Frank
Angelo
Fiorini, Eugenio L. Martinez, Raul Goday, all but McCord,
who was from
Miami, have links with the CIA; McCord is employed as a
security agent
by both the Republican National Committee and the Committee
to Reelect
the President.
June 18. Winston-Salem, N.C.–There is a group attempt to
hijack plane
to Cuba; the perpetrator is sentenced to 5 years on
September 14, 1971,
in regard to an attempt to commit air piracy.
July 24. A Latin, born in Cuba, successfully hijacks a DC-8
from Miami
to Cuba; he is still a fugitive; a stewardess and a
passenger are
wounded.
September 3. A Latin, born in Cuba, attempts to hijack a
plane from
Chicago to Cuba; he is sentenced to 20 years for
interference with a
flight crew on March 6, 1972.
October 9. A man forces his way aboard a B-727 in Detroit
and hijacks it to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
October 18. A white, born in Canada, unsuccessfully attempts
to hijack
a B-737 from Anchorage to Cuba; the attempt ends in
Vancouver; he is
deported to the United States on October 19, 1971, and is
sentenced to
20 years for air piracy on May 12, 1972.
October 25. A Latin born in Puerto Rico, successfully
hijacks a B-747
from New York to Cuba; the plane was bound for San Juan; he
is still a
fugitive.
October 29. Houston Airport–A men, his two sons, and a third
youth
hijack an Eastern Airlines jet to Havana; they kill a ticket
agent
during seizure of plane, members of the same group had been
charged
with murder for an attempted bank robbery in Arlington, Va.,
on October
24.
November 27. Albuquerque, N. Mex.–Three males of the
Republic of New
Africa hijack a plane to Cuba after they are told it
couldn't make it
to Africa; they are wanted in the slaying of a New Mexico
policeman;
two are still fugitives, one drowned while swimming in Cuba
in March
1973.
1972
January 7. A black man and woman successfully hijack a
B-727 from San Francisco to Cuba; they are still fugitives.
March. Sometime in March, the Secret Cuban Government
bombs a theater in New York and two drug stores in San Juan,
P.R.
March 7. Two blacks force their way aboard a Chalk's Flying
Service
Grumman 73 (G/A) in Miami, Fla., wounding the pilot, a
mechanic, and a
bystander; they hijack plane to Cuba; they are still
fugitives.
March 19. A white man and woman successfully hijack a Cessna
206 from Key West to Cuba; they are still fugitives.
March 29. Biscayne, Fla.–A Soviet research ship is bombed by
JCN, an
anti-Castro Cuban group it is suspected that JCN was used as
a cover
name.
May 4-6. Michael Hansen, a white, successfully hijacks a
B-737 flight
from Salt lake City to Los Angeles; he wants to go to Hanoi
or Cuba; he
goes to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.
June 14. San Juan, P.R.–A liquor store is bombed by
Anti-Communist
Commandos (possibly an alias used by FLNC, Cuban National
Liberation
Front).
October 6. Chino State Prison, Calif.–Ronald Wayne Beaty,
member of
Venceremos, is aided by other members in escaping from
prison in car in
which he is being transported. A correctional officer
is killed;
four Venceremos members are convicted for their role in the
escape;
Beaty is recaptured on December 11, 1972.
October 29. Houston, Tex.–Four whites force their way aboard
an
aircraft; they kill a ticket agent, would a ramp serviceman,
and hijack
a plane to Cuba; three of the men are named Tuller.
November 10. Three blacks successfully hijack a DC-9 from
Birmingham to
Cuba with $10 million and 10 parachutes; they are still
fugitives; the
copilot is wounded; two are sentenced in Cuba to 20 years,
one to 15
years; they threaten to crash the plane into the Oak Ridge
nuclear
installation; at McCoy Air Force Base, Orlando, the FBI
shoots out the
tires; the plane finally lands on a foam-covered runway in
Havana
December. Sometime in December–A travel agency in
Queens, N.Y.,
is bombed; the incident is attributed to FIN, an anti-Castro
group.
December 11. New York City–The VA-Cuba Forwarding Company is
bombed by FIN, an anti-Castro group.
1973
March 28. New York City–The Center for the Cuban
Studies is bombed; it is claimed by Secret Cuban Government.
March 29. Union, N.J.–There is an attempt (possibly by FIN,
Cuban National Front) to bomb a bookstore.
July 24. New York City–The Martin Luther King, Jr., Labor
Center is
bombed; it is claimed by Secret Cuban Government; a
pro-Castro Cuban
exhibition is being held in the building.
August 8. Vacaville Prison, Calif.–Thero Wheeler of
Venceremos escapes after not being visited by members for 6
months.
December. Month of December–A business office in the New
York City area is bombed by the Secret Cuban Government.
Miami, Fla.–A Bahamian cargo ship is bombed by the FLNC
(using the Cuban Anti-Communist League as an alias).
December 30. Miami, Fla.–A British freighter is bombed; it
is
attributed to the Cuban Action or FIN (National Integration
Front).
1974
April 13. Miami, Fla.–Jose de la Torriente, former
Cuban minister
of agriculture, is killed by a sniper; Zero, a pro-Castro
group of
Cuban exiles, takes responsibility.
November 9. Washington, D.C.–A bombing of the Organization
of American
States building is claimed by FLNC (using Cuban Movement C-4
as an
alias), an anti-Castro group.
December 14. Robin Harrison (alias), chartered a plane by
phone; on
arrival at the airport office in Tampa, he points gun at the
pilot of a
Piper Seneca and demands a flight to Cuba; he is still a
fugitive.
1975
February 1. New York City.–The Venezuelan Consulate is
bombed by Abdala, an anti-Castro student group.
February 6. Los Angeles, Calif.–unidos, a socialist
bookstore run by
the October League, is bombed; the Cuban Action Commandos
are suspected.
February 26. Los Angeles, Calif.–KCET, a radio
station, is
bombed; the Cuban action Commandos are suspected because the
station
had just announced the showing of a Cuban film, "Lucia."
March 27. Los Angeles, Calif–Two buildings, one housing the
Panama
Government Tourist Bureau and the other housing the Costa
Rican
Consulate, are damaged slightly by separate bomb blasts; the
Cuban
Action Commandos (an anti-Castro group) are suspected;
Panama and Costa
Rica had supported Cuba's readmission to the Organization of
American
States.
April 3. Los Angeles, Calif.–An attempted bombing of the
Communist
Party office misfires; the Cuban Action Commandos are
suspected.
April 13. Los Angeles, Calif.–A bomb is dropped through the
roof of the
Unidos book store; the store has a left-wing orientation;
the Cuban
Action Commandos claim credit through a caller.
May 2. Santa Monica, Calif.–A Socialist Workers Party
bookstore is bombed by the CAC (Cuban Action Commandos).
May 7. Los Angeles, Calif.–The leftist-oriented Midnight
Special Bookstore is bombed; the Cuban Action Commandos are
suspected.
June 17. Elizabeth, N.J.–More than 100 Cuban-Americans are
arrested
after resentment against police culminates in a
traffic-blocking
protest and stone throwing near police headquarters.
July 15. Los Angeles, Calif.–The Mexican consulate is
bombed; four
people are injured; $35,000 damage is done; it is suspected
that the
bombing was a joint action of the Hungarian Peace and
Freedom Fighters,
the Cuban Action Commandos, and the Nazi Group.
July 18. Washington, D.C.–A bomb placed outside the Costa
Rican embassy
does not completely detonate; although Cuban Scorpion claims
credit,
statements from an FLNC leader implicate Abdala and the
Cuban Action
Commandos.
October 6. Miami, Fla.–The Dominican Republic consulate is
bombed; the bombing is attributed to FINC-Youth of the
Stars.
October 10. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.–The Broward County
courthouse is
bombed; the bombing is attributed to FLNC, an anti-Castro
group.
October 17. Miami, Fla.–A bomb explodes in a luggage locker
at Miami
International Airport; it might have been aimed at a
Dominican Airlines
ticket counter.
October 31. Miami, Fla.–There is a bombing-assassination of
Rolando
Masferrer; the bomb is triggered by the car ignition;
Masferrer, known
as "El Tigre," was a leader of vigilantes, and was a strong
man in
pre-Castro Cuba; the bombing is claimed by Zero, an exile
group.
November 27. Miami, Fla.–A time bomb in the restroom of a
Bahamas
Airlines jet is set to go off as passengers are loading for
Nassau; a
call indicates the bombing is anti-Castro and that a group
called Cuban
Power ‘76 is responsible.
December 3. Miami, Fla.–Identical bombs explode on the eve
of a visit
by William D. Rogers, U.S. Secretary of State for
Inter-American
Affairs, at the Social Security building, the Florida
State Employment Service office, two Post Office buildings,
and the FBI headquarters building.
December 4. Miami, Fla.–The Miami police department and
Metropolitan
Justice building are bombed; and anti-Castro group, JIN,
claims
responsibility; this is unique because the attack is against
government
buildings; usually these attacks are against businesses
dealing with
Cuba; and extortion note in Spanish demands $50 million to
be given to
poor or the bombings would continue; the note is signed "El
Condor."
1976
[none listed through March]
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