november 22, 1963 involved the training of cuban exiles by the central intelligence agency.
november 22, 1963 involved the training of cuban exiles by the central intelligence agency.
which event involved the training of cuban exiles by the central intelligence agency?
november 22, 1963
during the cold war the future park area was a training ground for cuban exiles training for missions in fidel castro's cuba. elliott key in particular was used by the central intelligence agency as a training area in the early 1960s in preparation for bay of pigs invasion. the largest facility was ledbury lodge, the only hotel ever built on the key. as late as 1988 a group of cuban exiles were arrested when they tried to use the key for a mock landing. farther north, exiled venezuelan president marcos pérez jiménez kept a house on soldier key until he was extradited in 1963.
biscayne national park
the "johnny express" and the "leyla express" (also described as the "lyle express", the "lalia express", and the "lyla express") were two miami-based freighters flying panamanian flags of convenience. they were owned by the bahama lines corporation, based in miami, which also ran four other freighters. the corporation belonged to four brothers from the babún family: all four were cuban exiles. the "miami herald" reported that all four had been involved in activities directed against fidel castro. among cuban exiles in miami, santiago babún, one of the brothers, was believed to have been an agent of the united states central intelligence agency (cia) while in cuba. according to reporter john dinges, a long-term correspondent on latin america for the us media, both freighters were being used by cuban exiles to launch machine-gun attacks on cuban government targets. verne lyon, a one-time cia agent, wrote in his memoir that the two boats were run by the cia, and referred to the "johnny express" as a cia "mother ship". a 1997 biography of george h. w. bush, in discussing his relationship with manuel noriega, also stated that the two freighters had been used to launch speed-boat attacks against cuba.
leyla express and johnny express incidents