Over the years, the authorities picked up Rivero, questioned him, harassed him, and tried to nudge him off the island, where he would presumably disappear into the black hole of Miami's exile community.
Úřady Rivera během let zatýkaly, vyslýchaly, terorizovaly a rovněž se ho pokusily vypoklonkovat z ostrova, načež by pravděpodobně zmizel v černé díře exilové komunity v Miami.