Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Orlando Bosch, a prominent Cuban exile militant and fierce foe of former President Fidel Castro, has died. He was 84 years old.
A family friend says Bosch died Wednesday after a “long and painful illness.” The cause of death was not immediately released.
Bosch was one of several Cuban exile militants who fought Fidel Castro's regime from abroad through sabotage operations. In 1976, he and former CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles were arrested in Venezuela and accused of involvement in the bombing of a Cuban jetliner that year.
Both men were later acquitted of plotting the attack, which killed 73 people.
In a 2005 interview with the Miami Herald newspaper, Bosch said the truth about the airplane bombing would be revealed in recordings and documents published after his death.
Bosch settled in the Miami area after the Cuban revolution that brought Mr. Castro to power in 1959. He had originally supported the revolution but later turned against the Cuban leader.
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