Cuba: Information on a 1989 military coup attempt known as Causa 1, on the purging and arrest of the coup attempt participants, and on whether the participants were tried and convicted of drug trafficking
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | CUB23852.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Cuba: Information on a 1989 military coup attempt known as Causa 1, on the purging and arrest of the coup attempt participants, and on whether the participants were tried and convicted of drug trafficking, 1 May 1996, CUB23852.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ace12b.html [accessed 16 October 2022] |
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For information on the above-mentioned subject, please consult the attachments.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Agence France Presse (AFP) (Paris, in Spanish(. 6 January 1992. "Castro Accused of Ties to Drug Trafficking." (FBIS-LAT-92-005 8 Jan. 1992, p. 1)
The Associated Press (AP). 11 July 1989. AM Cycle. "Cubans Defend Death Sentences of Convicted Drug Smugglers." (NEXIS)
_____. 8 July 1989. AM Cycle. James Martinez. "1,600 Pounds of Cocaine Dropped Off Cuban Coast, Feds Say." (NEXIS)
Chicago Tribune. 14 July 1989. Final Edition. "War Hero Executed in Cuba." (NEXIS)
_____. 11 July 1989. Final Edition. "Cuba's Ruling Council Rejects Appeal by 4 Doomed Officers."
The Daily Telegraph [London]. 8 July 1989. Patricia Wilson. "Cuba Drugs General to Face Firing Squad." (NEXIS)
_____. 17 June 1989. Patricia Wilson. "Arrested Cuba General 'May Have Been Plotting Coup'." (NEXIS)
Latin America Weekly Report [London]. 29 June 1989. "Generals Fall in Big Corruption Bust; Angolan Hero Arrested for Involvement With Drugs."
Los Angeles Times. 17 June 1989. Home Edition. Don Shannon. "Cuba Confirms Drug Links in Arrests of Army Officials." (NEXIS)
Radio Havana (Havana, in Spanish(. 15 April 1993. Amalia Sanmartino. "Commentary Rejects The Miami Herald's Report on Drug Trafficking." (FBIS-LAT-93-072 16 Apr. 1993, p. 2)
States News Service. 15 June 1989. Jacquelyn Swearingen. "Purge This Week of Two Top Ranking Cuban Officials." (NEXIS)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 2 July 1989. Late Edition. "Officers in Cuba Indicted: 15 Being Charged in Drug Smuggling." (NEXIS)
Tele Rebelde and Cuba Vision Networks (Havana, in Spanish(. 10 November 1993. "Drug Trafficking Trial Concludes, Sentences Pending." (FBIS-LAT-93-216 10 Nov. 1993, pp. 4-5)
The United Press International (UPI). 12 July 1989. BC Cycle. Nancy Stuermer. "Castro Says He Didn't Influence Ochoa Trial." (NEXIS)
