A brief history of communist drug trafficking

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LOS CASTRO AND THE NARCOTRAFFICKING: THE TRUTH THAT THE REGIME HAS TRIED TO HIDE FOR DECADES

For years, the Cuban dictatorship has presented itself as an austere regime, an enemy of capitalism and organized crime. However, behind that official narrative, the facts reveal a different reality. Cuba was the first narco-state in Latin America, with Fidel and Raúl Castro playing a central role in drug trafficking.

PABLO ESCOBAR AND RAÚL CASTRO: PARTNERS IN CRIME

Testimonies from former drug traffickers like Popeye and Carlos Lehder indicate that, during the 1980s, the Medellín Cartel used Cuba as a platform for shipping cocaine to the United States.  According to Popeye, Pablo Escobar had special trust in Raúl Castro, whom he described as “a serious and enterprising man.” Each flight bound for the Island could transport between 10 and 12 tons of cocaine, multiplying the cartel’s profits.

THE CASTROS’ PACT WITH THE NARCO TRAFFICKERS

Carlos Lehder recounted that he negotiated directly with Raúl Castro, who authorized the use of Cayo Largo as an operational base. In exchange, the regime received millions of dollars in cash, while the Cuban Armed Forces guaranteed the safe transfer of the drugs to the U.S.

THE 1989 SCANDAL: FIDEL CASTRO SACRIFICES HIS MEN TO SAVE HIMSELF

In 1989, the DEA had sufficient evidence of the Cuban regime’s involvement in drug trafficking. To avoid being implicated, Fidel Castro ordered the execution of four high-ranking military officials: General Arnoldo Ochoa, Colonel Antonio de la Guardia, Captain Jorge Martínez Valdés , Major Amado Padrón Trujillo.

The dictatorship portrayed them as “traitors,” using them as scapegoats to protect the image of Fidel and Raúl.

JUAN REINALDO SÁNCHEZ: “FIDEL CASTRO WAS FOR YEARS THE LEADER OF NARCOTRAFFICKING IN CUBA”

Fidel’s former bodyguard revealed in his book The Hidden Life of Fidel Castro that the dictator directly controlled the drug trafficking business on the Island. Sánchez claimed to have heard Fidel Castro and the then Minister of the Interior, José Abrantes, authorize drug trafficking operations in exchange for multimillion-dollar payments. “The god he protected turned out to be a drug trafficker,” he confessed.

THE CASTROS’ NARCOTRAFFICKING DIDN’T END IN THE 80S

After the 1989 scandal, the business shifted to Venezuela and Nicaragua, where Chavismo and Sandinismo took on the role of new intermediaries. The former head of Venezuelan Military Intelligence, Hugo “El Pollo” Carvajal, denounced in a letter circulated by the press that the shipment of cocaine to the United States was a state policy promoted alongside the Cuban regime from the era of Hugo Chávez. The DEA has confirmed that the Cuban regime continues to be linked to drug trafficking networks in Latin America.

THE HISTORY OF THE CASTROS IS NOT THAT OF A REVOLUTION, BUT THAT OF A MAFIA

Castrism used the Cuban state to enrich itself through organized crime.

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