The crime carried out off the coast of Barbados, which claimed the lives of 73 people—57 Cubans, 11 Guyanese, and five Koreans—renews Cuba’s annual condemnation of the impunity that still surrounds the incident, despite the confessions of its perpetrators and forensic evidence confirming it.
Relatives of the victims, athletes, and the general public attended the traditional pilgrimage to the capital’s Cristobal Colon Cemetery to pay tribute to the victims of the attack in which 24 members of the Cuban youth fencing team died.
The young men returned home with the satisfaction of having won all the titles up for grabs in the Central American and Caribbean Championships in the sport.
Cuba does not forget those who fell in the atrocious murder because they are a legacy of hope and justice, stated Jorge Luis Fajardo, secretary general of the Food and Fishing Industry Union, speaking at the ceremony before the highest authorities of Havana and the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education, and Recreation (Inder).
According to investigations, Cuban-born terrorists Luis Posada Carriles (1928-2018) and Orlando Bosch Avila (1926-2011), who were working for United States intelligence agencies, masterminded the assassination plot.
Meanwhile, witness evidence points to Freddy Lugo and Hernan Ricardo as the perpetrators of the tragic event, and to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as the financier and protector of their terrorist agents, who received favor from the U.S. justice system after rigged trials, questionable acquittals, and unserved sentences.
