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Chronology of Incidents
Cuban Political Violence
In the United States
Jan 1965 – Mar 1976

[REF:  DISORDERS AND TERRORISM, National Advisory Committee, on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals Washington: 1976.  Report of the Task Force on Disorders and Terrorism
Appendix 6: CHRONOLOGY OF INCIDENTS OF TERRORISTIC, QUASI-TERRORISTIC, AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES: JANUARY 1965 TO MARCH 1976 By Marcia McKnight Trick]

[NOTE: Only the Cuban incidents were extracted]

Quasi-Terrorism
The sudden decline in airline hijackings in 1973, after their 5-year surge, can be attributed to two factors: (1) in January of 1973 the airlines instituted of policy of requiring that all passengers and carry-on baggage be screened through metal detectors, and (2) Cuba and the United States signed a treaty in the summer of 1973 whereby Cuba would only accept those hijackers requesting political asylum, returning all others.  When considering the increases in 1974 and 1975, it should be noted that only 7 out of the 20 hijacking attempts were successful, and that those 7 were in the general aviation category (helicopters, small private planes), not subject to the major airlines' screening process.

WHO'S WHO

The following Who's Who is an attempt to describe in general terms the political groups whose names appear at least once in this chronology.  The criterion for inclusion is that a group or individual was involved in a specific incident of terroristic or quasi-terroristic violence.  An effort was made to distinguish between groups that were left-wing or right-wing in political orientation.

Groups of Right-wing Orientation
Cuban Action Commandos–This Los Angeles-based group is believed to have been responsible for numerous bombings of consulates of countries deemed friendly to Castro's Cuba.  Active in the late 1960's, many of its members were imprisoned.  Particularly active in 1975, this group also directs its attacks against left-wing bookstores.

Other Anti-Castro Groups–Most of these groups are social and fraternal organizations for Cuban exiles, who hope to return to a Cuba without Castro.  Over 1,000 such groups have been formed in Miami alone, but approximately 20 are now still active.  Few of the groups are actually violent, but their proliferation and ties with the Cuban community make those that are violent difficult to apprehend.  Bombing targets are usually government agencies or firms doing business with Cuba.  With hatred of Castro as the only unifying ideology, these groups are transient and have overlapping memberships.  These groups often use fictitious names for the purpose of fund-raising, and use another name for terrorist activities.

CHRONOLOGY
1965

October 26.  A Cuban male unsuccessfully hijacks a plane from Miami to Cuba; he is acquitted of aircraft piracy and assault (mental competence was an issue of the trial).

1966

[none listed]

1967
April 3.  New York City–The Cuban Mission to the United Nations is bombed; U.N. acting chief suffers non-fatal burns in the bombing.

October 16. New York City–There are explosions across from the Cuban, Yugoslav, and Finnish missions to the United Nations.

November 20.  Louis Gabor Babler, born in Hungary, successfully hijacks a Crescent Airline Piper Apache from Hollywood, Florida, to Cuba; the plane was scheduled to go to the Bahamas.  He is still a fugitive; the profile is not applicable.

1968
January 25. Miami, Fla.– Package en route to Cuba explodes; El Poder Cubano is suspected

February 8. –Miami, Fla.–The British consulate is damaged by a bomb.  El Poder Cubano or other anti-Castro Cubans are believed responsible.

February 17. Thomas J. Boynton, white, successfully hijacks a private charter Piper Apache from Marathon, Fla., to Cuba.  He returned to the United States via Canada on November 1, 1969.  He was sentenced to 20 years for kidnaping.

February 21. Lawrence Rhodes, white, successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Tampa, Fla., to Cuba.  He surrenders in Spain on February 10, 1970.  A January 4, 1971 hijacking charge against him is dismissed; he was committed to a mental institution; on July 8, 1971 he return to prison; he is sentenced to 25 yeas for robbery on July 17, 1972.

March 12.  Three Cubans successfully hijack a DC-8 from Tampa, Fla., to Cuba; all are fugitives.

April 18. New York City–The Mexican mission to the U.S. is bombed by El Poder Cubano, an anti-Castro group.

May 26. Miami Fla.,–The Mexican consul general's residence is damaged by a bomb placed by El Poder Cubano.

June 21. New York City–Spanish Nationalist Tourist office is again bombed by El Poder Cubano.
June 29.  E.H. Carter, a black, successfully hijacks a DC-3 from Marathon, Fla., to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

July 1. Velasquez Fonseca, born in Cuba, successfully hijacks a B-727 from Chicago to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

July 4.  New York City–The Canadian consulate and the tourist office are bombed by El Poder Cubano.  The Australian National Tourist Office is bombed by El Poder Cubano

July 7. New York City–The Japanese National Tourist Office is bombed by El Poder Cubano.

July 9. New York City–The Yugoslav and Cuban missions to the United States are bombed by El Poder Cubano.

July 12.  Leonard Bendicks successfully hijacks a Cessna 210 from Key West, Fla., to Cuba.  He is deported to U.S. in September 1968.  On March 4, 1971, he is sentenced to 10 years for kidnaping.  He is white.

Oran Daniels Richards tries to hijack a CU-880 from Baltimore, Md., to Cuba; charges against him are dismissed on September 3, 1969; he is released from a mental institution in Dayton, Ohio on January 10, 1970; he is white.

July 14.  Chicago, Ill.–El Poder Cubano terrorists bomb the Mexican National Tourist Office.

July 16. Neward, N.J.–A bomb planted by El Poder Cubano is found and removed from the Mexican consulate by police.

July 17. Akron, Ohio–Hernandez Leyva, a Cuban, successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Los Angeles to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

July 19. Los Angeles, Calif.–An Air France ticket office is damaged by a bomb.
A Mexican National Tourist Office is bombed.
A Shell Oil building is bombed.
A Japan Air Lines office is bombed.  El Poder Cubano is suspected of all the bombings.

July 30. Los Angeles, Calif.–Anti-Castro Cuban terrorists bomb the British consulate.

August 3. New York City–The Bank of Tokyo Trust Company is bombed by El Poder Cubano.

August 4.  Jessie Willis successfully hijacks a Cessna 182 from Naples, Fla., to Cuba; he returns voluntarily via Mexico on January 10, 1969; he is sentenced to 10 years for kidnaping; he is paroled on July 28, 1971; he is white.

August 5. Los Angeles, Calif.–The British consulate is bombed by anti-Castro Cubans.

August 8. Miami, Fla.–An underwater explosion by El Poder Cubano damages a British vessel near Miami.
Los Angeles, Calif.–The British consulate is bombed; the bombing is claimed by anti-Castro Cuban exiles.

August 17. Miami, Fla.,–A Mexican airline office is bombed by El Poder Cubano.

August 22. Bill McBride, white, successfully hijacks a Cessna 336 from Nassau to Cuba; he is still a fugitive, no positive identification is made.

September 16. Miami, Fla.–El Poder Cubano terrorists fire on a Polish vessel with rifles.

September 20.  Suarez Garcia, a Cuban, successfully hijacks a B-720 from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

October 23.  Alben Truitt successfully hijacks a Cessna 177 from Key West to Cuba; he returns via Canada in February 1969; he is sentenced to 20 years for aircraft piracy and 20 years for kidnaping (to run consecutive); he is white.
New York City–Police capture El Poder Cubano terrorists who attempted to assassinate the Cuban ambassador to the United Nations; the ambassador is unharmed.

November 4. Raymond Johnson, a black, successfully hijacks a b-727 from New Orleans to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

November 23. Five Cubans successfully hijack a B-727 from Chicago to Cuba; all are still fugitives.

November 24. Three Latins (two born in Puerto Rico) successfully hijack a B-707 from New York to Cuba; they are still fugitives.

November 30.  Montesino Sanchez, a Cuban, successfully hijacks a B-720 from Miami to Cuba; he is still a fugitive

December 5. Eduardo Castera, a Latin successfully hijacks a B-727 from Tampa to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

December 11.  Two blacks successfully hijack a DC-8 from St. Louis to Cuba; they are still fugitives.

1969
January 2. A black couple successfully hijacks a DC-8 from New York to Cuba; the man was killed during a bank robbery in New York on April 22, 1971; he was described as an associate of the black power movement; the woman is still a fugitive.

January 9. Ronald Bohle, a 21-year-old Purdue University student, successfully hijacks a B-727 from Miami to Cuba; he returns via Canada on November 1, 1969, and is sentenced to 20 years for air piracy on July 6, 1972; he is white.

January 11.  A white man successfully hijacks a B-727 from Jacksonville, Fla., to Cuba; he returns via Canada on May 5, 1969; he is acquitted of air piracy and kidnaping on grounds of temporary insanity.

January 13. A white person unsuccessfully attempts to hijack a CU-880 from Detroit to Cuba; he is sentenced on July 31, 1969, to 15 years for interference with a flight crew; he had a history of mental illness.

January 17. A Latin from Dominican Republic successfully hijacks at DC-8 from New York to Cuba; he is still a fugitive; extradition process is underway.

January 24. Ayre (alias, no positive identification) successfully hijacks a B-727 from Key West to Cuba; he was a 19-year-old Navy deserter who "didn't want to go to Vietnam"; he is still a fugitive; he is white.

January 28. Two black men successfully hijack a DC-8 from Los Angeles to Cuba; they are prison escapees and are still fugitives.
Three black men successfully hijack a DC-8 from Atlanta, Ga., to Cuba; they are still fugitives.

January 31.  Allan Sheffield successfully hijacks a DC-8 from San Francisco to Cuba; he says he is "tired of TV dinners and tired of seeing people starve in the world", he is still a fugitive.

February 3. A 21-year old student and his girlfriend attempt to hijack a plane from New York City to Cuba; when the pilot refuels in Miami, the hijackers allow the passengers to deplane; the police capture the hijackers.
Two Cubans successfully hijack a B-727 from Newark, N.J., to Cuba; they are still fugitives.

February 10. A Latin, born in Cuba, successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Atlanta to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

February 25.  A black man successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Atlanta to Cuba; he surrenders to U.S. authorities in Prague, CSR, in September 1969; he is sentenced to life imprisonment on July 7, 1970.

March 5. A black successfully hijacks A B-727 from New York to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

March 17. A white successfully hijacks an airliner from Atlanta to Cuba; he returns via Canada on  November 1, 1969; he is committed to a mental institution on February 1, 1972; he is released on second 18-month furlough on December 5, 1973.

March 19. A white tries to hijack a CV-880 from Dallas to Cuba; he ends up in New Orleans; charges are dismissed due to insanity.

April 13. Four Cubans successfully hijack a B-727 from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Cuba; they are still fugitives

May 5. Jean Pierre Charrette and Alain Alard (one Canadian, one unknown) successfully hijack a B-727 from New York to Cuba; they are still fugitives; both are white.

May 23. Three Latins born in Cuba successfully hijack a B-727 from Miami to Cuba; they are still fugitives.

June 8. New York City–A bomb explodes in Loew's Orpheum Theater, causing minor damage; press reports alleged that it was set by anti-Castro Cubans protesting a showing of the picture "Che".

June 17. A black successfully hijacks a B-707 from Oakland to Cuba; he is a fugitive.

June 22. A Latin born in Cuba, successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Newark, N.J., to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

June 25. A Latin successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Los Angeles to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

June 28. A white successfully hijacks B-727 from Baltimore to Cuba; he returns via Canada in November 1969; he is sentenced to 15 years for interference with a flight crew on October 6, 1970.

July 26. Black successfully hijacks a DC-8 from El Paso, Tex., to Cuba; he returns via Canada on November 1, 1969; he is sentenced to 50 years for aircraft piracy on September 14, 1970

July 31. Chicago, Ill.–A white successfully hijacks a B-727 from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cuba; he is still a fugitive; he was an accused bank robber being transported to Los Angeles.

August 5. A Man unsuccessfully tries to hijack a DC-9 from Philadelphia to Cuba; charges are dismissed on January 12, 1970; he is committed to a mental institution; he is discharged on September 15, 1971.

August 14. Two Cubans successfully hijack a B-727 from Boston to Cuba; they are still fugitives.

August 29. A Cuban successfully hijacks a B-727 from Miami to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

September 7. A Latin hijacks a DC-8 from New York to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

September 10. A Puerto Rican unsuccessfully tries to hijack a DC-8 (scheduled for San Juan) to Cuba; he is committed to mental institution on January 30, 1970; he is released in December 1971.

September 24. A Cuban successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Charleston, S.C. to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

October 9. A man successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Los Angeles to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

October 21. A white successfully hijacks a B-720 from Mexico City to Cuba; he committed suicide in Cuba on September 28, 1970.

November 4. Two armed men seize a Nicaraguan airliner en route from Miami to Mexico; they divert it to Cuba.

December 26. M. Martinez (alias) successfully hijacks a B-727 from New York to Cuba; he is still a fugitive; no positive identification was made.

1970

February 16. A man who was born in Cuba, with wife and two children, successfully hijacks a B-727 from Newark to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

March 11. A black successfully hijacks a B-727 from Cleveland to Cuba; he is imprisoned in Cuba for Attempting to escape; he is fatally shot escaping from prison on March 26, 1973.

April 22. Ira Meeks and Dianne McKinney, black, successfully hijack a Cessna 172 from Gastonia N.C. to Cuba; they remain fugitives.

May 5. Coral Gables, Fla.–The University of Miami Computer Center is firebombed.

May 25. A Latin successfully hijacks a B-727 from Chicago to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

July 1. George Lopez successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Las Vegas to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

August 2. A Latin successfully hijacks a plane bound for San Juan from New York to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

August 19. Three men (two born in Cuba, one born in Spain) successfully hijack a DC-3 from Newark to Cuba (the plane's destination was San Juan); they are still fugitives.

August 20. A black successfully hijacks a DC-9 from Atlanta to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

September 19. A black successfully hijacks a B-727 from Pittsburgh to Cuba; he is a fugitive.

October 8. The anniversary of Che Guevara's death in Bolivia.

October 30. L. Rosas (alias) a Latin man with a wife and five children, successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Miami to Cuba; he is still a fugitive; no positive identification was made.

November 1.  A man born in Mexico successfully hijacks a B-727 from San Diego to Cuba; he has two children with him; he is still a fugitive.

November 13. A black successfully hijacks an airliner from Raleigh, N.C., to Cuba; he is still a fugitive; no positive identification was made.

December 19. A black attempts to hijack a DC-9 from Albuquerque to Cuba; he is taken into custody at Tulsa; he is sentenced to 5 years subject to a medical mental examination for conveying false information about an attempt to commit air piracy.

1971

January 22. A black successfully hijacks a B-727 from Milwaukee, Wis., to Cuba; he would have gone to Algeria, if possible.

February 4. A black successfully hijacks a DC-9 from Chicago to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

February 5. Miami, Fla.–In the Dade County jail, 40 inmates hold two hostages; their reported grievances are that the inmates are treated like animals and the jail is a snake pit ; 30 men are housed in a 16-man cell.

February 25. A white successfully hijacks a B-727 from San Francisco to Cuba or Canada; he ends up in Canada; he is deported on March 8, 1971; he is sentenced to 10 years for interference with a flight crew.

March 31. A Latin born in Venezuela successfully hijacks a DC-8 from New York to Cuba; he returns to the United States via Bermuda on October 8, 1974

A white attempts to hijack a DC-9 from Birmingham to Cuba; he is sentenced to 3 years probation for carrying weapons aboard an aircraft on June 7, 1971.

April 5.  A former Cuban hijacks a Cessna 402 from Key West to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

June 17. Washington, D.C.–Five men are seized at gunpoint at 2 a.m. in the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee; the men apprehended have cameras and electronic surveillance equipment; file drawers have been opened an ceiling panels have been removed; of the five men arrested, Bernard Barker, James W. McCord, Frank Angelo Fiorini, Eugenio L. Martinez, Raul Goday, all but McCord, who was from Miami, have links with the CIA; McCord is employed as a security agent by both the Republican National Committee and the Committee to Reelect the President.

June 18. Winston-Salem, N.C.–There is a group attempt to hijack plane to Cuba; the perpetrator is sentenced to 5 years on September 14, 1971, in regard to an attempt to commit air piracy.

July 24. A Latin, born in Cuba, successfully hijacks a DC-8 from Miami to Cuba; he is still a fugitive; a stewardess and a passenger are wounded.

September 3. A Latin, born in Cuba, attempts to hijack a plane from Chicago to Cuba; he is sentenced to 20 years for interference with a flight crew on March 6, 1972.

October 9. A man forces his way aboard a B-727 in Detroit and hijacks it to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

October 18. A white, born in Canada, unsuccessfully attempts to hijack a B-737 from Anchorage to Cuba; the attempt ends in Vancouver; he is deported to the United States on October 19, 1971, and is sentenced to 20 years for air piracy on May 12, 1972.

October 25. A Latin born in Puerto Rico, successfully hijacks a B-747 from New York to Cuba; the plane was bound for San Juan; he is still a fugitive.

October 29. Houston Airport–A men, his two sons, and a third youth hijack an Eastern Airlines jet to Havana; they kill a ticket agent during seizure of plane, members of the same group had been charged with murder for an attempted bank robbery in Arlington, Va., on October 24.

November 27. Albuquerque, N. Mex.–Three males of the Republic of New Africa hijack a plane to Cuba after they are told it couldn't make it to Africa; they are wanted in the slaying of a New Mexico policeman; two are still fugitives, one drowned while swimming in Cuba in March 1973.

1972

January 7.  A black man and woman successfully hijack a B-727 from San Francisco to Cuba; they are still fugitives.

March.  Sometime in March, the Secret Cuban Government bombs a theater in New York and two drug stores in San Juan, P.R.

March 7. Two blacks force their way aboard a Chalk's Flying Service Grumman 73 (G/A) in Miami, Fla., wounding the pilot, a mechanic, and a bystander; they hijack plane to Cuba; they are still fugitives.

March 19. A white man and woman successfully hijack a Cessna 206 from Key West to Cuba; they are still fugitives.

March 29. Biscayne, Fla.–A Soviet research ship is bombed by JCN, an anti-Castro Cuban group it is suspected that JCN was used as a cover name.

May 4-6. Michael Hansen, a white, successfully hijacks a B-737 flight from Salt lake City to Los Angeles; he wants to go to Hanoi or Cuba; he goes to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

June 14. San Juan, P.R.–A liquor store is bombed by Anti-Communist Commandos (possibly an alias used by FLNC, Cuban National Liberation Front).

October 6. Chino State Prison, Calif.–Ronald Wayne Beaty, member of Venceremos, is aided by other members in escaping from prison in car in which he is being transported.  A correctional officer is killed; four Venceremos members are convicted for their role in the escape; Beaty is recaptured on December 11, 1972.

October 29. Houston, Tex.–Four whites force their way aboard an aircraft; they kill a ticket agent, would a ramp serviceman, and hijack a plane to Cuba; three of the men are named Tuller.

November 10. Three blacks successfully hijack a DC-9 from Birmingham to Cuba with $10 million and 10 parachutes; they are still fugitives; the copilot is wounded; two are sentenced in Cuba to 20 years, one to 15 years; they threaten to crash the plane into the Oak Ridge nuclear installation; at McCoy Air Force Base, Orlando, the FBI shoots out the tires; the plane finally lands on a foam-covered runway in Havana

December.  Sometime in December–A travel agency in Queens, N.Y., is bombed; the incident is attributed to FIN, an anti-Castro group.

December 11. New York City–The VA-Cuba Forwarding Company is bombed by FIN, an anti-Castro group.

1973


March 28.  New York City–The Center for the Cuban Studies is bombed; it is claimed by Secret Cuban Government.

March 29. Union, N.J.–There is an attempt (possibly by FIN, Cuban National Front) to bomb a bookstore.

July 24. New York City–The Martin Luther King, Jr., Labor Center is bombed; it is claimed by Secret Cuban Government; a pro-Castro Cuban exhibition is being held in the building.

August 8. Vacaville Prison, Calif.–Thero Wheeler of Venceremos escapes after not being visited by members for 6 months.

December. Month of December–A business office in the New York City area is bombed by the Secret Cuban Government.
Miami, Fla.–A Bahamian cargo ship is bombed by the FLNC (using the Cuban Anti-Communist League as an alias).

December 30. Miami, Fla.–A British freighter is bombed; it is attributed to the Cuban Action or FIN (National Integration Front).

1974

April 13.  Miami, Fla.–Jose de la Torriente, former Cuban minister of agriculture, is killed by a sniper; Zero, a pro-Castro group of Cuban exiles, takes responsibility.

November 9. Washington, D.C.–A bombing of the Organization of American States building is claimed by FLNC (using Cuban Movement C-4 as an alias), an anti-Castro group.

December 14. Robin Harrison (alias), chartered a plane by phone; on arrival at the airport office in Tampa, he points gun at the pilot of a Piper Seneca and demands a flight to Cuba; he is still a fugitive.

1975

February 1. New York City.–The Venezuelan Consulate is bombed by Abdala, an anti-Castro student group.

February 6. Los Angeles, Calif.–unidos, a socialist bookstore run by the October League, is bombed; the Cuban Action Commandos are suspected.

February 26.  Los Angeles, Calif.–KCET, a radio station, is bombed; the Cuban action Commandos are suspected because the station had just announced the showing of a Cuban film, "Lucia."

March 27. Los Angeles, Calif–Two buildings, one housing the Panama Government Tourist Bureau and the other housing the Costa Rican Consulate, are damaged slightly by separate bomb blasts; the Cuban Action Commandos (an anti-Castro group) are suspected; Panama and Costa Rica had supported Cuba's readmission to the Organization of American States.

April 3. Los Angeles, Calif.–An attempted bombing of the Communist Party office misfires; the Cuban Action Commandos are suspected.

April 13. Los Angeles, Calif.–A bomb is dropped through the roof of the Unidos book store; the store has a left-wing orientation; the Cuban Action Commandos claim credit through a caller.

May 2. Santa Monica, Calif.–A Socialist Workers Party bookstore is bombed by the CAC (Cuban Action Commandos).

May 7. Los Angeles, Calif.–The leftist-oriented Midnight Special Bookstore is bombed; the Cuban Action Commandos are suspected.

June 17. Elizabeth, N.J.–More than 100 Cuban-Americans are arrested after resentment against police culminates in a traffic-blocking protest and stone throwing near police headquarters.

July 15. Los Angeles, Calif.–The Mexican consulate is bombed; four people are injured; $35,000 damage is done; it is suspected that the bombing was a joint action of the Hungarian Peace and Freedom Fighters, the Cuban Action Commandos, and the Nazi Group.

July 18. Washington, D.C.–A bomb placed outside the Costa Rican embassy does not completely detonate; although Cuban Scorpion claims credit, statements from an FLNC leader implicate Abdala and the Cuban Action Commandos.

October 6. Miami, Fla.–The Dominican Republic consulate is bombed; the bombing is attributed to FINC-Youth of the Stars.

October 10. Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.–The Broward County courthouse is bombed; the bombing is attributed to FLNC, an anti-Castro group.

October 17. Miami, Fla.–A bomb explodes in a luggage locker at Miami International Airport; it might have been aimed at a Dominican Airlines ticket counter.

October 31. Miami, Fla.–There is a bombing-assassination of Rolando Masferrer; the bomb is triggered by the car ignition; Masferrer, known as "El Tigre," was a leader of vigilantes, and was a strong man in pre-Castro Cuba; the bombing is claimed by Zero, an exile group.

November 27. Miami, Fla.–A time bomb in the restroom of a Bahamas Airlines jet is set to go off as passengers are loading for Nassau; a call indicates the bombing is anti-Castro and that a group called Cuban Power ‘76 is responsible.

December 3. Miami, Fla.–Identical bombs explode on the eve of a visit by William D. Rogers, U.S. Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, at the Social Security building, the Florida
State Employment Service office, two Post Office buildings, and the FBI headquarters building.

December 4. Miami, Fla.–The Miami police department and Metropolitan Justice building are bombed; and anti-Castro group, JIN, claims responsibility; this is unique because the attack is against government buildings; usually these attacks are against businesses dealing with Cuba; and extortion note in Spanish demands $50 million to be given to poor or the bombings would continue; the note is signed "El Condor."

1976
[none listed through March]

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