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Eugenio Rolando Martínez Careaga [1] (alias Musculito, July 8, 1922 – January 30, 2021) was a member of the anti-Castro movement in the early 1960s, and later was one of the five men recruited by G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt in 1972 for the Memorial Day weekend Watergate burglary at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Virgilio "Villo" R. González (May 18, 1926 – July 16, 2014) was a Cuban-born political activist, locksmith, and one of the five men arrested at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex on June 17, 1972.
In 1959, Sturgis had contact with casinos in Cuba and some say met Lewis McWillie, mobster Traficante's man in Cuba, and the manager of the Tropicana Casino who by his own testimony [12] was a known acquaintance of Jack Ruby. [13] Sturgis met up with Castro and his 400 rebels in the Sierra Maestra mountains. Sturgis offered to train Castro's ...
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The Watergate scandal resulted in 69 individuals being charged and 48 being found guilty, including: [95] John N. Mitchell , Attorney General of the United States who resigned to become Director of Committee to Re-elect the President , convicted of perjury about his involvement in the Watergate break-in. Served 19 months of a one- to four-year ...
Victor Manuel Rocha, 73, an ex-career U.S. diplomat, will appear in Miami federal court on charges of secretly working for Cuba.
McCord and four other accomplices were arrested during the second break-in to the Democratic National Committee's headquarters at the Watergate complex on June 17, 1972. The arrests led to the Watergate scandal and Nixon's resignation. McCord asserted that the White House knew of and approved the break ins, and proceeded to cover up the incident.
Frank Wills (February 4, 1948 – September 27, 2000) was an American security guard best known for his role in foiling the June 17 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee inside the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C.