Juan Reinaldo Sanchez, 66, makes explosive claims in a new tell-all book. Says Castro directed cocaine trafficking operations ‘like a real godfather’. Adds Cuban dictator presided over the trials of two government officials. He then ‘made other officials watch a video of one of men’s executions’. Sanchez was eventually imprisoned and tortured in Cuba in 1994 after he attempted to retire over concerns about Castro’s ‘corrupt’ practices. Castro, now 88, was previously Prime Minister and President of country.
Revelations: Juan Reinaldo Sanchez
He spent 17 years in close proximity to Fidel Castro as one of his bodyguards.
Now, Juan Reinaldo Sanchez has revealed the Cuban dictator’s ‘double life’ in a new tell-all book.
The 66-year-old – who was eventually imprisoned and tortured in 1994 after he attempted to retire over concerns about Castro’s ‘corrupt’ practices – discloses countless state secrets in his expose.
He tells of how Castro directed cocaine trafficking operations ‘like a real godfather’, presided over the trials of two government officials and then forced him to watch one of the men’s executions.
And he speaks of how he came to the realization that ‘the man for whom I had long sacrificed my life… and who counted more in my eyes than my own family’ was leading a ‘corrupt’ secret life.
Sanchez, who lost more than 30 kilograms during his time in prison, escaped from his tiny isolation cell in 2008. He headed to Mexico by boat, crossed the Texas border and finally settled in Miami.
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