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Inside The Plot To Kill Fidel Castro: Did His Lover Pull The Trigger?
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This documentary uncovers the bizarre true story of the CIA's most intimate and dramatic plot to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. In 1959, the Agency recruited Castro's 19-year-old German-American lover, Marita Lorenz, to be their assassin. Given untraceable poison pills—allegedly sourced through the Mafia—Marita was tasked with bypassing Castro's elite security by slipping the toxin into his drink. Explore how fear of communism turned a passionate affair into a high-stakes intelligence operation involving Watergate burglars, organized crime, and a deep sense of betrayal. T
Uploaded 08-10-25
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