arrested 1998General sourceWell documented
The Wasp Network: Havana's Spies in Miami
On the timeline · around arrested 1998 ·
What happened
Castro's survival owed much to his own spies. In the 1990s Cuba ran the 'Wasp Network,' agents who infiltrated Miami exile groups such as Alpha 66 and Brothers to the Rescue to detect plots. The FBI arrested five of them in 1998 — the 'Cuban Five' — in a case that became a cause célèbre in Havana.
Why it matters
The Wasp Network shows why so many plots failed: Cuban intelligence had penetrated the very exile groups trying to kill Castro.