Gilberto Alvarado
 Gilberto Alvarado    (soldier, spook) | |
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| Born | 1940 Nicaragua |
CIA informant who claimed that during a visit to the Cuban Embassy in Mexico City he overheard a man he now recognized as Oswald, talking to a red-haired Negro man. | |
Gilberto Alvarado was a CIA informant.
Background
Alvarado was born in Nicaragua in 1940.
Activities
He joined the Frente de Liberacion Nacional (FLN) a guerrilla group inspired by the activities of Fidel Castro in Cuba. However, he was also a CIA informant.[1]
In 1963 the FLN sent Alvarado to Mexico in order to obtain entry to Cuba where it was hoped he would be trained in sabotage.
On 25th November, 1963, Alvarado contacted the U.S. embassy inMexico City and said he had some important information about Lee Harvey Oswald, who had recently been arrested and accused of assassinating John F. Kennedy.[1]
Thomas C. Mann passed the information onto Winston Scott and the following morning, Scott's deputy, Alan White and another CIA officer interviewed Alvarado He claimed that during a visit to the Cuban Embassy he overheard a man he now recognised as Oswald, talking to a red-haired Negro man. According to Alvarado, Oswald said something about being man enough to kill someone. He also claimed that he saw money changing hands. He reported the information at the time to the U.S. Embassy but they replied: "Quit wasting our time. We are working here, not playing."[1]
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