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Rogelio Gonzalez Corso person

also: Francisco, Gonzales Corso

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Cubacountry · 3MRRorganization · 2Fidel Castroperson · 2Nino Diazperson · 1Manuel Artimeperson · 1Emilio Duexperson · 1CIAintelligence service · 1United Statescountry · 1

Claims (3)

Rogelio Gonzalez Corso founded MRR book_quoted
“In November 59, Dr. Manuel Francisco Artime and other military men organized one anti-Castro group. A month later, Rogelio Gonzalez Corso, Hegnino Nino Diaz, and others created another umbrella organization called MRR.…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20) @ 10:02
Rogelio Gonzalez Corso recruited CIA book_quoted
“plethora of rebel movements sprouting up everywhere. In July, the newly created FRD voted Francisco their chief in Cuba. Six weeks later, desperate for supplies, Francisco secretly made his way to the U.S. to try to synchronize the resistan…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20) @ 11:35
CIA supplied_arms_to Rogelio Gonzalez Corso book_quoted
“not just the exile organization. For when he returned to Cuba on a US submarine, he had gifts, even for his fiance. What opposition existed inside Cuba remained uncertain. Nino Diaz had his band in the hills outside of Guantanamo. They neve…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20) @ 12:04

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The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20)
▶ 10:02 In November 59, Dr. Manuel Francisco Artime and other military men organized one anti-Castro group. A month later, Rogelio Gonzalez Corso, Hegnino Nino Diaz, and others created another umbrella organization called MRR.…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20)
▶ 11:04 Emilio Duex became a key rebel field commander. And Gonzales Corso, who took the name Francisco, took the movement underground in order to coordinate it. By April, the MRR network extended to all of the provinces.…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 19 (20)
▶ 11:35 plethora of rebel movements sprouting up everywhere. In July, the newly created FRD voted Francisco their chief in Cuba. Six weeks later, desperate for supplies, Francisco secretly made his way to the U.S. to try to synchronize the resistan…