{"id":18899,"date":"2023-12-17T16:15:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=18899"},"modified":"2024-01-06T15:19:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T15:19:47","slug":"fbi-file-1962-arrests-of-cuban-saboteurs-in-new-york-the-case-of-roberto-santiesteban-casanova-jorge-garcia-orellana-and-antonio-sueiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/fbi-file-1962-arrests-of-cuban-saboteurs-in-new-york-the-case-of-roberto-santiesteban-casanova-jorge-garcia-orellana-and-antonio-sueiro\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI File: 1962 Arrests of Cuban Saboteurs in New York – The Case of Roberto Santiesteban Casanova, Jorge Garcia Orellana and Antonio Sueiro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roberto Santiesteban Casanova was arrested in the 1960s and faced charges alongside Jorge Garcia Orellana and Antonio Sueiro, as well as eight other individuals. These charges were part of a secret jury investigation into accusations of criminal activity. Among the accused was also a noted advocate for Puerto Rican independence\u200b\u200b.<\/p>\n

The context of the arrest was set against a backdrop of significant political and ideological changes in Cuba. After the Cuban Revolution, a new, agile, and industrious Cuba emerged, rallying around its revolutionary government and aspiring to build a better society. This Cuba, characterized by its readiness to defend the revolution and reject previous ties to U.S. imperialism, starkly contrasted with the previous regime\u200b\u200b.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the arrest of Santiesteban and others prompted a formal protest by Carlos Lechuga, the Cuban permanent representative to the United Nations, to U.N. Acting Secretary-General U Thant. The protest condemned the arrest, mistreatment, and trial of these individuals\u200b\u200b.<\/p>\n

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FBI File: 1962 Arrests of Cuban Saboteurs in New York – The Case of Roberto Santiesteban Casanova, Jorge Garcia Orellana and Antonio Sueiro<\/a> [685 Pages, 47MB]<\/h4>\n
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This was an older release to another FOIA requester, archived here. There likely are many duplicate pages when compared to the above, however, the page count differs:<\/em><\/p>\n

FBI File: 1962 Arrests of Cuban Saboteurs in New York – The Case of Roberto Santiesteban Casanova, Jorge Garcia Orellana and Antonio Sueiro<\/a> [652 Pages, 42MB]<\/h4>\n

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Roberto Santiesteban Casanova was arrested in the 1960s and faced charges alongside Jorge Garcia Orellana and Antonio Sueiro, as well as eight other individuals. These charges were part of a secret jury investigation into accusations of criminal activity. Among the accused was also a noted advocate for Puerto Rican independence\u200b\u200b. The context of the arrest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","transcript_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[290,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-federal-bureau-of-investigation-fbi-collection","category-history"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t