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In 1959, the US government saw Fidel Castro as a grave threat, determined to stop the spread of his communist revolution just 90 miles from the American coast. President Eisenhower tasked the CIA with an assassination, and they found their ultimate weapon: Marita Loren, a 19-year-old German-American woman and Castro's passionate lover. Follow the extraordinary true story of how the CIA and former Marine Frank Sturgis, with help from the Mafia, recruited Marita after a tragic personal betrayal to slip untraceable botulism pills into Castro’s drink. Learn about the intense, vulnerable moment in the Havana Hilton penthouse when Castro looked at her, handed over his gun, and asked, "Did you come to kill me?" The second half of this documentary shifts to the immediate aftermath of 9/11, revealing how a small team of CIA Special Activities Division operatives, Mike Span and Dave Tyson, were thrown into the heart of Afghanistan. Make sure you subscribe to get your regular crime fix: youtube.com/c/RealCrime Real Crime On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0JLjqhHBRN8qMTGKikm97B?si=Fnshg5sfSxmljxiW7wJrZg Any queries, please contact us at: owned-enquiries@littledotstudios.com #truecrime #realcrime #crime
