Judge awards $1 billion to man in suit against against Fidel Castro, Che Guevara

Judge awards $1 billion to man in suit against against Fidel Castro, Che
Guevara
The Associated Press
5:07 PM EDT, May 29, 2009

MIAMI - A Miami judge has awarded more than $1 billion in damages to a
Cuban-American who was involved in the 1967 capture and killing of
revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Peter Adrian said Friday he was sending a
signal to the Cuban government. Such a large damage award may be
impossible to collect but attorneys involved in the case insist they'll try.

The award came in a lawsuit filed by Gustavo Villoldo, who blamed
Guevara, Fidel Castro and others for his father's 1959 suicide in Cuba.
The family fled to the U.S.

The 76-year-old Villoldo later took part in the CIA's Bay of Pigs
invasion and was involved in the capture of Guevara in Bolivia.

Cuba's current government refused to respond to the lawsuit and offered
no defense.

Fidel Castro: Judge awards $1 billion to man in suit against against
Fidel Castro, Che Guevara -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com (29 May 2009)

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