Felipe Rivero was an anti-Castro Cuban exile who fought against the regime of Fidel Castro as a member of Brigade 2506 in the landings at Playa Girón during the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

[8] When Fidel Castro assumed full control of the Cuban government in 1959, the Rivero family were considered enemies of the state for publishing anti-Castro articles in Diario de la Marina.

[1] In 1961, Rivero participated in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, where he was captured by Castro forces and imprisoned on the Isle of Pines with other members of Brigade 2506.

[12] Rivero traveled with Paulino Sierra Martinez to Colombia and Nicaragua "to discuss plans for a military base of operations outside the United States.

"[12] On this trip, they reportedly spoke with Luis Somoza Debayle to obtain access to a training camp on the Isle of Andres.

Sierra and Rivero also traveled to New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and St. Louis to meet with financial backers involved with the exiled government.

[15] In 1976, many historians have concluded that Rivero helped plan the assassination of Orlando Letelier alongside the security forces of Augusto Pinochet.