Jorge Villaverde

Jorge S. Lamadriz Villaverde was a Cuban-born exile living in the United States of America.

While in Miami, he became a staunch and vocal opponent of Fidel Castro, and was connected through his brother Rafael Villaverde to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.

[1] In 1960, the Castro regime imprisoned Villaverde at La Cabaña and sentenced him to death by firing squad.

[4][5][6] 43 members were captured and arrested after officers from the Miami Police Department and federal agents from the Strike Force planted listening devices in the houses of the Tick Talk targets.

[2] The Gris Brothers were later noted as being involved in CIA sanctioned assassinations, the Iran–Contra affair, and the La Penca bombing.

[2] On the morning of the June 11, 2002, Villaverde walked through the electronic gate of his ranch house, La Tranquilidad, to take out the trash.

[9] Andrés Nazario Sargén, leader of Alpha 66, suspected that Villaverde was assassinated by the Castro regime.