Cuba claims it thwarted US-financed terror plot
Posted by: John Phoenix
Nearly three dozen people have been detained over ties to a supposed criminal group operating out of neighboring Florida
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Cuban authorities have foiled a suspected terror plot involving weapons smuggled from the US, Victor Alvarez Valle, lead criminal investigator with Cuba’s Interior Ministry, said on Monday.
The plot first came to light in December last year, when authorities said they detained a man who had illegally arrived on the island from the neighboring US state of Florida carrying guns, ammunition, and military gear. He was suspected of intending to “execute violent actions” in the Caribbean nation.
Alvarez identified the man as 40-year-old Ardenys Garcia, a Cuban residing in Florida, who ha...










