Admission and Lawsuit
Llama, who made a fortune installing air conditioners in Soviet vehicles, admitted in an interview with El Nuevo Herald the plot to kill Castro and cited other members of CANF as assisting in securing items, funding and participating in the planning. Llama stated he was coming forward because CANF had stolen 1.4 million USD of his money, between 1994 to 1997, to plan the operation which did not go forward. Llama was considering a lawsuit to recoup his money. With the admission came a larger list of items acquired for carrying out the task of assassination, these included: a cargo helicopter, ten ultralight radio-controlled planes, seven vessels and explosives. One of those vessels was the Midnight Express fast boat, meant to take the CANF leader at the time, Jorge Mas Canosa to Cuba if a power struggle erupted or the missions were successful. Another of those vessels was "La Esperanza" which was confiscated by the United States Department of the Treasury following the indictments.
Llama has since stated he is writing an autobiography titled: De la Fundacion a la fundicion: historia de una gran estafa (From the Foundation to Meltdown: Story of a Big Swindle).
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