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Luis Posada Carriles

1928 - 2018

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Luis Clemente Posada Carriles (February 15, 1928 – May 23, 2018) was a Cuban exile militant and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent. He was considered a terrorist by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Government of Cuba, among others. Born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Posada fled to the United States after a spell of anti-Castro activism. He helped organize the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and after it failed, became an agent for the CIA. He received training at Fort Benning, and from 1964 to 1967 was involved with a series of bombings and other covert activities against the Cuban government, before joining the Venezuelan intelligence service. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luis Posada Carriles is the 212th most popular extremist (down from 192nd in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Cuba (down from 81st in 2019) and the most popular Cuban Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Luis Posada Carriles ranks 212 out of 283. Before him are Robert Ford, Stanley Williams, Ibn al-Khattab, Stand Watie, Ahmed Jabari, and Richard Speck. After him are Dick Turpin, Mary Ann Cotton, Ernst Zündel, Yoo Young-chul, Robert Berdella, and William Bonin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Luis Posada Carriles ranks 349. Before him are Elina Bystritskaya, Jaime Sin, Mário Pinto de Andrade, Dušan Džamonja, Leonid Bronevoy, and Eydie Gormé. After him are Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Ruth Westheimer, Karel Mejta Sr, John Ostrom, and Eno Raud. Among people deceased in 2018, Luis Posada Carriles ranks 267. Before him are Vinnie Paul, Jean Bourgain, Sergio Pitol, Alfredo del Águila, Phan Văn Khải, and Dave Holland. After him are Sabahudin Kurt, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Jean Porter, Sergio Gonella, Jerry Van Dyke, and Shinobu Hashimoto.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Luis Posada Carriles ranks 101 out of 300. Before him are Dulce María Loynaz (1902), José Nápoles (1940), Federico Laredo Brú (1875), William Levy (1980), Calixto García (1839), and Aleida Guevara (1960). After him are Tomás Gutiérrez Alea (1928), Mijaín López (1982), Antonio Maceo Grajales (1845), José Tapia (1905), Desi Arnaz (1917), and José María Heredia y Heredia (1803).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Cuba

Among extremists born in Cuba, Luis Posada Carriles ranks 1. 

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