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e | At a Communist party rally in greater interdependence among alism,” the newspaper said.M*r.t-Ex-Marine Says Castro Spyw JL •/Deki-dx•trfWas Slain At GuantanamoshcriEngllotteSte(Continued from Page 1)I*e17h Il-!ft-i-y10him across Guantanamo Bay to mainside.Jackson had phoned mainside and told Navy police he had caught Lopez in the restricted area and, apparently, because Lopez was No. 16 down on the list of Cuban spies on the base, the officer in charge said to put him on the ferry and let him go home.II16not-t-itdsl-On ICapt. Jackson couldn't do this. The last ferry had left. After all, it was around midnight.The provost marshal turned Lopez over to Capt. Jackson, saying he could take him out to the gate and turn him free.The gate was in a fence that separated our base from Castro territory. It hadn’t been used for some months. Our men used touse it when they went into Cubafor parties or for liberty.“Castro closed it down. On oneI I said this to calm the captain down. He was so agitated. It was no place to talk. Sentrieswere coming up.Jackson and I went back to our quarters and went to bed.The next evening. Jackson gave me the details.The guy lunged at me and I shot him,” he said.He told me he had shot Lopez once in the chest with his .45, and explained that Lopez had resisted, even though being set free, because he probably was afraid he'd be shot by Cuban militiamen while moving through the cactus field in the darkness.“I asked him what he did with the body. He told me it was at the bottom of a cliff, about 25 feat down.I advised the captain there was nothing we could do about itthat night, that maybe when thesun came up the next morning we could go out there and puthside Cotppany Dis position A rocks over Lopez’s body.On tne oufer, a cactui ftetd. *f I stayed at the top of the clifft-aHISaeWhen we got to the gate, twolocks were rusted shut. We toldLopez to get out of the jeep. He gave us an argument. So I helpedhim out of the car.Jackson pulled his .45 andand Capt. Jackson went down and put rocks over the body, whichwas about 10 feet from the water that lashed against the cliff.He was worrying that someone might spot the body, that ouri-3.e1yp;hIpinned Lopez against the fence. ] helicopters might see it.Lopez calmed down. Then the “So we decided to move thecaptain told me to go get a body over to the American sidesledge - hammer to smash the and bury it. We went out to thelocks. ’ gate, discharged the sentries, cutrslyr-e-igotgI left the jeep, leaving Lopez in the hands of Jackson, a six-footer and over 200 pounds. Maybe 35 years old.While I was gone. Jackson got the gate open. In the darkness, he and Lopez went into Cuba territory.When I returned a sentry told me he had heard a shot. So I ran along the fence on the American side. This fence splits Castro land from the Navy base right down to the water’s edge with barbed wire about seven feet high so no one can go around the fence.“As I ran down the fence line, Jackson came running bark un He, too. was on the American side. He had gotten over the fence farther down. He said ex-citedly **”l had to shoot him!’“And I replied: Well, thethe barbed wire and went into the Cuhan side to get Lopez.Jackson and I moved the body a short distance, then I went upthe cliff and lowered a rope, figuring we’d pull it up.But this didn’t work. Thejagged rocks cut the rope on the 25-foot trip up. Down went the spy's body.“We were wondering what to do now. And that led to involving another lieutenant who ultimately was dismissed, too. He told us where to get some strong nylon rope to hoist the body. That's all he did. I’m not giving his name because it might hurt him if I did.“Anyhow, Jackson and I went back to the body, wrapped it in a poncho, tied the nylon rope to it and tried again to pull it up the cliff. It was just too heavy.Finally, I suggested we get a pickup truck, tie the rope to theI *lt;We still had no grave, and that’s where a fourth officer became involved. Jackson enlisted his aid, and he used a pick and shovel to dig a four-foot grave in the coral in an unused part of the base. Again, I’m not giving his name now, but he was dismissed, too.This time, we wanted to besure we buried the body well.Jackson and I needed more help in moving it. We didn’t know whom to turn to because we couldn’t rely on officers to keep their mouths shut.Anyhow, we decided to call on two staff sergeants and a gunnery sergeant, all seasoned combat veterans we knew we could trust.“We phoned the barracks and arranged a meeting at the bachelor officers quarters.“Capt. Jackson told them what he was about to say wras never to leave the room. Then he told them of the killing of the spy and asked their help in moving the body.withiff’sPalrra nagradiOfficscrvlt;rinoPahashomeHeDepuIIBriThDeptsmalwoodalartAll three men said: ’Well, let’sgo-’Officers ReportBreakin AttemptFBESE’TICSKnlt;TKeiTMaGPRAn attempted breaking and entering was reported at 200 South Washington Blvd. shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday.City Patrolman Brian Shumwaysaid someone tried to pry open a door at that address but had met with apparent failure.Shumway said the door was damaged to the extent that the key would not fit the lock.TSteHPUOHikTNOBrflFSHOP MONDAY AM ’TIL 9, SARAS
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Sarasota Herald Tribune
Sarasota, Florida, US
Sun, Apr 28, 1963
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