CIA Feared A Kennedy
Assassination in Costa
Rica
Everyone knows that U.S.
president John F.
Kennedy was assassinated
in Dallas, Texas, on
November 22, 1963.
However, the Central
Intelligence Agency
(CIA) feared that
Kennedy could have been
killed seven months
earlier on his visit to
Costa Rica.
The actual event took
place when Kennedy
toured downtown Dallas
in a open vehicle when a
sharpshooter fired on
the president. 43 years
later there are still
different theories of
who was responsible.
But the assassination
could have easily have
occured in downtown San
José when Kennedy met
with the presidents of
Central America in San
José, according to
information released
recently by the CIA.
Kennedy was in Costa
Rica between March 18
and 20, 1963.
The trip followed the
Bay of Pigs incident as
the world came close to
a nuclear war with the
missile crisis by the
Soviet Union in Cuba.
Kennedy was hosted in
Costa Rica by president
Francisco Orlich amid
tight security measures,
riding in a open
vehicle, like he did in
Dallas, from the airport
to downtown San José,
visiting the Teatro
Nacional, inaugurated
the Colonia Kennedy
located south of San
José, and other
activities that included
dinner and a function at
the Universidad de Costa
Rica (UCR).
Documents recently
declassified tell the
story of an
investigation into the
activities of a pro
Castro terrorist group
with a conspiracy to
assassinate Kennedy
while in Costa Rica.
In addition, the CIA was
fearful of attempts
agents Nicaraguan
president Somoza and
Miguel Idigoras of
Guatemala, who were in
Costa Rica to meet with
Kennedy. The report says
that the assassination
conspiracy against
Kennedy and the attacks
on the Central American
president was kept
watertight so as not to
affect the spirit of the
occasion. |
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