The CIA's Assassination Programs Against Fidel Castro

The CIA's assassination programs against Fidel Castro are probably one of the more infamous examples of the agency's activities over the past century. This is where they start to really institutionalize the contract murder of Cuba's leader. There were already early schemes and bizarre plots against Castro being cooked up by the CIA's scientists. And then... On March 4th, 1960, the French freighter LaCubre, carrying ammunition from Belgium to Cuba, explodes in Havana harbor killing as 100 Cubans and wounds hundreds more.