Cuban Chronology 1982

Confidential
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February 10
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August 12
December 3
Confidential
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COLOMBIA
The Department of State reports that Jaime Guillot Lara, a Colombian citizen,
funneled arms and money to a Colombian leftist group in return for Cuban aid in
smuggling marijuana shipments to the US.
Six men and one woman, members of the M-19 guerrilla movement, land in Cuba,
.ending a 48-hour hijacking drama involving a Colombian jetliner; they ask for
political asylum and will remain in Cuba for an indefinite time.
The president of the Colombian Professional Seamens Association, Gerardo
Castro Sarmiento, announces that six Colombian ships and 50 Colombian
crewmen have been detained by Cuban authorities.
In an interview granted to Colombia’s Radio Caracol in Havana, Fidel Castro
confirms his involvement in 1948 in the “Bogotazo,” calling it the most important
revolt in Colombia. .
The Readers Digest article also says that the pipeline used to smuggle drugs has
been used to move “hundreds of tons” of weapons to Cuban-backed forces in El
Salvador, Colombia, and Guatemala.
Havana reports that 30 Colombian citizens and an Ecuadoran, convicted of drug
trafficking and of violating Cuban waters or airspace, have been pardoned and
deported via Panama.
During a meeting in Colombia, President Betancur urges President Reagan to halt
the diplomatic boycott of Cuba. Reagan says, “only if Cuba ceases being a satellite
of the Soviet Union.”
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