CIA tried to kill Cuba's Fidel Castro 638 times: Reports
US intelligence service CIA had attempted to kill Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro 638 times, according to Castro's security chief Fabian Escalante. The CIA had even used Castro's ex-lover Martina Lorenz to kill him using poisoned pills, Escalante added. Castro, who passed away on Friday, reportedly dismissed the attempts and "almost laughed at the Machiavellian plans of the US Presidents".