Why was Mexico City, the 'Spying Capital,' Key in the Assassination of JFK? Latin Times
go to original November 22, 2013

A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination by Philip Shenon Check it out on Amazon.com

A new book on the JFK assassination - which occurred 50 years ago today - and the Warren Commission from veteran investigative journalist Philip Shenon, "A Cruel and Shocking Act: The Secret History of the Kennedy Assassination" says that the truth of Kennedy's murder can be traced to Mexico City, long known as a "spying capital" of the Americas.  "They say that Mexico City was the Latin American equivalent of Berlin, in terms of spy networks," Shenon told Reforma in an interview.

A month before the assassination, Oswald took a five-day visit to the Mexican capital.  According to Shenon, that network of spies was likely a reason why he came.  He says that what the presumed killer of JFK actually did during his stay is "murky", in large part due to the efforts of Luis Echeverría Álvarez, then the Interior Secretary of Mexico and later president, as well as Winston Scott, who was the chief of CiA operations in Mexico at the time.  "It would seem that Scott and Echeverría were trying to control the story, hiding the connection to Mexico City.  They really try to make the story murkier, so that no one can find out what happened there," Shenon said.

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