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This Former Anti-Castro Militant Is Ready To End The Embargo

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BuzzFeed - A veteran of the hardline anti-Castro groups that carried out a campaign of assassinations and bombings in the 1980s believes ending the embargo will also bring down the Cuban regime. Ramon Saul Sanchez during the Elian Gonzalez protests in 2000 Getty Images Joe Raedle MIAMI — Three decades ago, Ramon Saul Sanchez was aligned with anti-Castro militants carrying out bombings and assassinations against Cuban regime figures. Now he's ready for the embargo to end. "I come from a tradition of armed struggle," Sanchez told BuzzFeed News. "I spent four and a half years in an American prison. That gives me some credibility." From his teens into his early thirties, Sanchez belonged to militant groups responsible for more than 30 bombings and several assassinations in Miami and New York: Alpha 66, Omega 7, the Organization for the Liberation of Cuba. Far-right, armed to the teeth, and willing to go to any extreme to topple the dictator across the Florida Straits, these groups helped define

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