Eduardo Victor Arocena Perez

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COURT DOCUMENTS
Indictment with part of Grand Jury testimony (S) 83 Cr. 821 (RJW)
Magistrate Hearing Sept. 21, 1983
Jose Ignacio Gonzalez Grand Jury testimony Feb. 14, 1984

Sealed defense counsel statement, Sept. 10, 1984


New York Trial: Table of Contents
Arocena Trial transcript (pages 461-649)      Testimony of FBI agent Thomas Menapace and NYC Detective Robert Brandt.
Arocena Trial transcript (pages 719-798)      Testimony of NYC Detective Robert Brandt (Cross examination).
Arocena Trial transcript (pages 826-961)      Testimony of FBI agent Larry E. Wack.
Arocena Trial transcript (pages 963-1067)    Testimony of FBI agent Larry E. Wack (Cross examination).
Arocena Trial transcript (pages 1178-1299)  Testimony of FBI agents George Cannon, Thomas Menapace, and James R. Lyons.
Arocena Trial transcript (pages 1357-1527)  Testimony of informant Manuel Fernandez.
Arocena Trial transcript (pages 1581-1751)  Testimony of informants Maximiliano Lora and Gerardo Necuze.
Arocena Trial transcript (pages 1820-1901)  Testimony of journalist Hubert Lassier and informant Justo Rodriguez-Montenegro
Arocena Trial transcript (pages 2032-2070)  Testimony of FBI agent Denny Kline.
Arocena Trial transcript (pages 2105-2266)  Testimony of Eduardo Arocena
Arocena Trial transcript (pages 2267-2450)  Testimony of Eduardo Arocena (Cross examination)

Telephone conversation with Larry Wack, Oct. 18, 1982
Telephone conversation with Larry Wack, Oct. 23, 1982
Telephone conversation with Larry Wack, Dec. 19, 1982
Telephone conversation with Larry Wack, Dec. 30, 1982
Telephone conversation with Larry Wack, Jan. 12, 1983
Telephone conversation with Larry Wack, May 8, 1983
Telephone conversation with Larry Wack, May 9, 1983
Telephone conversation with Larry Wack, June 13, 1983
Telephone conversation with Larry Wack, June 14, 1983
Telephone conversation with Larry Wack, July 21, 1983

Manuscript seized by FBI, July 22, 1983

United States of America, Appellee, v. Eduardo Arocena


CORRESPONDENCE
Carta publica de Eduardo Arocena, Sept. 25, 1983
Carta de Eduardo Arocena a Martin Cruz y Lazaro Santana, enero 30, 1994

DOCUMENTS
Antorcha Martiana (MIM), octubre 1983
2016 Freedon for Eduardo Arocena: A Cuban American Hero

INTERVIEWS
Arocena entrevistado por Raquel Gil, marzo 18, 1985 (Audio)
Arocena entrevistado por Gloria Gil, marzo 22, 1985 (Audio)


ARTICLES
4 Held in Bid to Kill Cuba Envoy in '80 (Miami Herald, Oct. 3, 1982)
Unmasking of a master terrorist: Omega 7's 'Omar' is on the run (Miami Herald, January 16, 1983)
FBI finds weapons cache at site of Omega 7 arrest (Miami News, July 23, 1983)
FBI apresa a 'cerebro de Omega 7'
(El Miami Herald, July 23, 1983, 1)
E. Arocena vivia entre armamentos
(El Miami Herald, July 24, 1983, 1)
No se Opondra Arocena a su Extradicion (Diario las Americas, Julio 31, 1983, 1B)
Campaña para ayudar a E. Arocena, (El Miami Herald, Sept. 4, 1983, 2)
$21,000 raised for alleged terrorist  (El Miami Herald, Sept. 7, 1983, 3D)
Arocena fue confidente de FBI
(El Miami Herald, Sept. 22, 1983, 1)
Bare plot to bomb Castro on UN visit (New York Daily News, Sept. 22, 1983)
Cuban denies Omega 7 role
(Dispatch, Sept. 23, 1983, 1)
Daisy Arocena: 'Eduardo no ha declarado nada'
(Hudson Dispatch Ahora, Sept. 23, 1983, 1)
Jailed Castro Foe Denies Being an Informer (New York Post, Sept. 26, 1983)
Niega Arocena declaraciones al FBI (Avance, Sept. 29, 1983)
La Corte rechaza rebajar fianza al presunto jefe de Omega 7 (El Diario-La Prensa, Sept. 29, 1983, 4)
'Top man' of Omega 7 denied bail
(Miami Herald, Dec. 24, 1983, 2)
Cuban exile indicated in Omega 7 blasts (Miami Herald, Dec. 28,1983,1)
Acusado el jefe de Omega 7 (El Nuevo Dia, Diciembre 29, 1983)

Alleged Omega 7 'brain' charged (The San Juan Star, Dec. 29, 1983)
Arocena indicted in terror attacks (Hudson Dispatch, Dec. 29, 1983)
Anti-Castro Cubans in Hudson outraged by Omega 7 indictment (The Jersey Journal, Dec. 29, 1983, 1)
Omega Seven Chief Charged in Bomb Spree (New York Post, Dec. 29, 1983)
Denuncia 'complot' contra Arocena
(Hudson Dispatch Ahora, Dic. 30, 1983, 3)
Crime is luring terrorists from anti-Fidel ranks
,
(Miami Herald, Dec. 30, 1983)
New breed of anti-Castro militant moves to Miami (Miami Herald, Dec. 30, 1983)
Enfrenta Docenas de Cargos el Combatiente Arocena (Diario Las Americas, diciembre 30, 1983)
3 admit Omega 7 bomb plots
(Hudson Dispatch, Feb. 23, 1984)
FBI: Omega 7 active even with leaders in jail
(Hudson Dispatch, Feb. 23, 1984)
Suena de nuevo Omega 7
(Hudson Dispatch Ahora, Feb. 24, 1984, 15) 
Arocena's lawyer to be tried on gun charge (Hudson Dispatch, Feb. 25, 1984)
Jury selection begins in Cuban terrorist case (The San Juan Star, Aug. 14, 1984)
Trial of accused bomber opens in Manhattan court (Jersey Journal, Aug. 14, 1984)
Sigue el Juicio Contra Arocena (Diario Las Americas, Agosto 18, 1984, 1,15)
Slaying described in trial (Miami Herald, Aug. 21, 1984)
Cop: Arocena said he led Omega 7 (Miami Herald, Aug. 22, 1984, 4D)
Sleuth testifies Arocena admitted Omega 7 role (The Jersey Journal, Aug. 22, 1984)
Arocena Claims double-cross (The Jersey Journal, Aug. 23, 1984)
Castro target of plot, Omega infiltrator says (The Jersey Journal, Aug. 24, 1984)
Omega suspect gets 5-year term (The Jersey Journal, Aug. 28, 1984)
Drug dealer: Omega 7 suspect worked for me (The Dispatch, Aug. 31, 1984)
Drug dealer names Omega 7 (The Jersey Journal, Aug. 31, 1984, 2)
El caso Arocena va mas alla de las cortes (Ideal, Sept. 1984, 9)
Witness: Arocena guilty plea asked (Dispatch, Sept. 5, 1984-11)
Arocena vincula lideres de N.J. con drogas (El Diario- La Prensa, Septiembre 4, 1984)
Omega 7 member tells of struggle, Cuba Torture (The Hudson Dispatch, Sept. 6, 1984)
U.S. rests case in Omega 7 trial (Miami Herald, Sept. 7, 1984, 3C)
Omega 7 leader found guilty of murder, bombings
(Miami Herald, Sept. 23, 1984, 1)
Arocena convicted of killing, bombings as head of Omega 7 (The San Juan Star, Sept. 23, 1984)
Jury can't agree in Arocena trial (The San Juan Star, Sept. 19, 1984, 18)
Enfrenta Arocena una posible condena de prision perpetua al ser hallado culpable (Diario Las Americas, Sept. 25, 1984, 1B)
Culpable terrorista de Omega 7 del asesinato de diplomatico cubano y otros actos delictivos (Granma, Sept. 30, 1984, 1)
Terrorist is sentenced to life in jail
(Miami Herald, Nov. 10, 1984)
Arocena recibe cadena perpetua
(El Miami Herald, Nov. 10, 1984)
Exiliados: Excesiva sentencia a Arocena
(El Miami Herald, Nov. 10, 1984)
Condenado a prisión perpétua en Nueva York el terrorista que en 1980 asesinó al diplomático cubano Félix García Rodríguez (Granma, Nov. 18, 1984, 5)
Jury picked in trial of Cuban terrorist (Miami Herald, Jan. 25, 1985)

Declararan contra E. Arocena
(El Miami Herald, enero 30, 1985)
Culpa E. Arocena a un sector pro Matos (El Miami Herald, enero 31, 1985)
Podrian revelar la lista de firmas que iban a ser atacadas por Omega 7 (Diario las Americas, Feb. 5, 1985)
U.S. jury finds Arocena guilty of weapons charges (Miami Herald, Feb. 13, 1985)
Por una Cuba nacionalista y martiana (El Observador Iberoamericano, julio 1993)
Arocena: Podria tener un nuevo juicio (Viva Semanal, mayo 15, 1996)
Petition seeks pardon for jailed exile bomber (Miami Herald, July 29, 2008)
Wife of convicted exile bomber asks Bush for clemency (Miami Herald, July 30, 2008)
Febrero 26: Feliz cumpleaños Eduardo Arocena (Libertad, Feb. 22, 2012)