In Episode 3 of White Lies, hosts chipbrantley and andrewbeckgrace head to Miami to run down the most prominent rumor about Mariel: that Fidel Castro emptied his jails to fill the boatlift.
A Florida National Guardsman stands guard in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami as firefighters battle a blaze in the area after rioting on May, 20, 1980.A Florida National Guardsman stands guard in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami as firefighters battle a blaze in the area after rioting on May, 20, 1980.
During our reporting, we heard one story over and over again: that Fidel Castro had emptied his prisons to fill the boatlift. It's a story that's been told so often and with such conviction that of course itbe true, right? But what if this was more theater than history? What was happening in 1980 in Miami and throughout the country that made this story so compelling? Why did it
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