About this episode

This episode begins a mini-series on Sylvia Duran, a consular secretary in Mexico during the JFK assassination.

Episode 317 is the first in a mini-series covering Sylvia Duran in Mexico. And what a tale it is. You heard much about Sylvia Duran already in the early Mexico City episodes. We pick the story back up just as the JFK assassination takes place on November 22nd, 1963 and events almost simultaneously begin to unfold and overtake her. The harrowing story of Sylvia Duran, a 26-year-old Mexican consular secretary at the Cuban Consulate in Mexico City is one of the most confounding...

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Crudele

Topics covered

• JFK assassination
• Sylvia Duran
• Mexico City
• Cuban Consulate
• historical events
• government
• society

Keywords

• Sylvia Duran
• JFK assassination
• Mexico City
• Cuban Consulate
• historical narrative
• government
• society

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cuban Consulate

Places: Mexico City

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