Episode 320 Oswald Goes To Mexico Part 22 The Sylvia Duran Story Part 4

JFK The Enduring Secret

Jeff Crudele

Ruby, Dallas, Murder, Society & Culture, Coup D'etat, History, Government, President, Documentary, Kennedy, Jfk, Johnson, Oswald, Fbi, Mafia, Cia, Assassination

4.6 • 659 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Episode 320 is the fourth 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 conf...

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0:00.0	Welcome to JFK in The Enduring Secret.
0:05.3	I'm your host, Jeff Crudell.
0:19.1	Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the podcast.
0:22.0	Today's episode is episode 320, and it's the continuation of the Sylvia Duran
0:27.8	miniseries, part four.
0:30.7	Where we left Sylvia Duran in the last episode, well, she had just survived the
0:36.1	unimaginable.
0:37.3	For days, the 26-year-old had been locked
0:39.7	inside the DFS, subjected to agonizing physical torture, forced to listen to the brutal beating
0:45.9	of her husband, and coerced into signing fabricated statements. Around November 25th, she was
0:53.0	finally released.
0:55.7	Her body covered in bruises.
0:57.3	Her spirit shattered.
1:01.5	She likely believed the worst chapter of her life had ended.
1:03.2	She was wrong.
1:06.7	Because just as Sylvia was catching her breath,
1:10.2	a young man was walking through the doors of the United States Embassy,
1:11.8	carrying a story so perfectly tailored to the desires of the American hardliners that it would bring the United
1:16.9	States to the very precipice of war with Cuba, and it would send Sylvia Duran right back into
1:23.4	the torture chamber. This is the story of the Alvarado hoax and the second arrest.
1:30.0	So, without further ado, let's listen to the rest of episode to look at the political climate inside the U.S. Embassy.
2:00.2	The United States ambassador to Mexico was
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