This seems to have led many to the edge of insanity. Fanatical protesters, frothing with anti-communism, blame Castro. This is the day he picked. Some use science fiction. No one can know for sure.
Dead women tell no tales.
Apparently, Broton got on that boat because of love. Their first attempt to leave was aborted because of engine trouble. Broton did not. Those are exactly the actions that forced Coffey to resign in 1996 as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. In fact, the drunken politician in Carl Hiassen's book, Striptease , is based on Coffey.