GroupWatch was compiled by the Interhemispheric Resource Center, Box 4506, Albuquerque, NM 87196. The 2506 is primarily composed of Cuban-Americans from the original invasion brigade. The Cuban-Americans who fled Castro's Cuba are virulently anticommunist.
Funding comes from donations from the brigade members and the Cuban-American community.
For example, according to sources who spoke with Sen. John Kerry's staff, Francisco Chanes, a Cuban-American who operates a seafood business in Miami, has provided continuous support to the 2506 for its contra operations along the Southern Front. The Brigade 2506 is a creation of the CIA and has proved to be somewhat of a problem for the U.S. government since the 1961 invasion. Most of the brigadistas remained conservative and strongly anticommunist, but gave up the battle. Martinez was arrested and convicted for his part in the illegal activities, but he was pardoned by President Reagan. Ubaldo Hernandez Perez and Mario Eugenio Rejas, for example, were sent to join FARN in Costa Rica in 1985.