Delfín Fernández " To see article about the drummer of Los Salvajes , go to Delfín Fernández ( Los Salvajes ) . " Delfín Fernández is a former Cuban spy who spent 15 years working for the Cuban counterintelligence Department 11 with the codename Agent Otto . He defected from Cuba and moved to Spain in 1999 . He settled in Spain for five years , becoming one of Europe ' s most successful bodyguards . In 2005 Fernández moved to Miami , Florida and as of 2006 he was waiting to get U . S . residency under the Cuban Adjustment Act . In 2005 he became a naturalized citizen of Spain . Defection from Cuba . Fernández , 44 in 2006 , emigrated from Cuba in 1999 after becoming disillusioned with Castro ' s government . As part of Fidel and Raúl Castro ' s inner circle , Delfín Fernández asserts that he learnt everything from why the Cuban leader incinerates his dirty underwear to his cravings for pricey Spanish ham . Fernández claims that he was once sent to Spain to bring $ 2 , 500 worth of the pata negra delicacy back to Cuba because Fidel Castro had a penchant for imported cured Spanish hams and a paranoia about assassination . Fernández said that chief bodyguard , Bienvenido " Chicho " Pérez , had told him that Castro had his underwear burned to foil any assassination plots with chemicals during laundering . His disillusionment with the government , he said , and his ambitions for a better life compelled him to defect . Fernández made a series of allegations , including a claim that Raúl Castro had stolen millions of pounds from government coffers . He claimed that Fidel Castro and his brother , Raúl , assembled incriminating dossiers on foreign businessmen who wanted to invest in Cuba . Fernández recorded every word and movement of high - profile visitors to Cuba with a high - tech array of hidden microphones and video cameras . He worked for Cuba ' s Department 11 , set up to infiltrate hotels and travel agencies . There he acted as a spy under the cover of his official title as Operations Manager for the Guitart hotel chain , where he claimed that guests could be open to blackmail . He also stated that he bugged the hotel rooms of foreign politicians and businessmen under orders from Raúl . Fernández said he carried suitcases with cash out of Cuba for the Castro brothers . Fernández said he defected in Spain in 1999 on a trip to Europe to drop off Raúl ' s daughter , Mariela Castro Espín , in Italy to visit her father - in - law and pick up a Rottweiler in Germany for Fidel . According to former CIA analyst Brian Latell , a senior researcher at the University of Miami ' s Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies and someone described by the Miami Herald as " helping shape public opinion about Cuba ' s future " , " A lot of the stories he told me were fascinating , and I found almost all of them to be highly credible . " Fernández has been an outspoken critic of the Cuban government since he defected . Bodyguard . Fernández settled in Spain for five years , becoming one of Europe ' s most successful bodyguards . Among his clients in Spain : actors Antonio Banderas and his wife , Melanie Griffith , soccer star David Beckham , Spanish actresses Ana Obregón and Esther Cañadas , former Spice Girl Emma Bunton , bullfighter Francisco Rivera Ordóñez and several high - profile businessmen . Before his defection , Fernández claims that one of his key tasks was to spy on wealthy visitors to the island , including film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson . In 2004 he worked minding Hollywood star Antonio Banderas in Spain . Sports star scandal . According to David Smith of the Observer , Fernández who worked for David Beckham for three months when he first moved to Madrid and in 2004 would sell personal information about his ex - boss ' s affairs with Rebecca Loos for £500 , 000 . Fernández admitted he had been approached by paparazzi , who would follow Beckham everywhere . But he insisted that he had always turned down their lucrative cash offers to spill the beans . Fernández said that he saw Beckham kissing Rebecca Loos in the back of his car and that he drove them to the Santa Mauro hotel in Madrid three times . He said , " I could see them kissing in the rear - view mirror . The car had dark tinted windows so nobody could see in from the outside . After that there were three more occasions I drove them to hotels in the early hours . " Fernández said that when they had their privacy Beckham and his assistant were " all over each other like teenagers " . Victoria ( Posh Spice ) Beckham was said to be in tears over tabloid reports that her husband , " Becks , " had been having a torrid affair with his former aide , Rebecca Loos . Beckham had been photographed clubbing with Loos who used to work for his management company . Delfín was also implicated in the scandal surrounding Beckham and Spanish glamour model Nuria Bermúdez , whose constant visits to Beckham ' s Santa Mauro hotel prompted wife Victoria to sack Delfín and ten other Cuban attendants . Public life . The Spanish media have embraced him , writing dozens of articles about his life as a Castro insider and bodyguard . He was also a consultant on an investigative book , Conexión Habana , by Spanish authors . After living in Spain for five years he arrived in Miami where he had a spot on a TV show on WJAN - Channel 41 . There , as a regular television guest , he caught the imagination of the Cuban community with his disclosures of Castro ' s habits and idiosyncrasies and the workings of his inner circle . Oscar Haza , a popular Spanish language talk show host on Channel 41 , has invited Fernández on his show , A Mano Limpia , at least six times , firing up the ratings when he ' s a guest , said Channel 41 news director Miguel Cossío . The ratings were so strong that Channel 41 offered to let Fernández be a permanent guest on a new daily weekday show , Arrebatados , at 6 p . m . , hosted by Maria Laria .