Carlos Jose Bringuier was born in Cuba on 22nd June, 1934. He studied at the University of Havana where he qualified as a lawyer in 1957. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Havana (Spanish: San Cristóbal de La Habana; UN/LOCODE: Habana (CU HAV)) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2. ...

An opponent of Fidel Castro and his government he moved to Guatemala in 1960. He also lived in Argentina before arriving in the United States in February, 1961. Cuban President Fidel Castro Fidel Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) has been the leader of Cuba since 1959, when, leading the 26th of July Movement, he overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista, and transformed Cuba into the first Communist state in the Western Hemisphere. ...

Bringuier joined the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, the Student Revolutionary Directorate (DRE), an anti-Castro group. Bringuier, based in New Orleans, was placed in charge of DRE publicity and propaganda. New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...

On 5th August, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald visited Bringuier at his clothing store in New Orleans and offered to join the fight against Castro. Two days later Oswald again visited the store and left his Guidebook for Marines for the absent Bringuier. On 9th August, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald was handing out Fair Play for Cuba leaflets. When Bringuier learned of this, he and two other Cubans, Celso Macario Hernandez and Miguel Mariano Cruz, confronted Oswald and a fight broke out. Oswald and the three Cubans were arrested. On 12th August, Oswald was found guilty and fined $10. On 21st August Oswald debated the issue of Fidel Castro and Cuba with Bringuier and Edward Scannell Butler III on the Bill Stuckey Radio Show on station WDSU. Lee Harvey Oswald (October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963) assassinated U.S. President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, according to the conclusions of two government investigations into the assassination. ...

A short time later, Bringuier issued a press release warning the public about Lee Harvey Oswald. When Oswald was arrested for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on 22nd November 1963, Bringuier gave his account of Oswald to the FBI and other authorities. He testified before the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (the Warren Commission) and in 1967 was involved in Jim Garrison's investigation of the assassination.

Bringuier is the author of two books: Red Friday and Operation Judas.