Gaitán was killed under orders of the American embassy.

Evidence

Many years later, an American covert agent and soldier of fortune, Captain John M. Spirito, who’d served in Castro’s army in 1959, gave a taped interview in Cuba. Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Spirito said, had been killed under orders of the American embassy. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 833

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 833
• XREF: connects to: Suppressed knowledge allows the myth of American decency to endure. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1087

Broader Connections

• Suppressed knowledge allows the myth of American decency to endure. #corroborates (0.75) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 1087