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As an FBI informant, Morales was among those who testified against Bosch at the trial, and the recordings of their conversations showed Bosch's knowledge of explosions on board foreign ships. Initially, Morales was among those arrested for the bombings, but was released as an informer. His testimony contributed to Bosch's conviction and imprisonment. Over the years, Morales would also serve as an informant for the
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Venezuela, which he declined. In the same year, Posada Carriles denied involvement in the bombings, and claimed that Morales was responsible. The case that followed the narcotics investigation in 1982 was thrown out of court by a judge who stated that Morales lacked credibility as a witness. Those charged in the case included
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at a Polish freighter. Morales, as an informant for the FBI, had infiltrated Bosch's group "Cuban Power", described by the government as a terrorist group. Morales taped his conversations with Bosch, and also gave him bogus explosives that were later used in a bomb placed on a
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were implicated in the attack and arrested in
Venezuela. Soon after the bombing, Morales told the FBI that individuals in the Venezuelan government were involved in the bombing, and that Posada Carriles had knowledge of it.
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