Basada en la historia real escrita por el protagonista que finalmente ha podido contar los hechos al cumplirse 30 años de los mismos.
Ningún país de la OTAN apoyó militarmente esta operación. Ante la precariedad de medios, la CIA solicitó ayuda a España. Dentro del más absoluto secreto, el CESID traslada a un agente español a Libia para localizar a Gaddafi que terminaría convirtiéndose en la única fuente de información sobre el terreno.
Nacido en Larache, (1942) es Capitán de Navío del Cuerpo General de la Armada. Estuvo destinado en distintos buques y la escuadrilla de aviones Harrier. Navegó a bordo de buques de la US Navy en el Mediterráneo, Atlántico Norte y Pacifico. En 1979 ingreso en el CESID, (actual CNI), ocupando destinos en Cádiz, gabinete del Director Emilio Alonso Manglano, Redes clandestinas en el Magreb, Infraestructuras Operativas, Embajada española en Checoslovaquia de 1989 a 1994 y Jefe del Área de Europa y América del Norte de la División de Exteriores. Escribe asiduamente en el Diario de Cádiz y La Razón, participa en tertulias en radio y televisión; fundó y dirigió la revista de Caballeros Hospitalarios. Ha dado conferencias sobre los Servicios de Inteligencia en las más importantes universidades españolas. En 2016, publicó “Dedicado a ti…”, un libro recopilatorio de sus artículos de prensa; en 2020 su primera novela autobiográfica, “Operación El Dorado Canyon”, sobre el bombardeo norteamericano de la Libia de Gaddafi en 1986 y en 2021, una nueva novela autobiográfica, “El Muro”, sobre los cinco años en que estuvo destinado como agente del CNI en la embajada española en Checoslovaquia.
«Operation El Dorado Canyon», by Jaime Rocha
Based on the true story written by the protagonist who has finally been able to tell the facts on the 30th anniversary of them.
On April 15, 1986, after a wave of attacks against Western interests backed by Muammar al-Gaddafi, Ronald Reagan ordered the execution of «Operation El Dorado Canyon» aimed at ending the Libyan dictator.
No NATO country supported this operation militarily. Faced with the precarious means, the CIA requested help from Spain. In absolute secrecy, the CESID transferred a Spanish agent to Libya to locate Gaddafi, who would end up becoming the only source of information on the ground.
Born in Larache, (1942) he is a Captain of the General Corps of the Navy. He was assigned to different ships and the Harrier squadron. Sailed aboard US Navy ships in the Mediterranean, North Atlantic and Pacific. In 1979 he joined CESID, (current CNI), occupying posts in Cádiz, office of Director Emilio Alonso Manglano, Clandestine Networks in the Maghreb, Operative Infrastructures, Spanish Embassy in Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1994 and Head of the Europe and America Area of the North of the Foreign Division. He writes regularly in the Diario de Cádiz and La Razón, participates in social gatherings on radio and television; founded and directed the magazine Knights Hospitallers. He has given lectures on Intelligence Services at the most important Spanish universities. In 2016, he published “Dedicated to you…”, a compilation book of his press articles; in 2020 his first autobiographical novel, “Operation El Dorado Canyon”, about the North American bombing of Gaddafi‘s Libya in 1986 and in 2021, a new autobiographical novel, “El Muro”, about the five years in which he was assigned as an agent of the CNI at the Spanish embassy in Czechoslovakia.
Gold Medal from the International Latino Book Awards awarded on October 17, 2021 by unanimity of all the members of the jury. Each member of this jury, based in Los Angeles (California), issues their decisions separately with a comment and an assessment of the work that are made public once the award has been awarded. The International Latino Book Awards are organized by Latino Literacy Now, an organization co-founded by prestigious actor Edward James Olmos, cultural entrepreneur Kirk Whisler, and the American Library Association. Authors of the stature of Isabel Allende, Gabriel García Márquez, Pablo Neruda and Mario Vargas Llosa have been awarded in other editions.
