Antonio Castro, Fidel’s Son, Tricked By Luis Dominguez In Online Dating Scheme

Cuban-born Luis Dominguez carried on an eight month-long, online flirtation with former Cuban president Fidel Castro’s son, Antonio Castro Soto del Valle, who happens to be the doctor for Cuba’s national baseball team. Dominguez posed as a Colombian woman named “Claudia” to whom Antonio, in a classic case of putting the state of one’s pito for the state, routinely revealed information such as his whereabouts, phone number and home address.

Dominguez revealed his prank on Miami’s Americateve TV Channel 41 in order to shatter, he said, the myth that Cuba had an impenetrable security system protecting its government - as well as the hypocrisy at play on the communist-ruled island:
 

The man who used the Canada-based e-mail address ”tonycsport@yahoo.ca” also provided ”Claudia” with details of a life far richer than the grind of the average Cuban — weekends in Varadero beach, Lacoste shirts and belt buckles, a personal Apple computer and a BlackBerry with Internet access, Domínguez’s files showed.

”While everyday Cubans were banned from using the Internet cafes in Havana hotels, this guy had a BlackBerry and unlimited access to the Web,” said Domínguez, 46, a security company employee who runs a website featuring reports on Cuba’s armed forces and security services — Cubaaldescubierto.com.

Dominguez apparently got the idea for his prank after watching Antonio cozying up to various women at a baseball game held in Cartagena, Colombia. Researching Antonio’s interests and pictures of his former girlfriends, Dominguez created what he thought would be the perfect prototype of a woman - a Colombian sports reporters in her mid-20s, brunette with blonde highlights, who loved technology. He gave her the name “Claudia Valencia,” scrounged up a “virtual picture” of his character, made up a story about her webcam being broken and let cupid do the rest. 

Antonio took the bait and correspondence between the two quickly turned from friendly to flirtatious to sexual, with Antonio constantly professing his desire to make love to Claudia. This is all happened despite the fact that 42-year-old Antonio is engaged to a 26-year-old TV producer in Havana. 

Fidel Castro’s son tricked in Internet love sting [Miami Herald]