Viloldo and his younger brother brought accusations against the authorities of the island to bring their father to suicide, suicide in 1959 shortly after coming to power of Fidel Castro and his fellow-revolutionaries. Viloldo senior, had the Cuban-American citizenship, was one of the most influential Cuban businessmen.
After the revolution, said in papers submitted to the court of Miami, Viloldo senior was arrested. In prison he has been repeatedly beaten and tortured by hunger morili, saying that he is an American agent. According to the plaintiff, one of the leaders of the Cuban revolution, Ernesto Che Guevara himself had threatened his father. Court of Miami found that Viloldo senior had been tortured and made to commit suicide.
Viloldo Jr. has long cooperated with the CIA. In particular, he in 1961 took part in the landing in the Gulf Pigs - an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the American special power Castro. In 1967, Bolivia Viloldo Jr., participated in operations to capture and elimination of Che Guevara. Strands of hair that he cut off the head of the murdered revolutionary, Viloldo Jr. in 2007, put up for auction, where it was sold for 100 thousand dollars.
Miami Court, in deciding to award the deceased relatives Viloldo-senior compensation 1.2 billion dollars, said that he understood the difficulty, or rather almost impossible to be obtained from the authorities in Cuba the money. However, the judge said, reviewing the claim, the decision to award compensation should serve as a signal to the authorities of Cuba. Gustavo Viloldo and his younger brother, in turn, declared that they would seek payment of compensation from frozen Cuban accounts in foreign banks.
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