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WITH
THE COMPLICITY OF MIAMI TV
Posada
reaffirms his determination to continue with his
terrorist acts
BY
JEAN-GUY ALLARD -Special
for Granma International-
FAR
from showing the slightest remorse for his crimes,
Luis Posada Carriles - the man who ordered the
destruction of a Cubana airplane in mid-flight in
1973; organized innumerable attacks in various
countries; owned up to his role in the terror
campaign that took the life of Fabio di Celmo in
Havana; conspired on numerous occasions to
assassinate the Cuban President - has now reaffirmed
his willingness to continue committing acts of
terrorism.
Posada
recently reiterated his intentions in an interview
with Miami’s Canal 23, in which he defended terror
with impunity, which comes as no surprise to anybody
in the city where the FBI protects terrorists and
arrests those who infiltrate terrorists’ ranks to
put a stop to their criminal plans.
“We
won’t lose faith”, said the septuagenarian
mercenary, seated in front of a Panamanian flag in
what appears to be an office inside El Ranacer
prison, where he is incarcerated with his three
accomplices.
Speaking
slowly and with difficulty, this individual (with
more than four decades devoted to illegal activity
and terror behind him) stated: “We will go on with
the struggle…because we owe it ourselves… we’re
all united to do what we have to do…may we never
lose our militancy!”
Posada
has had problems in speaking since he was shot at on
February 28, 1990 in Guatemala: he was hit several
times and one of the bullets pierced his tongue.
The
terrorist made his declaration of faith with the
total complicity of Canal 23 reporter Rafael
Orizondo. Throughout the interview, Orizondo speaks
with admiration and compassion for his subjects. He
repeatedly refers to Posada as “El Mambi” and
also “the Combatant”, although he had to admit
that Posada has served time in a Venezuelan jail,
from where he “escaped” in 1984. Orizondo
further elaborates that Jiménez Escobedo was
imprisoned in Mexico and Remón and Novo Sampoll in
the United States. He carefully avoided mentioning
the reasons why.
“The
four anti-Castro combatants are suffering from
different ailments, but this doesn’t dint their
morale and determination”, said the reporter
whilst the camera films the three criminals. For
some reason that Orizondo fails to explain, Gaspar
Jiménez - the old hired assassin who recently
stated: “I have not violated Panamanian law” -
is noticeable by his absence.
Always
at Posada’s side, and on better form than ever, is
Pedro Remón - who murdered diplomat Félix García
Rodríguez, in the middle of a New York street, and
also Eulalio José Negrin, in full view of his son;
plus Guillermo Novo Sampoll, the murderer who
executed former Chilean Foreign Minister Orlando
Letelier and his colleague Ms. Ronnie Moffit.
Sampoll appears to have gained a little weight since
his last public appearance.
The
three prisoners were dressed very elegantly. The
report from the Mafioso television station did at
least clearly show the conditions of “detention”
if detention is really the word for what the four
inmates are “suffering”.
In
fact, the first part of the report was recorded in a
modern office complete with trophy, flag, porcelain
pieces and elegant paintings; later it moved outside
to the patio, next to an ordinary wire fence through
which it was possible to see several parked cars…
All
together indicating an almost non-existent level of
security.
“AN
EXTREMELY LEFT-WING JUDGE”
The
report by Canal 23 - one of the Miami stations whose
cameras successfully tried to intimidate the jurors
in the Five’s trial (even following them as far as
the car park) - was shown with all the paraphernalia
of anti-Cuban propaganda. For a backdrop, there was
a caricature of Fidel Castro with the shadow of the
old terrorist profiled behind, bearing the slogan:
“Fidel: I’m right behind you!” clearly
demonstrating Posada Carriles’ unscrupulous
terrorist “mission”.
In
Miami they don’t waste time with subtlety.
A
presenter then explained the Cuban “conspiracy”
that secured the arrest of Posada and his
accomplices who, according to the program, are now
detained because of pressure from Cuban and
Panamanian interests.
Orizondo
went on to give his version of the case’s
development, saying that it was now “in the hands
of an extreme left-wing judge, Nabiel Jaramillo”.
He
later presented drugs-lawyer Rogelio Cruz - the
former Republic attorney dismissed for his links
with Colombian drug cartels - who is defending
Posada and his friends.
Cruz,
confessing his impotence to face a court and refute
the overwhelming evidence of his clients’ guilt,
affirmed he was hoping that Paniza - the judge of
the first instance - would grant the four prisoners
freedom as there was no reason for the case to come
to trial.
The
lawyer’s fees, on a par with his incompetence, are
paid regularly thanks to an intermediary of
terrorist Ignacio Nelsy Castro Matos, who regularly
and freely travels from Miami to Panama despite his
extensive criminal record.
FREEDOM
TO CONSPIRE
In
December another TV crew, this time from Panamanian
channel TVN, surprised Castro Matos freely
conspiring with Posada, Remón and Jiménez in the
“lobby” of the very same correctional
institution.
Now,
Miami’s mafioso television has gained free access
to these criminals and even uses the prison’s
offices for their shameful work as apologists for
the most denounced crime of our age: terrorism.
And
Posada took advantage of this in order to openly
confirm that he has never and will never stop his
monstrous activities.
More
than ever, Panama is now solely responsible for
these four terrorists that not only confess to but
openly proclaim how dangerous they really are.
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