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Cuba Arrests Four Miami-based Exiles Suspected of an Attack Plot
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sns-rt-us-cuba-usa-arrests-20140507,0,1400400.storyHAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba has arrested four Miami-based Cuban exiles suspected of planning attacks on military installations with the goal of promoting anti-government violence on the communist-run island, the interior ministry said.
Labeling the suspects terrorists, it said in a statement late on Tuesday they were linked to Luis Posada Carriles, 86, a Cuban exile and former CIA operative living in Miami who for many years sought to overthrow former President Fidel Castro.
The arrests, made on April 26, could antagonize already poor U.S.-Cuban relations.
Cuba has intensified its criticism of the United States for what is considers efforts to destabilize Cuba. It has also railed against the State Department for again naming Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism in an annual report on April 30.
Cuba said it would contact U.S. officials about the investigation and that the four suspects admitted to planning the attacks. Three of them had been traveling about the island since the middle of 2013 to plan its execution, according to the interior ministry statement published in official media.
By reaching out to U.S. authorities, Cuba said it hoped to "avoid acts by terrorist organizations or elements located in that country that would put in danger the people and safety of both countries."
Labeling the suspects terrorists, it said in a statement late on Tuesday they were linked to Luis Posada Carriles, 86, a Cuban exile and former CIA operative living in Miami who for many years sought to overthrow former President Fidel Castro.
The arrests, made on April 26, could antagonize already poor U.S.-Cuban relations.
Cuba has intensified its criticism of the United States for what is considers efforts to destabilize Cuba. It has also railed against the State Department for again naming Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism in an annual report on April 30.
Cuba said it would contact U.S. officials about the investigation and that the four suspects admitted to planning the attacks. Three of them had been traveling about the island since the middle of 2013 to plan its execution, according to the interior ministry statement published in official media.
By reaching out to U.S. authorities, Cuba said it hoped to "avoid acts by terrorist organizations or elements located in that country that would put in danger the people and safety of both countries."
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