Cuba gave information to US about four held in Florida for planning attacks

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Cuba gave information to US about four held in Florida for planning attacks

• US confirms 8 May meeting in Havana
• Cuba says four men were planning 'terrorist actions'

Associated Press in Havana
theguardian.com, Saturday 10 May 2014 14.36 EDT

US diplomats confirmed on Saturday that Cuban officials have given them some information about four Florida residents who were arrested on suspicion of preparing attacks against military installations on the island.

The US Interests Section in Havana issued a statement confirming the 8 May meeting with representatives of the Cuban ministry of foreign affairs. It said: "The Cubans provided some information about the allegations which we are now reviewing."

Cuba's interior ministry said the men – identified as José Ortega Amador, Obdulio Rodríguez Gonzalez, Raibel Pacheco Santos and Félix Monzón Álvarez – were detained on 26 April for planning "terrorist actions" against military installations, masterminded from Florida.

None of the four are well-known within the exile community in South Florida, but Cuba claimed they were acting on orders from others with a history of militancy, singling out Santiago Álvarez Fernández Magriñá, Osvaldo Mitat and Manuel Alzugaray in Miami.





Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/10/cuba-information-us-four-planning-attacks

[Ap1977]

1. Two possibilities

1) US does not investigate the issue, or
2) US concludes the four were completely innocent.

There is no way anyone will risk losing votes in the very important state of Florida by bringing possible terrorists to justice. See Luis Posada Carriles.

[mia]

2. Politics Seen in Cuban Accusations of Military Plot by Miami Men

MIAMI — There was a time not all that long ago that Santiago Alvarez, a Miami developer, fantasized about swinging an automatic weapon over his shoulder and heading back to Cuba to incite an uprising.

His criminal record shows he did a bit more than daydream.

A 30-month federal prison stint for illegally possessing a cache of weapons behind him, the 72-year-old Mr. Alvarez is among a small group of older Cuban exile activists who the Castro government believes are still plotting its demise. He and six other Miami men were accused by Cuban officials Wednesday of plotting a violent attack on military installations in Cuba with the hopes of toppling the Communist government.

Mr. Alvarez denies any involvement in the alleged plot. Some others here raised questions about how much the case is about crime and how much is about politics. Four of the men are in custody in Havana in connection with an episode that to Mr. Alvarez and others has the feel of something more from the past than the present....

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/09/us/politics-seen-in-cuban-accusations-of-military-plot-by-miami-men.html?_r=0

[Joe Shlabotnik]

3. The authorities choose to disregard Russia's warning too

of an imminent attack in Boston. Saving lives seems to come second when playing decades old war games, and the opportunities that they present, whether exercising a 6000 armed personnel lock down of a town, or allowing a inferior country, rich with assets to twist in the wind.

Going back; the Saudi Nationals were also flown out of the states, immediately after 911. No questions asked.

[Mika]

4. This is not any game to Cubans in Cuba.

They've faced some pretty bad treatment from the US and US based terrorist groups.
There's trolls here on DU who proclaim over and over that Cuba's having a security service is proof of Cuba's authoritarian gov't.