Reply #9: Good lord! It gets stranger and stranger (and dumber!). [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Looks as if he makes a decent living as a terrorist! How many federal agents can you fit onto one driveway?

I think we've heard the name "Beltran" in other gusano tales. I'll bet Ferro's little violent pal is the son of a more well known terrorist. Found his photo:

Manhunt On For Suspect Accused Of Shooting Glendora Officer

POSTED: 8:48 am PST February 11, 2006

GLENDORA, Calif. -- A gunman who allegedly shot a Glendora police officer in a hand on Friday night remained at large Saturday.

Frank Fidel Beltran, 35, opened fire on a officer sent to a home on South Worthy Drive, near East Foothill Boulevard, after an "open" 911 call was received at about 11 p.m., Glendora police said.

As officers approached the home, the Beltrain came out and fired at them with a pistol, hitting one of them in a hand, Lt. Rob Lamborghini said.

The wounded officer, whose name was not made public, was treated at a hospital and released early this morning, Lamborghini said.
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http://www.nbc4.tv/news/6938689/detail.html#

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Suspect In Police, Wife's Shooting Turns Self In
Manhunt Ends Early Tuesday In Rancho Cucamonga

POSTED: 6:31 am PST March 28, 2006
UPDATED: 11:44 am PST March 28, 2006

Frank Fidel Beltran, 36, of La Verne was taken into custody at about 1:30 a.m., said Glendora police Sgt. Brian Summers.


A 12-count arrest warrant had been issued for Beltran. The charges are four counts of attempted murder; three counts each of assault with a firearm and false imprisonment; and one count each of burglary and child abuse.

Beltran is scheduled to be arraigned by Thursday at West Covina Superior Court.

Beltran already was on three years probation in an unrelated case after pleading no contest in Pomona Superior Court on Feb. 1 to a felony count of carrying a concealed weapon during a police stop of his car in Claremont on Jan. 8, court records show.

Beltran also was sentenced to 90 days in jail, but was given credit for time served and released Feb. 2.

"It's frustrating that we run across people all the time who have been sentenced and should still be in jail," said Claremont police Lt. Gary Jenkins. "It's even more frustrating when they commit assaults on police officers."
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On Mar. 3, Beltran allegedly fired nearly two dozen shots at his estranged wife, Angelique Beltran, as she drove on Arrow Highway at Lone Hill Avenue in San Dimas, said Sgt. David Vega of the San Dimas Sheriff's Station. She was struck 8 times, NBC4 reported, but survived her wounds.
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http://www.nbc4.tv/news/8312596/detail.html?subid=10101581

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Miltant anti-Castro group denies knowing exile

ASSOCIATED PRESS
4:14 a.m. April 21, 2006

SAN BERNARDINO – A militant group that has advocated the overthrow of Fidel Castro does not know a Cuban exile who was arrested after authorities found more than 1,300 guns and explosives inside his home.
Robert Ferro, 61, told federal investigators that the weapons hidden in his home were being stored for Alpha 66, a Florida-based paramilitary group that for decades has plotted the overthrow of Fidel Castro.

“We don't have records of Robert Ferro; we know nothing of that person,” said Mario Estevez, press secretary of Alpha 66 in Miami. “We have 50,000 members, maybe more, and most of our members are in Cuba. Robert Ferro is not a member of our organization.”

Ferro, a Cuban immigrant, faces a federal weapons charge. On Thursday a U.S. District judge in Riverside denied his request for bail. Ferro faces a 10-year prison sentence if convicted.
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The search was part of an investigation of a La Verne man accused of shooting his wife and a Glendora police officer. The alleged gunman, Frank Fidel Beltran, 36, was arrested late last month while living at a Rancho Cucamonga home owned by Ferro.

Investigators believe Ferro may have supplied guns to Beltran, described by law enforcement authorities as a member of a Pomona street gang.
(snip)

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20060421-0414-ca-weaponsseized.html

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U.S. Backed His Plan to Raid Cuba, Man Says

By Lance Pugmire,
Times Staff Writer

April 28, 2006

~snip~
Police say felon Robert Ferro had 1,571 firearms and some hand grenades
stashed inside secret compartments and hidden rooms he built inside the
sprawling foothill estate. He was arrested last week after a search of his
home in connection with another case uncovered the weapons.

But in an interview Thursday, Ferro, 61, contended that some of the
high-powered weapons - including assault rifles, silencer-equipped handguns
and Uzis - were supplied to him by the U.S. government. He said the weapons
were supposed to be used in an attempt to oust Castro that would have
coincided with U.S. Navy operations being conducted in the Caribbean Sea.

"Obviously, now it will not take place," Ferro said. "Those guns I had were
very sophisticated weapons. It was for a fight. I was just trying to mimic
what President Bush has done in Iraq, bring freedom to the country.

"I was born {in Cuba}. I want to free them. I love freedom. I love {the
U.S.}, and I want the same thing for my country."

U.S. military officials acknowledged that 6,500 sailors on several ships and
the Virginia-based carrier George Washington are participating in an
exercise with at least eight other navies in international waters in the
Caribbean. Although the exercise will come as close as 12 miles to Cuba's
territorial waters, military officials said it would primarily be hundreds
of miles away from the island nation.
(snip)

Ferro, who says he's a member of a Miami-based group, Alpha 66, that
advocates the overthrow of Castro's regime, said Thursday that about 50
other U.S. citizens were scheduled to accompany him to Cuba, with further
assistance coming from people inside Cuba.
(snip)

Investigators say the Ferro-Beltran link leads them to believe Ferro was
selling the guns for profit on the street.
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http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/pipermail/lbo-talk/Week-of-Mon-20060424/008426.html

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On the story you posted: his wife sounds as stupid as he is:

“To hear this is shocking. I don’t know what’s going on. I don’t understand it,” Maria Ferro said as she watched federal agents search her home. “I know he wants Castro out of Cuba, but I didn’t know the other things he wanted to get into.”
(snip)

Oh, jeez!

That's some racket he was running. I'll betcha they have NO gang of people waiting for them to slip them their guns in Cuba so they can overthrow it. As Mika has written, Cubans already HAVE guns, as they are also prepared to protect their country from invasions.

That's what they thought right before the Bay of Pigs, too, when they were absolutely convinced the Cubans would run out and help them destroy their new government! :eyes: