Mystery man in terror plots points at Miami exiles

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Sunday, 10.17.10
Mystery man in terror plots points at Miami exiles

The Cuban government launched a YouTube and Facebook campaign starring a terrorist- turned-car thief who allegedly points the blame at Venezuelan and Cuban exiles in Miami.

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Salvadorean Francisco Chavez Abarca, center,
arrives under custody at the airport to be
extradited to Cuba, where he will face
several charges, in Caracas, July 7, 2010.
Chavez Abarca was arrested July 1, 2010
while he tried to enter Venezuela at
Maiquetia airport.

MIGUEL GUTIERREZ / AFP/Getty Images

BY FRANCES ROBLES
[e-mail]
Francisco Chávez Abarca could be a double agent, a terrorist or just a lackey for hire being held in a Cuban prison.

For sure he is a Salvadoran car thief who admits to planting bombs in Havana hotels in the late 1990s, allegedly at the behest of accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.

He is also now the star of the Cuban government's latest social media publicity campaign against Miami exiles, and the lead witness in an upcoming terrorism trial in Venezuela. Caracas says he implicated anti-Hugo Chávez exiles in Miami as his cohorts in a conspiracy to both destabilize recent elections and assassinate the president.

The small-time auto shop worker is now the protagonist in a tale of international intrigue, which stretches from El Salvador to Venezuela, Cuba and Miami.

More:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/10/17/1878396/mystery-man-in-terror-plots-points.html

[Peace Patriot]

1. Thanks for posting! See my comment in Editorials.

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