UJane Franklin
The
ICuban American National Foundation imelwe kakuhle kuluhlu lweGOP lwe
abavoti bakamongameli abavela eFlorida ngunondyebo we-CANF, uFeliciano M. Foyo, owathi
kwenzeka ukuba ngumhlobo olungileyo weRhuluneli yaseFlorida uJeb Bush. UFoyo unenye
umhlobo ogama linguLuis Posada Carriles, omnye wabanqolobi badume kakubi phakathi
Abemi baseCuba. Kwingxelo ngobomi epapashwe eHonduras ngo-1994,
UPosada ubiza uFeliciano Foyo njengomnye wabaxhasi bakhe bezemali. Yintoni eyenza
ufuna ukuba ngomnye wabaxhasi bezimali bePosada?
Posada,
kunye nabanye abanqolobi abathathu abaziwayo, bavalelwa ngabantu basePanama
abasemagunyeni ngoNovemba 17 ngesicwangciso esityholwayo sokubulala uMongameli Fidel
UCastro ngelixa inkokeli yaseCuba ithetha namawakawaka abafundi kwiYunivesithi
ePanama. Ukuba isiqhushumbisi seplastiki esifunyenwe ePanama sisetyenzisiwe,
amakhulu abantu ngewayebulewe okanye enzakele. Kodwa iPosada ayifuni
babonakala bekhathazwa "ngumonakalo owenziweyo."
Umkhosi
ngaphambili wayejonge ukubulala uCastro kumazwe aliqela, kuquka neChile,
EColombia, kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican, e-Ecuador nasePeru. Intengiso
ummeli weFirestone Tire kunye neRubber eCuba, uPosada waqala ukusebenzela
I-CIA ubuncinane ngo-1960. Wafumanisa kwaye wanyanzeliswa ukuba abaleke, iminyaka ekhokelayo
ugqogqo olwenziwe Alpha 66, umbutho wabanqolobi eqhubeka enjalo
ugqogqo unanamhla-ngaphandle kohlwaywa.
In
NgoJuni 1976, ngelixa uGeorge HW Bush (umdala) wayeyintloko yeCIA, iCIA
esebenza, umphambukeli waseCuba u-Orlando Bosch, waseka kwaye wakhokela iiNkumanda ze
Imibutho yoTshintsho oluManyeneyo (CORU). UPosada wayengomnye wabo
"abalawuli." Njengoko kutyhilwe kamva kumaxwebhu e-FBI kunye ne-CIA, i-CORU
kungekudala yabandakanyeka kwiziqhushumbisi ezingaphezu kwama-50 yaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, nezobupolitika
ukubulawa kwabantu. Abasemagunyeni baseVenezuela naseMelika babika ukuba inethiwekhi ye
abanqolobi baqhube "inani elikhulu" lohlaselo kwisixhenxe
amazwe achasene neCuba kunye namazwe kunye nabantu ababonwa njengobuhlobo
ukuya eCuba. Olu lawulo lobugrogrisi lwafikelela kuvuthondaba ngoOkthobha ka-1976 xa iCubana
Inqwelomoya yabakhweli yaqhushumba emva kokuba indulukile eBarbados isingise eCuba,
babulala bonke abantu abangama-73 ababephakathi, kuquka namaCuba angama-57.
kunye
ubungqina obuninzi ngokuchasene nabo, iPosada, iBosch, kunye nabemi baseVenezuela ababini
wabanjwa wabanjwa eVenezuela. Iinkundla zomkhosi eVenezuela zakhululwa
kubo, uphuhliso olungothusiyo ukusukela oko iCIA ngo-1967 yadlulisela iPosada
ukuya eVenezuela, bemsebenzisa njengenkokeli yezenzo zobunqolobi ngokuchasene neCuba
ILatin America kunye neCaribbean. KwiSebe lezangaphakathi, wayeqhuba i
ICandelo leeNkonzo zobuntlola kunye noThintelo (DISIP), elalitshutshisa,
wancinwa, waza wangcungcuthekisa abemi baseVenezuela. Ilinde ukuxoxwa kwetyala kwakhona, ngowe-1985 iPosada
waphuma entolongweni.
Ngokutsho
kuPosada ngokwakhe, abalindi bakhe banyotywa ngemali evela eMiami. Enye ye
abathutha loo nkxaso-mali yayinguGaspar Jimenez Escobedo, omnye wabo
abanqolobi ngoku abasePanama. Ovela eVenezuela, ummi waseCuba uFelix Rodriguez,
omnye umgrogrisi odume kakubi, wathatha iPosada waya e-El Salvador apho uRodriguez wayekhona
esebenza noCol. Oliver North ekuboneleleni ngeContras ngokuchasene neSandinista
urhulumente waseNicaragua. Ukuvezwa kolo tyando kukhokelele ekubeni
Iingxoxo ze-Iran-Contra ze-1987. Kwezo ngxoxo phambi kweCongress, uRodriguez
wabuzwa ngo "Ramon Medina." Waphendula wathi iMedina yayiyiyo
alias e-El Salvador ye-Posada, "umhlobo wam olungileyo," i
"indoda ehloniphekileyo." Wangqina ukuba wazisa iPosada ku-El
USalvador waseVenezuela, ebanga ukuba iPosada "ifanele ukukhululeka."
Awukho omnye umbuzo owabuzwayo ngePosada. Endaweni yoko, uRodriguez wayenjalo
uncome indima yakhe ngu-Rep. Bill McCollum (R-Fl), omnye wababuzayo.
U-Rep. Peter Rodino (D-NJ) naye wamxelela ukuba sonke siyayixabisa ukulwa kwakhe
ngokuchasene nobukomanisi.
Mbini
kwiminyaka kamva, kwintetho kumgangatho weSenate, uSenator uTom Harkin (D-Iowa) wathi
abantu baseMelika "bafanele ukubalwa ngokupheleleyo [kuye ngoko owayenguSekela Mongameli]
Bush kunye neofisi kamongameli kunye nolwazi lwayo ngendima kaLuis Posada
umsebenzi wokubonelela ngokufihlakeleyo.โ Kubungqina bakhe ngaphambili
Congress, uRodriguez waye waqhayisa ngokudibana noSekela Mongameli Bush (he
wabonisa uBush umfanekiso wakhe nomthinjwa uChe Guevara kwiiyure ezingaphambili
UChe wabulawa). USenator uHarkin wazibuza "kutheni uBush engazange azikhathaze
ukusebenzisa iiofisi zakhe ezilungileyo ukuphanda iintlawulo zamakhonkco ePosada kunye nonikezelo
ukusebenza kunye noFeliksi Rodriguez nasemva kokuba umshicileli ubaxelele emva kwexesha
1986. "
emva
El Salvador, uPosada uchithe ixesha kwimisebenzi yobugrogrisi eGuatemala, eHonduras,
kunye ne-El Salvador. Imali evela eMiami, utshilo uPosada, yasetyenziselwa ukuxhasa ngemali
Ngo-1997 iziqhushumbisi ezazijoliswe kumzi-mveliso wabakhenkethi eHavanaโiziqhushumbisi ezabulala umntu
Umkhenkethi wase-Italiya, uFabio di Celmo, kwaye wenzakala abantu abaliqela. Posada
bavuma ukuba bahlawula abantu baseSalvador ukuba baye eCuba ukuya kutyala ezo bhombu. Emva kwePosada kunye
amaqela akhe amathathu avalelwe ePanama, uJustino di Celmo, uyise wabafi
umkhenkethi, uvele kumabonakude waseCuba ukuze abhenele kuMongameli wasePanama uMireya
IMoscoso ayizukumkhulula uLuis Posada. Iintsapho ezingama-57 zaseCuba zabulawa
ngo-1976 ukuqhuma kwejethi yabahambi bacela ubulungisa. Ixesha liya kuba njalo
xelela ukuba abaxhasi bezimali bePosada banokuhlawula indlela yakhe yokuphuma kule.
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Jane
UFranklin ngumbhali weCuba kunye neUnited States: Imbali yeChronological