Abantu bama e-Victorville California amamayela angu-85 enyakatho-mpumalanga ye-Los Angeles ngoba kufanele babone othile kwelinye lamajele akhona (umfelandawonye, isifunda, isifunda kanye nedolobha) noma abanebhizinisi elihlobene nejele, noma ngenxa yokuthi bayashisa futhi bekhathele bebuya I-Las Vegas iya e-Los Angeles kanye nomcabango wedamu lokubhukuda negumbi elinomoya opholile kubonakala kungenakuvinjelwa.
Sibhukha amagumbi ukuze sifike kusenesikhathi ejele futhi sichithe isikhathi esengeziwe noGerardo Hernandez. Siyayazi indlela esuka ku-Highway 15 entshonalanga iye emagqumeni agwadule ukusuka lapho umuntu ebona khona isakhiwo esikhulu sikakhonkolo esimpunga - i-federal Penitentiary complex.
Sigcwalisa amafomu, sidlule emshinini we-X-ray, siphucwe unogada, sigxivizwe izihlakala ngoyinki ongacimeki obonakala ngaphansi kwesithwebuli ekamelweni elilandelayo, bese kuthi ngo-8:45 sibe sesihlezi endaweni yokuvakashela. igumbi, elinamakhosikazi amnyama namaLatino kanye nezingane ezibona abayeni nobaba.
UGerardo uyavela; siqabulane siqale sikhulume. Usitshele ukuthi uMartin Garbus, ummeli wakhe, ufake incwadi entsha (etholakala ku- www.thecuban5.org) ukumemezela ukuqulwa kwecala lika-Gerardo kwephule umthetho oyisisekelo kanye noMthethosisekelo, futhi kufanele kuchithwe - kukhululwe yena kanye nozakwabo ezigwetshweni zabo ezinde.
Amadokhumenti akhombisa, ngokusho kafushane, ukuthi uhulumeni wase-US ukhokhele inqwaba yezintatheli ezizinze eMiami ukuthi zifake izindaba ezingezinhle ngoGerardo nabanye abamangalelwa naye (The Cuban 5). Lezi zindaba ezikhokhelwe zikahulumeni wase-US zivele emaphephandabeni, komagazini, emisakazweni nakumabonakude futhi zaba nomthelela emibonweni yomphakathi emphakathini, okuhlanganisa amalungu ejaji nemindeni yawo, kusho umbhalo, ngakho-ke kubeka imibuzo ejulile ukuthi ngabe icala elinobulungiswa eMiami lalingenzeka yini. amadoda amahlanu asolwayo.
Lesi sifinyezo sithi “ukuphumelela kukahulumeni kwe-US “ukugumbuqela okuyimfihlo okuyimfihlo kwemithombo yezindaba yaseMiami, umsakazo, nethelevishini ukuze agwetshwe kwakungakaze kubonwe ngaphambili,” futhi “kwephule ubuqotho bokuqulwa kwecala kanye neSigatshana Senqubo Efanele Yomthethosisekelo.”
UGarbus uqhubeka athi “Uhulumeni, ngokusebenzisa izigidi zamaRandi zezinkokhelo ezingekho emthethweni kanye nemibhalo okungenani eyinkulungwane eyanyatheliswa esikhathini esiyiminyaka eyisithupha, waphazamisa ukuqulwa kwecala futhi wanxenxa ijaji ukuthi ligwebe. Impendulo kaHulumeni kulesi siphakamiso iyinyumba futhi ayilungile ngokomthetho. Isigwebo kumele sihoxiswe manje.”
Ngamafuphi omude, uGarbus ukhombisa ukuthi izintatheli zibhale futhi zikhulume kanjani ezingosini zezindaba ngenhloso nje yokudweba isithombe esihlanekezelwe salokho ababekwenza abamangalelwa, okwakuzama ukuvimbela ubuphekula obuzinze eMiami eCuba, futhi esikhundleni salokho, njengoba kafushane kaGarbus. imibukiso, ukubaveza njengezinhloli zempi ezizama ukulungiselela iNingizimu Florida ukuhlasela kwezempi okuvela eCuba.
The Miami Herald baxoshe izintatheli ngesizathu sokuthi zephule umthetho oyisisekelo - ukuthatha imali kuhulumeni ukuze zibhale izindaba. Lesi sifinyezo sithi “uThomas Fiedler, uMhleli Omkhulu kanye nePhini likaMongameli we I-Miami Herald, lapho ekhuluma ngemali ekhokhelwa abasebenzi bakhe namalungu ezinye izinhlangano zemithombo yezindaba nguHulumeni, wathi akulungile ngoba “kwakuwukufeza umgomo kaHulumeni wase-US, umkhankaso wenkulumo-ze. Bekungalungile noma bekungafihliwe.” Kwakuyimfihlo ngoba izikhulu zikahulumeni zazikwazi okungalungile futhi kwakungekho emthethweni.
UGerardo kanye nozakwabo abane basebenze cishe iminyaka engu-14 bevalelwe yi-federal ngokuzama ukuvimba izigebengu zaseMiami zophiko lwesokudla ekuqhumiseni iHavana. Ngo-1997, uchungechunge lwamabhomu lwashaya amahhotela, izindawo zokudlela, izindawo zokuphuza kanye namakilabhu. Isivakashi esisodwa sashona kwathi abasebenzi abaningi baseCuba kulezi zikhungo balimala. Ukuqhuma kwamabhomu kwahlelwa nguLuis Posada Carriles, isakhamuzi saseMiami namuhla, futhi uxhaswe ngemali yokudingiswa yophiko lwesokudla.
Njengoba sasihlezi endlini yokuvakasha sizungezwe abantu abaningi bebala elimhlophe, kukhona onogada abane ababesibhekile nezinye izivakashi, sadla ukudla okulula okunosawoti emshinini wokuthengisa (“ukudla okumnandi kwasejele”).
UGerardo wasitshela ngesikhathi sakhe “emgodini,” ngenxa yokuthi wayengaziphathanga kahle, kodwa “wayevikela”! Wakhuluma ngokuncishwa i-monotony evamile. “Qala,” kusho yena, “awubaboni abantu abaningi abasezingeni eliphakathi lapha. Zazingekho. Iningi leziboshwa lalimnyama noma iLatino, kanye noGerardo owayecabanga ukuthi uyinzalo ka-Okies ompofu. Bonke bahlanganyela ngokuntula imali yokuqasha abameli abaqotho.
"Ngasuswa lapha ngisuka eLompoc ngo-2004 ngoba iLompoc yayingeke isaba ijele elivikeleke kakhulu," kusho uGerardo. Njengokungathi le ndoda ekhulile, enesiyalo yayidinga ukuvikeleka okuphezulu. Sasizibuza ukuthi sasiyosibekezelela kanjani isijeziso sokuvalelwa esikhungweni okuthiwa sihlunyeleliswa izimilo, lapho kungekho kulungiswa nokulungiswa kwezimilo.
Sahamba ngemoto sisuka ejele saya esikhumulweni sezindiza sase-Ontario futhi sazibuza: Yini, esazibuza yona, indoda yaseCuba efunde kakhulu yayenza endaweni enjalo? Uhulumeni wase-US wayazi ukuthi ama-ejenti aseCuba ayengene ngokunyenya emaqenjini aseCuba ayehlose ukulimaza umnotho wezokuvakasha eCuba. Laba abahlanu bebelwa nobushokobezi futhi babelana ngolwazi ne-FBI. Kwakungafanele babekwe icala futhi manje, cishe iminyaka engu-14 ejele kamuva, kufanele ekugcineni bakhululwe.
UMongameli Obama angakwazi futhi kufanele abaxolele futhi ababuyisele ekhaya. ICuba iveze ukuthi izophendula ngokukhulula u-Alan Gross, obesebenzela inkampani enenkontileka ne-USAID enohlelo lokudicilela phansi uhulumeni waseCuba futhi walahlwa yicala eCuba. Sekuyisikhathi sokuthi uMengameli Obama abeke lolu daba ezinhlelweni zakhe.
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