| From: | "Karen Lee Wald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |
| Subject: | More "our terrorists" vs. "their terrorists" |
| Date: | Sat, 16 Mar 2002 22:48:39 -0800 |
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GRANMA
March 15, 2002
Accomplice of Luis Posada Carriles
March 15, 2002
Accomplice of Luis Posada Carriles
suspected in Puerto Rican murder
Omega-7 killer Remón unmasked
At a Puerto Rico Senate commission hearing, Posada
Carriles' accomplice was accused of the murder of Carlos
Muñiz . In 1993, a confidential FBI report identified him as
the man who killed Cuban diplomat Félix García Rodríguez
Omega-7 killer Remón unmasked
At a Puerto Rico Senate commission hearing, Posada
Carriles' accomplice was accused of the murder of Carlos
Muñiz . In 1993, a confidential FBI report identified him as
the man who killed Cuban diplomat Félix García Rodríguez
in front of the United Nations building and Cuban-American
Eulalio José Negrín
BY JEAN-GUY ALLARD
(Special for Granma International)
PEDRO Remón, arrested in Panama along with Luis Posada
Carriles on charges related to a conspiracy to assassinate
President Fidel Castro, was identified in a confidential FBI
report as the murderer of Cuban diplomat Félix García
Rodríguez and Cuban-American Eulalio José Negrín; now his
dossier has been officially requested by the Senate
commission in Puerto Rico investigating Carlos Muñiz Varela's
murder.
The most "discreet" of the terrorists locked up in Panama,
along with his boss Luis Posada Carriles, is a very
dangerous killer and another product of the "special"
training given by the CIA to a large number of Cuba exiles
in preparation for the Bay of Pigs invasion. After that
failed operation, the same figures, trained to perfection in
the use of weapons and explosives at Fort Benning,
reappeared in the ranks of various terrorist organizations,
some of which were clearly backed by the CIA.
According to a October 1993 FBI report which has now been
declassified and published on the Internet, Pedro Remón was
first linked to terrorist activities after being detained
along the Canadian-U.S. border in December 1980, hours after
a bomb exploded at the Cuban Consulate in Montreal. He was
accompanied by Ramón Sánchez from Miami. Remón and Sánchez
were questioned by the U.S. Naturalization and Immigration
Service (INS) and their data were given to the FBI.
However, the report states that when the federal police
looked deeper into Remón's case, they realized that he was
in frequent telephone contact with Eduardo Arocena, another
Cuban-American and suspected to be the leader of terrorist
group Omega-7. At that time, the group's membership not only
included Remón and Sánchez, but also two other dangerous
individuals: Andrés García and Eduardo Fernández Losada.
Investigations later revealed that Arocena and Remón had
rented cars at Newark airport immediately before the
execution of various crimes attributed to Omega-7.
Comparisons made using New York police files indicate that a
car rented by the two accomplices had been ticketed in front
of the Cuban Mission to the UN on the very same day that
Omega-7 assassinated Cuban diplomat Félix García Rodríguez.
Investigators even found the check signed by Arocena in
payment of the fine.
On his arrest and interrogation by the FBI, Arocena refused
to answer questions, stating he had no knowledge of Omega-7'
s existence. Nevertheless, at the end of 1982 and under
pressure from his questioners, he decided to talk briefly to
the authorities, giving them essential information on the
criminal group that he heads.
OMEGA-7'S LEADER MISTRUSTED
PEDRO REMON AND GUILLERMO NOVO
As part of that information, Arocena identified Pedro Remón
as the hit man in the killings of Eulalio José Negrín, a
Cuban immigrant involved in a political dialogue with
Havana, and diplomat Félix García Rodríguez.
García Rodríguez was alone in his car on September 11, 1980,
when he stopped at a traffic light and was murdered.
On November 25, 1979, Negrín was assassinated in front of
his 12-year-old son. (From a Venezuelan prison cell, killer
pediatrician Orlando Bosch later boasted of having ordered
the killing. Bosch was freed thanks to his friend Otto
Reich, now undersecretary of state for Latin American
affairs.)
Both victims were killed with the same weapon - a MAC 10
machine gun.
Arocena also denounced Remón as the author of several
attempts on the lives of Raúl Roa Kourí, Cuban ambassador to
the UN, and Ramón Sánchez Parodi, head of the Cuban Interest
Section in Washington, among others.
The attack on Roa Kourí took place on March 25, 1980, when
Pedro Remón placed a remote control bomb on top of the fuel
tank of the diplomat's car. The bomb, attached with magnets,
fell on the ground when the car's driver accidentally hit
the car behind.
The plan to assassinate Sánchez Parodi was called off when
Remón and Eduardo Fernández Losada were arrested in
Belleville, New Jersey, while trying to steal a car to use
in the operation.
Arocena explained to his interrogators that Omega-7 had
splintered at the beginning of 1981, when Pedro Remón,
Eduardo Ochoa, Ramón Sánchez, Alberto Pérez and José García
Junior became close with Huber Matos, whom Arocena
considered an opportunist. They also suspected that Remón
and Sánchez dreamed of taking over the group's leadership.
What's more, the former leader of Omega-7 believed that he
had been fingered to the FBI in 1979 by another terrorist,
Guillermo Novo Sampoll - now under arrest in Panama with
Luis Posada Carriles and one of the masterminds of the
assassination of former Chilean Minister Orlando Letelier
and human rights activist Ronnie Moffit.
Finally arrested in 1986 and brought before a grand jury,
Pedro Ramón refused to cooperate and was sentenced
Eulalio José Negrín
BY JEAN-GUY ALLARD
(Special for Granma International)
PEDRO Remón, arrested in Panama along with Luis Posada
Carriles on charges related to a conspiracy to assassinate
President Fidel Castro, was identified in a confidential FBI
report as the murderer of Cuban diplomat Félix García
Rodríguez and Cuban-American Eulalio José Negrín; now his
dossier has been officially requested by the Senate
commission in Puerto Rico investigating Carlos Muñiz Varela's
murder.
The most "discreet" of the terrorists locked up in Panama,
along with his boss Luis Posada Carriles, is a very
dangerous killer and another product of the "special"
training given by the CIA to a large number of Cuba exiles
in preparation for the Bay of Pigs invasion. After that
failed operation, the same figures, trained to perfection in
the use of weapons and explosives at Fort Benning,
reappeared in the ranks of various terrorist organizations,
some of which were clearly backed by the CIA.
According to a October 1993 FBI report which has now been
declassified and published on the Internet, Pedro Remón was
first linked to terrorist activities after being detained
along the Canadian-U.S. border in December 1980, hours after
a bomb exploded at the Cuban Consulate in Montreal. He was
accompanied by Ramón Sánchez from Miami. Remón and Sánchez
were questioned by the U.S. Naturalization and Immigration
Service (INS) and their data were given to the FBI.
However, the report states that when the federal police
looked deeper into Remón's case, they realized that he was
in frequent telephone contact with Eduardo Arocena, another
Cuban-American and suspected to be the leader of terrorist
group Omega-7. At that time, the group's membership not only
included Remón and Sánchez, but also two other dangerous
individuals: Andrés García and Eduardo Fernández Losada.
Investigations later revealed that Arocena and Remón had
rented cars at Newark airport immediately before the
execution of various crimes attributed to Omega-7.
Comparisons made using New York police files indicate that a
car rented by the two accomplices had been ticketed in front
of the Cuban Mission to the UN on the very same day that
Omega-7 assassinated Cuban diplomat Félix García Rodríguez.
Investigators even found the check signed by Arocena in
payment of the fine.
On his arrest and interrogation by the FBI, Arocena refused
to answer questions, stating he had no knowledge of Omega-7'
s existence. Nevertheless, at the end of 1982 and under
pressure from his questioners, he decided to talk briefly to
the authorities, giving them essential information on the
criminal group that he heads.
OMEGA-7'S LEADER MISTRUSTED
PEDRO REMON AND GUILLERMO NOVO
As part of that information, Arocena identified Pedro Remón
as the hit man in the killings of Eulalio José Negrín, a
Cuban immigrant involved in a political dialogue with
Havana, and diplomat Félix García Rodríguez.
García Rodríguez was alone in his car on September 11, 1980,
when he stopped at a traffic light and was murdered.
On November 25, 1979, Negrín was assassinated in front of
his 12-year-old son. (From a Venezuelan prison cell, killer
pediatrician Orlando Bosch later boasted of having ordered
the killing. Bosch was freed thanks to his friend Otto
Reich, now undersecretary of state for Latin American
affairs.)
Both victims were killed with the same weapon - a MAC 10
machine gun.
Arocena also denounced Remón as the author of several
attempts on the lives of Raúl Roa Kourí, Cuban ambassador to
the UN, and Ramón Sánchez Parodi, head of the Cuban Interest
Section in Washington, among others.
The attack on Roa Kourí took place on March 25, 1980, when
Pedro Remón placed a remote control bomb on top of the fuel
tank of the diplomat's car. The bomb, attached with magnets,
fell on the ground when the car's driver accidentally hit
the car behind.
The plan to assassinate Sánchez Parodi was called off when
Remón and Eduardo Fernández Losada were arrested in
Belleville, New Jersey, while trying to steal a car to use
in the operation.
Arocena explained to his interrogators that Omega-7 had
splintered at the beginning of 1981, when Pedro Remón,
Eduardo Ochoa, Ramón Sánchez, Alberto Pérez and José García
Junior became close with Huber Matos, whom Arocena
considered an opportunist. They also suspected that Remón
and Sánchez dreamed of taking over the group's leadership.
What's more, the former leader of Omega-7 believed that he
had been fingered to the FBI in 1979 by another terrorist,
Guillermo Novo Sampoll - now under arrest in Panama with
Luis Posada Carriles and one of the masterminds of the
assassination of former Chilean Minister Orlando Letelier
and human rights activist Ronnie Moffit.
Finally arrested in 1986 and brought before a grand jury,
Pedro Ramón refused to cooperate and was sentenced
to 10 years in prison and a $20,000 USD fine.
Once freed, this dangerous personality did not wait to join
terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, holed up in El Salvador with
the blessing of the highest authorities of that country's
mafia. He settled in Miami, without any more trouble from
the authorities.
He reappeared in Panama at the time of the failed
assassination attempt against the leader of the Cuban
Revolution, which, had it been successful, could have
Once freed, this dangerous personality did not wait to join
terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, holed up in El Salvador with
the blessing of the highest authorities of that country's
mafia. He settled in Miami, without any more trouble from
the authorities.
He reappeared in Panama at the time of the failed
assassination attempt against the leader of the Cuban
Revolution, which, had it been successful, could have
caused thousands of deaths.
Meanwhile in Puerto Rico, the Truth and Justice
Meanwhile in Puerto Rico, the Truth and Justice
Commission (www.verdadujusticia.org) was created
after a Senate resolution requested an "investigation
into the participation, supplying and exchange of
information by authorities of the Puerto Rican
government, in a joint effort with federal agencies,
to prepare files, records or any other method of
collecting information about individuals, groups
and organizations in Puerto Rico for political and
ideological reasons."
This commission is made up of friends and relatives
This commission is made up of friends and relatives
of the victims of political assassinations, endorsed
by institutions of the Puerto Rican and U.S.
governments such as the police, the FBI, the CIA
and U.S. naval intelligence.
Thus, on January 23, 2002, several reports were
Thus, on January 23, 2002, several reports were
presented by members of the commission in public
hearings of the Puerto Rican Senate Judicial
Commission. This first hearing was dedicated to the
murders of Santiago Mari Pesquera and Carlos Muñiz
Varela, for which Rosi Mari Pesquera, Raúl Alzaga and
Leila Andreu, as well as independence leader Juan Mari
Bras, were called to appear.
Raúl Alzaga presented information about the murder
of Carlos Muñiz Varela, which took place on April 28,
1979when that young Cuban, who managed the Viajes
Varadero travel agency in San Juan, organized trips to
Cuba for Cuban exiles, in the context of improving
relations between immigrants and the Cuban authorities.
He recalled that Muñiz Varela had arrived in Puerto Rico
at the age of seven, as part of the CIA-sponsored
Operation Peter Pan, which criminally separated 14,000
Cuban children from their parents by sending them to the
United States.
Since 1974, Alzaga explained, Carlos Muñiz Varela had
been connected to a movement of young Cubans grouped
around Areíto magazine and the Antonio Maceo Brigade.
This allowed him to travel to Cuba on three occasions,
facilitating relations with people in Cuba and the United
States who were working on a project of rapprochement
between the Cuban communities in Cuba and abroad.
"With the information we possess today, we can assert
"With the information we possess today, we can assert
that the conditions prevalent at that time made it difficult
to clearly identify the circumstances of Carlos' murder.
But today there is a new contest in the country which
favors a different course of action, Alzaga clarified to the
Senate commission. He also asked the Senate
commission to demand that the FBI files, among them
those related to Pedro Remón, be turned over under the
Freedom of Information Act.
THREE ASSASSINATIONS AIMED AT
SABOTAGING A RECONCILIATION
PROCESS
Why has the name of this veteran Omega-7 terrorist and
accomplice of Luis Posada Carriles come up during a Puerto
Rican Senate hearing in relation to a murder committed in
1979, while he is currently detained in Panama?
Many of Muñiz Varela's relatives, friends and others
familiar with the case, are convinced that a sort of trilogy
of assassinations took place in response to the political
process that sparked the dialogue between the Cuban
government and representatives of the Cuban community
abroad, at the end of the 1970s. The three victims are
Carlos Muñiz Varela, in April 1979 in Puerto Rico; Eulalio
José Negrín, in New Jersey in November of the same year;
THREE ASSASSINATIONS AIMED AT
SABOTAGING A RECONCILIATION
PROCESS
Why has the name of this veteran Omega-7 terrorist and
accomplice of Luis Posada Carriles come up during a Puerto
Rican Senate hearing in relation to a murder committed in
1979, while he is currently detained in Panama?
Many of Muñiz Varela's relatives, friends and others
familiar with the case, are convinced that a sort of trilogy
of assassinations took place in response to the political
process that sparked the dialogue between the Cuban
government and representatives of the Cuban community
abroad, at the end of the 1970s. The three victims are
Carlos Muñiz Varela, in April 1979 in Puerto Rico; Eulalio
José Negrín, in New Jersey in November of the same year;
and Félix García Rodríguez, in January 1980 in New York.
Muñiz and Negrín were members of the Cuban community
abroad and active participants in the growing dialogue.
García Rodríguez was an official in the Cuban Mission to
the UN, in New York.
Muñiz Varela's killing was attributed to the organization
called Commando Zero, and those of Negrín and García
Rodríguez to Omega-7. Many are convinced that the two
organizations were really one and the same.
In the case of young Carlos Muñiz Varela, there's evidence
that at least two of the participants in his assassination
are originally from the United States.
If one combines the facts that the murderers were young,
that two lived in the United States, that the two
organizations accused of the assassinations were really
Muñiz Varela's killing was attributed to the organization
called Commando Zero, and those of Negrín and García
Rodríguez to Omega-7. Many are convinced that the two
organizations were really one and the same.
In the case of young Carlos Muñiz Varela, there's evidence
that at least two of the participants in his assassination
are originally from the United States.
If one combines the facts that the murderers were young,
that two lived in the United States, that the two
organizations accused of the assassinations were really
one and the same, and that Pedro Remón was implicated
in the two previous murders, tied to the campaign that
existed to stop the dialogue process, these elements lead
many in Puerto Rico to consider the possibility that he
could have been tied to the murder of Carlos Muñiz Varela.
Pedro Remón is now in Panama, being held along with
Pedro Remón is now in Panama, being held along with
Posada Carriles and two other killers: Guillermo Novo,
responsible for the murders of Orlando Letelier and Ronnie
Moffit; and Jiménez Escobedo, assassin of Cuban official
D'Artagnán Díaz Díaz, carried out in Mexico on July 23,
1976.
The entire Miami mafia, friends of the CIA and FBI, are
working hard to hastily free those killers by any means
necessary. The Panamanian prosecution has already
The entire Miami mafia, friends of the CIA and FBI, are
working hard to hastily free those killers by any means
necessary. The Panamanian prosecution has already
reduced the seriousness of the accusations, after a
detonator valve proving their guilt mysteriously "disappeared."
The Salvadoran government has requested the extradition
of Posada on the simple charge of using forged documentation.
While five Cubans have been granted very harsh prison
sentences in the United States for fighting the terrorism
of the Miami mafia, will four killers be allowed to be freed
in Panama, to continue indiscriminately perpetrating their
criminal plans with impunity?
criminal plans with impunity?
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