> On January 7th, 2000, a Rumor Mill News Source stated "that a joint operation > between Cuba and the United States arranged for the small group of Cuban > refugees to make an attempt to reach the United States in a small boat. For what purpose? > "Once the boat was near shipping and fishing areas, it was sabotaged. Elian > was the only survivor. > > "The anonymous source stated that Elian had NOT been in the water for two > days. " I always found the claim that he was floating around for two days suspicious. He wasn't even tanned, let alone sunburned, which would have been expected after being exposed not only to the direct rays of the sun, but its reflected rays off of the water. He wasn't dehydrated, either...an almost impossible condition for a small child deprived of food and water for 2 days... And he was dressed very strangely, in dayglo orange shirt and pants, as if someone specifically chose the color that would be most visible from a distance at sea...assuring that he would be easily found in a timely manner... But we are told that Elian SAYS he was floating out there for 2 days...this leaves us with a quandry. Either he really was out there for 2 days, and his not being sunburned or dehydrated IS a sign of some divine intervention. Or he never really said he was out there for 2 days, and that story was fed to the media for some hidden reason. Or the child sincerely BELIEVES he was out there that long, perhaps due to some sort of mind control or use of drugs, or a combination of both. > + Where is Elian's mother and her boyfriend? > > + Are they dead -- i.e. were they murdered to create "The Elian Crisis"? > > + Are they in prison in Cuba? Was Elian's father right when he told Elian > that his mother was alive and back in Cuba? Or, as Elian believes, wandering around Miami somewhere? > A man listed in the documents as a witness told The Herald on Tuesday > that he found Arianne Horta and Nivaldo Fernandez several miles out to > sea and brought them to Crandon Park Marina so they would not be > returned to Cuba. > > The two survivors have insisted that they swam to shore by themselves, a > story Horta repeated again this week. The discrepancy can perhaps be explained by the fact that according to law, if refugess managed to make it to shore and stand upon U.S. soil under their own volition, that they have the right to claim sanctuary. But if someone finds them out at sea and brings them to these shores, they are subject to immediate deportation. It is therefore no wonder Horta and Fernandez would claim to have swum to shore themselves, rather than admit to having been rescued while still out at sea. > There is little doubt that the boat left Cuba Nov. 22. Cuban authorities > telexed the U.S. Coast Guard that day reporting that a badly overloaded > boat had left for the United States. And a phone bill shows that Elian's > grandfather, Juan Gonzalez Hernandez, placed a collect call to his > sister in Miami, Georgina Cid, at 9:01 p.m. that day to report that > Elian and his mother were on their way to Miami. This is very different than the claim the supporters of the Miami gang make that Elian's FATHER called the Lazaro Gonzalez family regarding his ex-wife bringing Elian to the U.S., a claim the Miami-gang is using to claim that Elian's father wanted them to have Elian. > The coordinator obtained the information from a U.S. Border Patrol > officer who -- in turn -- was relaying the gist of a conversation with > one of the doctors who treated Elian at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital > in Hollywood. > > The Coast Guard said this week that it did not have the name of the > doctor. A spokeswoman for the hospital, Lauri Brunelli, declined to > comment, citing patient confidentiality. One really doesn't need the doctor's name...basic knowledge of pediatrics would tell anyone that a small child floating on a raft or inner tube for 2 or more days out at sea would be in much worse shape than Elian was in when he was found. A child's small body mass dehydrates sooner than an adult's under the same condition. Even if Elian was kept in a cool, dark room for 2 days, he would have been severely dehydrated after 2 days if he was given nothing to eat or drink. The dehydration is intensified when such a small body mass in placed in salt water under the direct rays of the sun. And has been mentioned, he should have been sunburned after just a few hours out in the sun under those conditions...he wasn't even tanned. > Horta, in a story The Herald published Nov. 28, was quoted as saying she > and Fernandez were rescued by a passing boat. But in a later story > published Dec. 13, Horta left the impression she and Fernandez swam to > shore -- a version Horta repeated Tuesday, saying that she and Fernandez > made the swim after seeing the lights of Key Biscayne. Yes, after they'd been here awhile and had been made aware of what the law was, they would have every reason to modify their version from being rescued by a passing boat (in which case they should be immediately deported back to Cuba) to the version where they swam to shore (which makes them eligible to claim sanctuary). > Carmenate said he took Horta and Fernandez to shore before calling > authorities so the couple would not be automatically returned to Cuba. > Cuban migrants intercepted at sea are generally repatriated while those > who reach shore usually stay. Bingo! > But there is little doubt that Carmenate was one of the sources of the > first reports to authorities about Horta and Fernandez. 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