Cuban emigre confesses to having fired on a Havana hotel

Cuban emigre confesses to having fired on a Havana hotel

Jose Basulto on TV boasts of other acts of terrorism with the aid of the CIA and without being bothered by the FBI

Havana 14 Dec: José Basulto, head of the Miami-based organization Brothers to the Rescue, openly bragged on a recent Miami Channel 41 program “A Mano Limpia” (Straight Talk) hosted by Oscar Haza, of having fired a 22mm cannon from a speedboat on a hotel in Havana, and that “so far” the FBI has not even questioned him about it.

In a blatant affront to U.S. authorities, he also freely said that the CIA not only trained him but also directed terrorist activities by Cuban-American groups against Cuba.

The program on which Basulto made this admission was dedicated to the trial of his buddies Santiago Alvarez Magriñá and Osvaldo Mitat, two Miami extremists recently arrested for possession of illegal weapons. Santiago Alvarez is the “protector” of Luis Posada Carriles and it was he who facilitated the latter’s illegal entry into the United States from Mexico.

On August 24, 1962 the terrorist, trained by the CIA in the use of arms and explosives along with Luis Posada Carriles, fired on a Havana hotel supposedly frequented by President Fidel Castro with a canon from a boat some 200 meters offshore in the Miramar neighborhood of the capital, hitting the building and spreading terror among the guests.

“In 1962, I fired a canon at a hotel in Cuba and so far no one has come to question me,” Basulto stated in answer to a question from Haza during the December 6 edition of this widely popular Miami program.

José Basulto, a former member of the Operation 40 terrorist commandos set up by the CIA, and founder of Brothers to the Rescue, was accompanied on the program by Santiago Alvarez’ son; Arturo Hernández, one of Alvarez’ three lawyers; Francisco Pepe Hernández, president of the Cuban-American National Foundation (CANF) who financed and oriented Posada’s criminal activities; and Julio González Rebull, member of the 2506 Brigade that invaded Cuba with U.S. government backing and is currently headed by Félix Ismael Rodríguez Mendigutía, a notorious CIA agent, torturer and assassin.

“The U.S. authorities themselves trained me in the use of the cannon” at CIA bases, Basulto shamelessly recalled, “and they supplied me with weapons on another occasion,” he affirmed.

Santiago Alvarez Magriñá and Osvaldo Mitat were found in possession of a cooler full of automatic rifles with the registration numbers removed, silencers, grenades and grenade launchers.

The attorney general has requested that the trial take place in Fort Lauderdale, Broward County instead of in Miami, thus triggering an angry response from the terrorist Miami mafia. A support committee of various figures in the Cuban American community whose links with terrorism are amply documented has been formed.

At an earlier point, González Rebull himself described Santiago Alvarez as “a comrade of our (2506) Brigade,” referring to the mercenary troops defeated at the Bay of Pigs, to which Basulto and Pepe Hernández also belonged. He recalled that before the CIA-planned intervention, “we had eight bases in the cays from where we carried out missions to Cuba and had all kinds of weapons, and that was with the blessing of the U.S. government.”

More: http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/news.asp?ItemID=638

 

Are you crazy?
It's only terrorism when they do it to us.
When we do it to them, it's called fighting for freedom.

 

Any other thoughts?

 

well, its nothing new, the CIA want to take down cuba. The same story happens all the time, only the names have changed.