Miami Cubans support arrested anti-Castro activist

[Judi Lynn]

Sept. 11, 2006, 9:52PM
Miami Cubans support arrested anti-Castro activist
Awaiting charges on weapons cache, he's seen by some as a patriot rather than a terrorist

By PETER WHORISKEY
Washington Post

MIAMI - He is, depending upon whom you talk to, either a terrorist or a patriot.

The trial of Santiago Alvarez, a 65-year-old businessman here, is scheduled to begin this week on federal charges of maintaining an illegal armory of machine guns, C-4 explosive and hand grenades at a suburban apartment complex he owned.

Federal prosecutors say the anti-Castro crusader was storing "a staggering amount of illegal weaponry and ammunition." The Cuban government, the presumed target, has denounced him as a terrorist.
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Making matters worse, Alvarez's advocates say, is the slim likelihood of having a Cuban-American on the jury — because the indictment was made in Fort Lauderdale, rather than in Miami, the jury pool will be drawn far from the large Cuban community of Miami-Dade.

Before his arrest, Alvarez may have been best known for his advocacy on behalf of Luis Posada Carriles, a CIA-trained Cuban immigrant linked to the bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 people in 1976 and to other violent plots. When Posada sought asylum in the United States last year, it was Alvarez who helped present his case to the public.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/4179296.html



Photo #1, with Guillermo Novo, fellow terrorist, murderer
Photo #2, by his boat, on which he sneaked back bomber/mass murderer Luis Posada Carriles

[wakeme2008]

1. Having C-4 at an apartment will seal this man fate IMHO

If there was any children around his apartment he is toast.....

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. It was a condo complex that he owned up in Broward County

A lot of his old buddies moved in to get ready for 'Return to Bay of Pigs'. The residents were complaining about all the activity. Apparently, Alvarez's friends were busy doing calisthenics and running up and down the stairs most of the time.

According to the judge, they found enough weapons and explosives to cause a major bloodbath. Nice of the media to ignore the real terrorists that BushCo doesn't mind harboring in this country.

Also, Alvarez was the fellow who snuck Luis Posada into the country on board his yacht. For that alone he should be in jail.

[Ken Burch]

2. For the love of God, somebody PLEASE make sure

that Hillary doesn't come out in support of this guy.

[acmejack]

4. A powerful Republican voting bloc

Don't be surprised at anything that develops from this one, watch them flex their muscles. They have not insubstantial Congressional representation. With his reactionary administration and their avowed anti-Castro policies, we'll just have to see...

[Mika]

6. CANF membership not always repug voters. Dems lobby them also.

Hobnobbing with terra supporters isn't above some dems - like Clinton and Lieberman and more.



CANF founder and Clinton fundraiser Jorge Mas Canosa & Bill Clinton

[acmejack]

7. Money talks.

As we all know.

[Vidar]

5. One gusamo down, many to go.

[Briar]

8. Just imagine

what would be happening if this man had been muslim...