Venezuelans at Krome no terror threat, FBI says (Florida)

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Wed, Feb. 11, 2004

Venezuelans at Krome no terror threat, FBI says
The FBI confirms that it interviewed two Venezuelan military officers accused of bombing diplomatic missions and determined they pose no terror risk.
BY RICHARD BRAND
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WAR ON TERROR

The FBI told The Herald on Tuesday that two Venezuelan military officers, accused by their government of being involved in bombings at two diplomatic missions in Caracas, are not considered terrorist threats. (snip)

Venezuela's request for their extradition could prove embarrassing for Washington, which may have to choose between harboring men accused of terrorism and sending them back to a highly politicized justice system in Caracas.

Colina and Varela were among a group of about 100 officers who left their posts in 2002 and 2003 to join opponents of President Hugo Chávez at opposition rallies. In November, they fled Venezuela after a judge issued a warrant for their arrest, accusing them of participating in bombings February 25 against Colombian and Spanish diplomatic missions in Caracas.

Late last year, Venezuelan prosecutors linked the blasts to four anti-Chávez military officers, including Varela and Colina.
(snip/...)

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/7925400.htm

[el_gato]

1. terrorists by any real definition but they're doing bushco dirty work

so they get a free pass
the FBI is corrupt

[Mika]

2. But Cuban musicians are a terra threat?

Its no longer an opaque issue. This admin is as translucent as glass.

:puke:

[IndianaGreen]

3. And Alpha 66 is not a terror threat either!

Massive barf!!!!!!

[htuttle]

4. So then what are they doing with these automatic weapons and explosives?

On the 'Commandos F-4' website, Florida's own terrorist group, there are pictures of some of these former Venezuelan officers training with automatic weapons, grenades, etc... in the swamps of Florida (didn't know that was legal...actually -- it's not).

Here's one link from their own website:
http://www.comandosf4.org/newspaper/2002-10-11_56.htm

The article, in Spanish, describes the recent 'joint training' the Cuban-American terrorists conducted with the Venezuelan-American terrorists, in honor of their recent 'military alliance'.



Their names, phone numbers and addresses are all available on the 'Contact' section of their website, in case anyone would like to report these terrorists to the FBI (apparently, the FBI says they 'can't find them').

[Mika]

5. Alpha Males

They run exercises and train children for war, and buy/sell IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) on the streets of Miami-Dade.

Alpha Males
http://www.miaminewtimes.com/issues/1998-08-27/feature.html/page1.html

Right Out of a Movie
Hustling down a dirt road surrounded by miles of farmland, Leslie Fernandez struggles to keep a rifle balanced on her shoulder. Dressed in bell-bottom jeans and a white T-shirt, she catches up with her fellow commandos -- five men dressed in military fatigues and also toting weapons.

"What kind of gun is this?" she asks Jesus Hoyos, who is leading the team."That's an M-1," Hoyos explains curtly. He's cradling a semiautomatic Bushmaster AR-15. The group stops and huddles. "This is the rally point," Hoyos tells them. He reviews the plan: Leslie will remain behind to guard the backpacks under cover of darkness while the men sneak into a Cuban military base and shoot at two MiGs parked in a large grassy field. "Let's go," Hoyos says quietly.

Leslie watches the men creep down the edge of the road -- two in front, three behind -- then disappear through an open metal gate surrounding a small military camp. Moments later machine guns pop. They pop again, faster. "Retreat! Retreat!" Hoyos shouts. The commandos pull back, turning and firing as they go. They scurry down the road and regroup, breathless, at the rally point, where Leslie has been patiently waiting. "Okay, enemy troops have the beach blocked," Hoyos pants. "Contingency plan A -- the helicopter -- was shot down. So we have to walk five miles to a point where they're going to pick us up at 0600."

But there are no enemy soldiers, no MiGs in the field. Only stacks of old tires. The bullets are blanks. It is not night, but Sunday morning. And Leslie is no companera; she's an eleven-year-old who has never been to Cuba and scarcely speaks Spanish.

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The latest case came to a close this past December when former Alpha member Andres Gonzalez, age 35, was sentenced to 33 months in prison. He was arrested in 1996 for selling a bomb made of PVC pipes, gunpowder, and a battery to an undercover FBI agent in a Coral Gables parking lot for $400. Before the sentencing Nazario mailed the judge a letter signed by 25 Alpha members asking for leniency. The letter stated that Gonzalez "is a good person but was misled and lied to by individuals with bad reputations. Andres was confused."

[Say_What]

6. Ah yes, Miami--Terrorist capital of the USA

Did we really expect anything else from these cretins?

:puke: :puke: :puke: