From: Steve Wingate 
Subject: IUFO: Big Operator In Elian Case Has Links To Bush Crime Org
Date: 11 Apr 2000 04:54:33 -0400
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The reference to Freeport Sulphur is interesting. Both my father and 
grandfather worked for Freeport Sulphur. Some of the salt domes in 
Eastern Texas, near Freeport, where the sulpher was mined by extracting it 
with superheated pressurized water, are now empty and in the early 1960s 
the land above was the location of several UFO sightings, including one 
where two deputy sheriffs saw a UFO crew wearing what appeared to be 
military uniforms! (I have the original newspaper article from the Brazosport 
Facts. --SW)

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4.10.00
Big Operator In Elian Case Has Links To Bush Crime Org


WHY was custody of Elian Gonzalez ever given over to his Miami relatives
in the first place?

What strings were pulled--and who, clearly and specifically for
political motivations, pulled them--to get the INS to deviate markedly
and fatefully from their established procedure in such cases?

And just WHO might this big mover behind the scenes be connected to
politically, anyway? How about--the BUSH International Crime Syndicate
and associated groups and individuals!


The material below, reprinted from Newmakingnews, fills in the general picture.



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THE OPERATOR BEHIND THE ELIAN CASE --
JOSE BASULTO. THE CUBAN PROPERTY GRAB.
HIS LINKS TO CLAY SHAW, FELIX RODRIGUEZ
AND BUSH.

1. BASULTO SETS UP OPERATION "ELIAN."

Jose Basulto is the chief organizer of the Miami Cubans who want to
block Juan Gonzalez from taking his son back to Cuba. Basulto, the
president of Brothers to the Rescue, arrived at the hospital where Elian
was brought in from the sea wreck. For mysterious reasons, the INS did
not do what it does in every other case--immediately send the child back
to its homeland as soon as possible. The INS usually keeps illegal
immigrant children in its own custody and has humane facilities to treat
and care for children during the several days it may take to arrange to
send them home. Instead, the INS released Elian into the custody of his
distant Miami relatives. The man behind this unusual INS move--Jose
Basulto. The INS officials behind this decision have not provided an explanation.

Basulto now looks back at his visit with Elian with religious fervor.
"I've seen 450 cases of these rafters, and I've never seen one like
this," said Basulto. "Two days with his feet dangling in the water and
no fish bites? No scratches? Nothing? There's no other explanation: This
was an act of God." Soon Basulto and other members of the Little Havana
community began to call Elian "El Milagro"--the miracle. Basulto
circulated the story that a school of dolphins nudged Elian to safety
while angels scared off sharks.

Recently Basulto, whose pilot license was revoked by the FAA, after he
and his fellow pilots were shot down by Cuba, stated he is preparing a
more effective strike against Fidel Castro from within Cuba, "We are
preparing plans to work with people inside the island."

2. BASULTO SET UP THE OPERATION TO PASS THE HELMS-BURTON ACT.

On February 24, 1996, the US Secretary of State, Warren Christopher,
raged at a "barbaric killing" by an "uncivilized" country, of four US
citizens on a "humanitarian mission." Cuba had shot down two planes
belonging to the Brothers to the Rescue. Four pilots died. A third
plane, piloted by Basulto narrowly escaped. (At the time of the shoot
down, Basulto's plane never entered Cuban airspace; he just urged his
Brothers to do so.) The Brothers were shot down in international waters.
Basulto said they "had not been warned." At that time, the Helms-Burton
legislation was stalled. Clinton would not back the bill. However,
Basulto stirred the wave of anti-Castro hysteria in Miami. The US forced
a resolution through the UN deploring Cuba's role in the incident. On
March 5, 1996, the US Senate voted 74 to 22 in favor of a final
compromise version of legislation tightening the US embargo on Cuba,
punishing other countries that trade with Cuba and allowing Cuban exiles
in the US to sue to recover their property from Cuba. On March 6, 1996,
US House of Representatives passed the package, known as the
Helms-Burton bill. In reaction to these forces, Clinton announced he
would sign the Helms-Burton Act.

Several weeks later, evidence was obtained that the "Brothers" were not
on a humanitarian mission of pulling refugees out of the ocean. Instead
they intended to drop anti-government leaflets over Havana during
Carnival celebrations. Twice, in January 1996, they had carried out
similar missions and in the previous 18 months had illegally entered
Cuban airspace 14 times. Cuba had warned the US that it would stop the
Brothers' flights if nothing was done to curtail them. The US only told
the Brothers, it would not "be able to interfere" and suggested they not
fly below the 24th parallel.

The US had advance knowledge of the Brothers' activities. A Cuban agent,
Juan Pablo Roque, had infiltrated the Brothers and was an FBI informant.
The FAA which requires pilots keep to a predetermined flight path or
lose their license, looked the other way. (Eventually, the FAA did
revoke Basulto's pilot's license.)

The Brothers to the Rescue was organized by the Cuban American National
Foundation in 1991. CANF was the prime sponsor of the Helms-Burton Act,
which Clinton opposed until Cuba shot the planes down and four Brothers died.

3. THE HELMS BURTON PROPERTY GRAB! STILL ON ICE! BUT BARELY AS MIAMI
HEATS UP DURING A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR!

The Helms Burton Act provides that foreign businessmen and their
families will be denied US visas if they trade with Cuba. Countries will
be denied US aid for trading with Cuba and international aid agencies
will be pressured into not donating or lending money by the threat of
having their US contribution cut off.

But the major portion of the Act is Title III which provides that the
Cuban exiles can sue in US courts TO GET BACK THEIR PROPERTY THAT CASTRO
TOOK AWAY FROM THEM WHEN CASTRO DEFEATED BATISTA. Click to read the Act.

Since the passage of the Act, President Clinton has suspended Title III
repeatedly. On February 1, 2000, President Clinton again suspended Title
III for an additional six months.

The State Department Fact Sheet dated January 15, 2000 states:

President Clinton has suspended for an additional six months, effective
February 1, 2000, the provision of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic
Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act that allows U.S. nationals with claims to
confiscated property in Cuba to file suit under Title III of the Act. In
accordance with the Act, the President certified that a suspension is
necessary to the national interest and will expedite a transition to
democracy in Cuba. He has reported his determination to the appropriate
Congressional committees. In reaching this decision, the President cited
important continuing actions by our friends and allies to promote
democracy in Cuba.

The President allowed Title III to enter into force on August 1, 1996,
but suspended for six months the provision that would permit American
nationals to bring suit against persons trafficking in confiscated
properties in Cuba claimed by a U.S. national. He did so in order to
work with our friends and allies to develop a multilateral approach to
advance democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. The
President tasked the Department of State to undertake a new effort to
develop international support for democracy and human rights in Cuba.
Senior State Department officials met with leaders throughout Europe and
Latin America from all sectors -- government, politics, private sector,
labor, religion, and human rights -- to forge this new multilateral
movement. While there remains substantial disagreement about the best
approach to bring democracy to Cuba, all recognize that Cuba must
undertake democratic change and respect human rights.

4. BASULTO'S OPERATIONAL TIES TO THE KENNEDY ASSASSINATION AND THE BAY
OF PIGS. FREEPORT SULPHUR.

The first company to file under Title III for restitution of property
was Freeport McMoRan, for the properties held by its antecedent
corporation, Freeport Sulphur. Click to read the connections of Freeport
McMoRan to Clay Shaw and the Kennedy assassination.
URL: http://www.realhistoryarchives.com/collections/hidden/freeport.htm

5. BASULTO'S SPOOK OPERATIONS SINCE 1959!

Basulto has a long history of being a spook for Little Havana and its interests.

Date: 28 FEB 1996 06:35:24 GMT
From: Lisa Pease lpease@netcom.com
Newgroups: misc.activism.progressive

Subject: Massive US Government Hypocrisy on Cuba

Neither the Government nor the corporate press are giving you the truth
about the planes the Cubans downed, and what their leader really
represents. Here is some background on Brothers to the Rescue founder,
Jose Basulto Leon.

JOSE BASULTO LEON: BACKGROUND BY PETER DALE SCOTT

Jose Basulto Leon has had a lifetime of aggravating U.S.-Cuban
relations, dating back to his participation in the ill-fated Bay of Pigs
Operation. In August 1962 Jose Basulto Leon helped organize a raid on a
de luxe Cuban hotel by members of the Cuban exile group DRE (Directorio
Revolucionario Estudiantil). The DRE opened fire on the hotel from
offshore; despite their intentions, no civilians were killed.

(In their book, The Fish Is Red, p. 132, Warren Hinckle and William
Turner wrote that "the raid had been carefully planned and approved" by
the CIA.)

At least two members of this group (Carlos "Batea" Hernandez and John
Koch Gene) were arrested a year later in Louisiana, when the FBI raided
an illegal DRE dynamite cache on Lake Pontchartrain. The FBI heard that
a Basulto had also been present at the DRE arms cache, but Jose Basulto
denied that he had been present. (Peter Dale Scott, Deep Politics, 305).

Felix Rodriguez told the Kerry Committee that he met Contra leaders
Enrique Bermudez and Adolfo Calero in Miami at Jose Basulto's home
(Kerry Hearings, 340-41). He later wrote in his book Shadow Warrior that
he and Basulto "have been like brothers" since their training together
in Guatemala for the Bay of Pigs. He added that Basulto had "been to
contra camps in Central America, helping to dispense humanitarian aid"
(p. 109).

Basulto and Felix Rodriguez together appear to have been part of a plan
for treating wounded Contras in Miami, worked out under the direction of
Oliver North. A note in North's diary reads "22-Jan-85 Medical Support
System for wounded FDN [Contras] in Miami--HMO in Miami as oked to help
all WIA [wounded in action]... Felix Rodriguez." This HMO was
International Medical Centers (IMC), whose head (Cuban-American Miguel
Recarey) fled the U.S. after being indicted in what Mother Jones called
"the largest HMO Medicare fraud in U.S. history." Jose Basulto told the
Wall Street Journal in 1987 that he had attended meetings at IMC with
Felix Rodriguez and Adolfo Calero. A former agent of the Department of
Health and Human Services told Stephen Pizzo of Mother Jones that
Recarey used part of the $30 million a month he received to treat
Medicare patients "to set up field hospitals for the contras" (Mother
Jones, Sept./Oct. 1992, 31-33).

Most contra aid came from one of three sources: the CIA, Oliver North's
illicit operation, or drug-trafficking. The New York Times reported on
January 20, 1987, that the DEA in Guatemala "had compiled convincing
evidence" that the contra supply operation at Ilopango Air Force Base in
El Salvador, where Felix Rodriguez was in charge, "was smuggling cocaine
and marijuana." Celerino Castillo, the DEA Agent who compiled this
evidence, later wrote that "Hundreds of flights each week [through
Ilopango] delivered cocaine to the buyers and returned with money headed
for...Panama....From Panama, the money was wired to a Costa Rican bank
account held by the Contras" (Celerino Castillo, Powderburns: Cocaine,
Contras, and the Drug War [Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic Press, 1994], 138-39).

Adolfo Calero's brother Mario became part owner of a drug-trafficking
airline, Hondu Carib, with one of the pilots flying for the Contras
(Peter Dale Scott and Jonathan Marshall, Cocaine Politics, 57-58; cf.
Celerino Castillo, 175).

Jose Basulto Leon has admitted his role in dropping leaflets over Havana
in January 1996 (San Francisco Chronicle, 1/25/96). This imitated the
October 1959 leafleting raid of the late Frank Sturgis alias Fiorini,
who helped set up the Lake Pontchartrain training camp where Basulto was
suspected by the FBI of being present (Scott, Deep Politics, 88-89).

The United States Government has claimed that the two planes
accompanying Basulto's were shot down while over international waters.
One has to be wary of this claim. The U.S. Government also claimed that
the U.S. destroyer Maddox was on "a routine patrol in international
waters," when attacked by North Vietnam in the first Tonkin Gulf
Incident of 1964. A Congressional investigation subsequently revealed
that the Maddox had frequently violated the North Vietnamese twelve-mile
limit. There were similar U.S. claims in response to the North Korean
capture in 1968 of the spyship Pueblo; and these too dissolved when
examined more closely (Peter Dale Scott, War Conspiracy, 52-53, 132-35). ----------
Lisa Pease

If you can't get the truth about the past, how can you expect to get the
truth about the present?" Jerry Brown, We The People talk show 1/11/96 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check out the Real History Archives: http://www.webcom.com/~lpease

http://ursula.blythe.org/NameBase/bookindx.html

telnet ursula.blythe.org/ login: namebase

Rodriguez, Felix I. and Weisman, John. Shadow Warrior: The CIA Hero of a
Hundred Unknown Battles. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. 283 pages.

"In this autobiography, Rodriguez details his relationship with the CIA
and the anti-Castro resistance. After escaping Cuba in 1959 he joined
the CIA-backed Brigade 2506. Rodriguez missed the Bay of Pigs, having
been with a special squad trained to infiltrate into Cuba. In 1967 the
CIA recruited him to head a team to hunt down leftist guerrilla Che
Guevara in Bolivia. When Che was captured it was Rodriguez who
interrogated him. After his execution he took Che's Rolex watch as a
souvenir (he still wears it today). The book includes a photo of Che
with Rodriguez the day he was captured. In 1971 Rodriguez helped train
Provincial Reconnaissance Units for Operation Phoenix in Vietnam. During
the 1980's he trained soldiers in El Salvador, and became involved with
the Nicaraguan contras, Don Gregg, and vice-president George Bush. --
Wendell Minnick."


MORE ABOUT BASULTO'S OPERATIONS.



REAL HISTORY ARCHIVES: http://www.realhistoryarchives.com/

AFROCUBAWEB: http://www.afrocubaweb.com/basulto.htm

THE TORBITT DOCUMENT: Chapters 1 and 2 relevant to Little Havana.
Remaining Chapters will be loaded this week.

BEHIND THE ELIAN CASE by Jerry Meldon. Click to The Consortium at:
http://www.consortiumnews.com/032600a.html

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