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IN the early morning of Thursday, May 3, two
individuals were arrested after they tried to
take over a civilian airplane with the purpose
of traveling to the United States.
In order to do so, they hijacked a public city
bus, took several passengers hostage and used
the vehicle to burst into Terminal No. 1, for
domestic flights, at José Mart International
Airport, where they boarded a parked aircraft
that had neither crew nor passengers in it.
Once inside the airplane, the murderers killed
with four shots one of the hostages, Lieutenant
Colonel Víctor Ibo Acuña Velázquez of the
Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR), who despite
being unarmed, heroically tried to prevent the
terrorist action from being carried out.
Effective and coordinated action by police made
it possible to thwart the intentions of the
hijackers and save the lives of the other
hostages.
The captured criminals are the last two
perpetrators and fugitives of the law since
April 29, responsible for killing an active duty
soldier, Yoendris Gutiérrez Hernández, while he
was on guard duty at a FAR unit, and wounding
another soldier.
On that occasion, these individuals, who were
also on active military service in the same
unit, fled with two AK rifles, causing the
deployment of an intense operation, with
measures taken to avoid further victims.
Authorities had, at all times, the most decisive
support of the population in the area,
facilitating the rapid arrest of another
perpetrator of the events, who revealed that
their purpose was to leave the country
illegally.
Once again, this demonstrates the criminal
nature of the so-called Cuban Adjustment Act, a
law that encourages vandalistic and criminal
actions.
It is on the top authorities of the United
States that the responsibility falls for these
most recent crimes, which add to the long list
of acts of terror to which Cuba has been victim
for almost half a century, now further
encouraged by the release of a monster of
terrorism.
Ministry of the Interior
Translated
by Granma International
(Granma) 03-05-2007
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