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Posada Carriles, Cuatro Décadas De Terror Jean-Guy Allard Posada Carriles Cuatro décadas de terror Jean-Guy Allard Posada Carriles, Cuatro décadas de terror Jean-Guy Allard A Gerardo Hernández, René González, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino y Fernando González, secuestrados en Estados Unidos por haber penetrado la mafia terrorista cubanoamericana. Imprenta Nacional y Gaceta Oficial Depósito legal: lf78420083204792 ISBN: 978-980-7238-19-9 Noviembre, 2008 República Bolivariana de Venezuela I “Yo le preguntaba a mi madre cuándo iba a llegar mi papá…” l 6 de octubre de 1976 ocurre uno de los actos te- Erroristas más horrorosos de la historia del conti- nente americano. El DC-8 de Cubana de Aviación que realiza el vuelo CU-455, con 73 personas a bordo, ex- plota frente a las costas de Barbados. Los terroristas que planearon y ordenaron el crimen son rápidamente ubicados. Se trata de Luis Posada Carriles y Orlando Bosch, ambos identificados a la CIA. Nadie en el mundo puede dar la verdadera dimen- sión de la tragedia de manera tan conmovedora como Camilo Rojo, el abogado de 37 años que hoy encabeza el Comité de los Familiares de las Víctimas de Barbados. Tenía 5 años de edad cuando perdió a su papá, Je- sús Rojo Quintana, quien era uno de los miembros de la tripulación del avión destruido. Y toda su vida se quedó marcada por aquellos acontecimientos, frutos de una siniestra conspiración. Jean-Guy Allard Posada Carriles Camilo, si vamos al principio mismo de este complot Ese 6 de octubre fatídico, Posada y Bosch han encar- que conducirá al atentado contra el vuelo donde via- gado a dos empleados de la firma de investigación ja tu padre, ¿en qué momento se sitúan los primeros del propio Posada que suba a bordo de un avión de índices de que organizaciones terroristas de Miami Cubana procedente de Guyana que vuela hacia La deciden destruir un avión de pasajeros? Habana... ¿qué sabes de lo que pasa entonces? La idea de explotar un avión cubano en pleno vue- En la década del 70, en plena guerra fría, Posada es- lo surge en una reunión de la Coordinadora de Orga- taba viviendo en Venezuela, dirigía una agencia de in- nizaciones Revolucionarias Unidas (CORU), después vestigaciones y tenía como subordinados a Freddy Lugo del atentado al ex canciller chileno Orlando Letelier, y Hernán Ricardo. Ambos trabajan para él. Los reclutó donde participaba Orlando Bosch y Posada Carriles. y les pagó para que colocaran la bomba en el avión cu- En esta reunión, Posada expresa públicamente a to- bano, que hacía el recorrido Venezuela-Barbados y des- dos los participantes que tenían la idea de volar un pués Barbados-Habana. En ese vuelo viajaría el equipo avión cubano en pleno vuelo y que los detalles los cubano de esgrima que había ganado el campeonato tenía Orlando. centroamericano que se había realizado en Venezuela. Esta reunión ocurre en septiembre de 1976, es de- En el avión viajaban 73 personas y de ellas 57 eran cu- cir, un mes antes del atentado del 6 de octubre de 1976 banos. Había también guyaneses y coreanos. en las costas de Barbados. Hernán Ricardo y Freddy Lugo viajaron de Venezue- Debemos tener presente que tanto Bosch como Po- la a Barbados, en el mismo avión, momento en que co- sada eran agentes de la CIA y ésta debió conocer el plan locan las bombas, una en el baño y la otra la dejan guar- a ejecutar: nunca la inteligencia norteamericana infor- dada en el asiento dentro de una cámara fotográfica. mó al Estado cubano de tan siniestro acto. Se plantea incluso que Freddy Lugo se quedó traba- do en el baño del avión y que el capitán de la nave lo fue a sacar. 6 7 Jean-Guy Allard Posada Carriles Cuando llegan a Barbados, rápidamente, Ricardo los prepara y los programa. La tarea de Freddy y Her- y Lugo abandonan el aeropuerto y se hospedan en nán era solamente colocarlos. un hotel. Horas después, cuando el avión sale con destino a La Habana y explota en pleno vuelo, tra- ¿Cómo se llegó a Posada y Bosch? tan de hacer contacto con la embajada de Estados Cuando Freddy y Hernán son detenidos, rápida- Unidos y no lo logran. Se comunican entonces con mente ellos explicaron que eran agentes de la CIA y Orlando Bosch, en Caracas, y le informan — como que su jefe era Posada Carriles, que estaba en Vene- habían convenido— que “el autobús cargado de pe- zuela. Inmediatamente, las autoridades de Trinidad rros ha explotado”. se comunican con las autoridades de Venezuela y se Salen de Barbados y se esconden en Trinidad y To- detiene a Posada Carriles y a Orlando Bosch. A Posada bago donde, unas horas más tarde, son detenidos por se le realiza un registro en sus oficinas y se encuentra las autoridades de ese país. documentación de los planes para eliminar físicamen- Posada Carriles y Orlando Bosch son arrestados te al ex canciller chileno Orlando Letelier, así como se por las autoridades de Venezuela y los cuatro son en- ocupan documentos y planos de los explosivos utili- tonces acusados por la voladura del avión cubano. Es zados en el avión, los horarios y otros documentos de importante señalar que ambos son los que organizan, interés, todo relacionado con el atentado. financian y garantizan el material explosivo. Freddy y No solo existen pruebas suficientes de la acción que Hernán son los que ejecutan la acción. cometieron, sino que se demostró que la CIA conocía de antemano todo lo que se iba a materializar. ¿Sabes si fue el propio Posada quien fabricó las bombas? ¿Dónde te encontrabas cuando te anuncian la muer- Posada tenía amplios conocimientos en la prepara- te de tu papá? ción de los explosivos, fue entrenado por la CIA para Para ese entonces yo tenía 5 años de edad, me en- ejecutar tales fines. Posada garantiza los explosivos, contraba en la escuela en el primer año de enseñanza 8 9 Jean-Guy Allard Posada Carriles primaria, hacía un mes. Había empezado la escuela, es- rando, mi hermano estaba muy triste y los compa- taba en mi aula, contento y feliz, ya que en esos días lle- ñeros de mi padre estaban lamentándose constan- gaba mi papá del viaje. Como niño al fin, yo estaba loco temente de lo que había pasado, pero yo seguía sin por que avanzara el reloj y los días, para poder llegar a entender lo que pasaba. mi casa y ver a mi padre… acostumbrado siempre a ju- Siempre la directora, recuerdo, trató de ser lo más gar con él a las cosquillas, donde me divertía mucho… clara posible para darnos la noticia, pero yo nada más cuando, sobre las 2:00 de la tarde, mi hermana mayor, tenía 5 años. En una mano tenía un juguete y en la María Rojo Álvarez, irrumpe en el aula, desesperada, otra un carrito, aún y cuando trataban de explicar yo llorando, muy nerviosa y le comunica a la maestra con no podía entender. Para mis 5 años mi padre era inven- un periódico en la mano que habían matado a nuestro cible, era un hombre fuerte, saludable, alto, y para mí padre y venía a recogerme. todas las personas que lamentaban su muerte estaban equivocadas… ¿Cómo reaccionaste? ¿Cuáles son tus recuerdos de ese terrible momento? ¿Qué ocurre al regresar a tu casa? Ante la noticia me quedé sin sentido de orienta- Al llegar a mi casa, todos los vecinos nos estaban ción, no sabía de lo que estaban hablando, no entendía esperando para expresarle a mi madre que lamentaban qué estaba pasando, ni mucho menos qué era lo que lo sucedido y yo seguía diciendo por dentro que todas se avecinaba. Mi hermana me llevó directo a ver a la las personas estaban equivocadas… mi padre no po- directora de la escuela. En el lugar estaba mi hermano, día haber muerto porque él viajaba en un aparato muy Jesús Rojo Álvarez, un año mayor que yo; mi madre, grande que se parecía a un pájaro y que era imposible Acela Álvarez Díaz; la directora y varios compañeros que lo mataran. de trabajo de mi papá, que acompañaban a mi madre. Esta palabra la comencé a escuchar muy seguido, yo La directora nos habla y nos explica que debíamos me aferraba a que era imposible. Por las noches no se acompañar a mi mamá, miro a mi madre y la veo llo- dormía en mi casa, a mí el sueño me vencía y me que- 10 11 Jean-Guy Allard Posada Carriles daba dormido. Al día siguiente, yo le preguntaba a mi cían a mis soldaditos de plomo, pueden imaginar hasta madre cuándo iba a llegar mi papá… dónde llegaba mi inocencia… Al regresar a mi casa había un silencio total. Yo quería ¿Qué recuerdas de tu madre en medio de estas cir- jugar pero en mi casa había un luto total. Nadie hablaba. cunstancias? Nadie podía decir nada: hoy me imagino cuánto dolor ha- Mi madre, para ese entonces, era una mujer joven, bía en mi familia, cuánta tristeza existía a mi alrededor… sobre los 34 años. Ella no me respondía; al contrario, lloraba, tratando de ser fuerte ante esa noticia que ha- ¿A qué edad te diste cuenta de lo irremediable de bía destruido su familia, que tenía que enfrentar una lo ocurrido? vida sola con tres niños huérfanos. Como madre muy Los días fueron transcurriendo y una vez más que valiente trataba de darnos todo el calor posible para otra le volvía a preguntar a mi madre cuándo regresaba que pudiéramos entender la noticia. mi papá. Ella trataba de desviar mi pregunta y me en- El adiós de Cuba a las víctimas de Barbados fue algo tretenía en otras cosas haciendo un esfuerzo extraor- increíble, quedan todas esas imágenes de la Plaza de la dinario para que nosotros no pensáramos en eso y que Revolución… la vida continuara.
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