Second Posada Ally Arrested
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Published by the Miami Herald, 11/21/05
By OSCAR CORRAL
The U.S. government has arrested Cuban exile Osvaldo Mitat, a second Miami ally of exile militant Luis Posada Carriles, his lawyer told the Herald Monday morning.
Mitat is a close friend of developer Santiago Alvarez, who was arrested this weekend on federal weapons and passport charges. A source close to the investigation said a third Posada ally has also been detained, but that could not be confirmed immediately.
Mitat and Alvarez, along with three other men, were passengers on the fishing boat Santrina, which the Cuban government maintains was used to smuggle Posada into the U.S. in March. Alvarez and Mitat both told the Herald in interviews earlier this year that they did not bring Posada aboard the boat.
The third person arrested was also a Santrina passenger, the source said.
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The sudden action against Posada's U.S. allies has shocked some in the Cuban exile community who feel that U.S. authorities are targeting Posada's associates to appease Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has stepped up his anti-Posada rhetoric recently.
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Alvarez. (No Mitat photos available)It would show you some of these guys are hopelessly insane, if they even dare to imagine Bush would "appease" the Cuban government by picking on associates of a bomber/mass murderer. Bush LOVES people like Posada. Just ask his dad, who pardoned Posada's collegue, also a bomber/mass murderer, Orlando Bosch.