DATE=6/5/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-233441
TITLE=CUBA / REPORTED ARREST (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=VALONDA BRUINTON
DATELINE=MIAMI
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE U-S STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT IS LOOKING INTO REPORTS
THAT MEMBERS OF A MIAMI-BASED CUBAN EXILE GROUP HAVE BEEN
ARRESTED IN CUBA. AS VALONDA BRUINTON REPORTS FROM MIAMI, A
NEWSPAPER REPORT SAYS THE EXILES SLIPPED INTO CUBA LAST WEEK TO
FOMENT ARMED RESISTANCE TO PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO'S GOVERNMENT.
TEXT: THE STATE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT CONFIRM NEWS REPORTS THAT
AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS OF THE MIAMI-BASED "MOVEMENT OF
REVOLUTIONARY RECOVERY" HAD BEEN ARRESTED. BUT THE AGENCY SAYS
IT HAS ASKED CUBAN AUTHORITIES FOR DETAILS.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE MEN'S FAMILY
MEMBERS LAST WEEK THAT THEIR RELATIVE WAS ARRESTED IN CUBA.
ACCORDING TO STATE, THE FAMILY MEMBER WAS INFORMED OF THE ARREST
BY UNIDENTIFIED SOURCES IN CUBA.
THE MIAMI HERALD HAS BEEN REPORTING THAT MEMBERS OF THE MOVEMENT
OF REVOLUTIONARY RECOVERY SLIPPED INTO CUBA LAST WEEK TO BEGIN
ANTI-CASTRO ACTIVITIES. THE NEWSPAPER SAYS THE EXILES LANDED ON
THE NORTHERN COAST OF WESTERN PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE.
IT QUOTES A LEADER OF THE GROUP, OSCAR SALAS, AS SAYING THE
EXILES ARE LED BY 73-YEAR-OLD ERNESTINO ABREAU.
HOWEVER, WHEN V-O-A REACHED MR. SALAS BY TELEPHONE FRIDAY, HE
SAID HE COULD NOT PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION.
// SALAS ACT //
I THINK I CAN BE OF NO HELP BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS
HAPPENING THERE. I AM LEARNING FROM THE RUMORS THAT I
HEAR FROM THE NEWS GIVEN BY PAPERS, BUT REALLY I AM NO
SOURCE OF INFORMATION.
// END ACT //
MR. SALAS DID CONFIRM THAT HE GAVE AN INTERVIEW TO THE MIAMI
HERALD.
THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT HAS REFUSED TO COMMENT ON THE REPORTS.
FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ TOLD REPORTERS IN
HAVANA HE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO INFORMATION TO OFFER ON THE SUBJECT.
SEVERAL NEWS AGENCIES ARE REPORTING THAT MILITARY ACTIVITY HAS
BEEN NOTICED IN PINAR DEL RIO, WHERE THE EXILES REPORTEDLY
LANDED, AND THAT MORE CONTROLS HAVE BEEN PLACED ON THE ROADS AND
CITIES. (SIGNED)
NEB/VB/RRM
05-Jun-98 4:58 PM EDT (2058 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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