Ricardo Morales
Navarrete
1968
[REF: PATRIA newspaper AÑO
9 NO. 444, 20 Feb 1968 page 16]
(Translated from Spanish. A letter to the editor)
Headline: APPEAL TO THE AUTHORITIES
Mr. Armando Garcia Sifredo
PATRIA Director
Distinguished Countrymen:
Ejército Rebelde en el Exilio (Rebel Army in Exile) wants to make
known through this newspaper its energetic protest for the detention (arrest)
of the tireless fighter for the cause of democracy, Ricardo Morales Navarrete,
who has been accused of placing bombs in establishments catering to the delivery
of clothing and medicine to Cuba.
We want to make it clear, we do not support terrorist acts that put innocent
lives in danger. That is why the young Navarrete is innocent of the
accusations and we feel his arrest and his bond set at $25,000 is unjust.
The bond cannot be obtained by his family, since the economic situation of
Morales and his family is like that of the majority of the Cuban exiles in
this country, that they have to work in order to support their families.
That is why we ask the authorities, in this case, as each day that goes by
is unfair to Mr. Ricardo Morales Navarrete, his three children and wife suffer
more hardship because they depend upon him for substance.
Also, for the general public, that is unfamiliar with the young Morales Navarrete,
we show a
picture of the
young Morales Navarrete when he was fighting communism in the Congo.
What he has done for Cuban freedom, there is no need to speak, and those
that have not turned their backs on the Cuban tragedy know him.
The Executive (of Ejército Rebelde en El Exilio) (Rebel Army in Exile)
Signed: Jesus Gomez Calzadilla
Raul Diaz Torres
Francisco Rodriguez Tamayo
Gilberto Rodriguez Fernandez
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