"Irish" Involved In Bolivia Assassination - 39 Arrested (post 42)

[C. Flower]

First posted on Tok, February 2010

The largescale bannings of Politics.ie website have put at a stop discussion of the very important affair of Michael Dwyers and IRMS colleagues in Bolivia.

Funnything left this post - to which no reply on Politics.ie

Statement for seeking asylum in US
from todays La Prensa:Ex cívico implica a ex militares y profesionales en el caso Rózsa | LA PRENSA | LA PAZ - BOLIVIA

In order to obtain asylum in the U.S., Lorgio "Yoyo" Balcazar Arroyo, former manager of the Pro Santa Cruz Committee, admitted to authorities in that country that was part of "departmental advisory committee" since October 2008, an organization that was responsible for "defense" against a possible attack regional MAS, and involved former military and professional Santa Cruz.

The press had access to a copy of a statement attributed to former Civic, which mentions that the retired generals and Lucio Áñez Gary Prado, Carmelo Paz, manager of the Rural Electrification Cooperative (CRE), Luis Orlando Justiniano, a former director of Center of Conciliation and Arbitration of the Chamber of Industry, Trade, Services and Tourism of Santa Cruz (Cainco), Alejandro Melgar, lawyer for the center, and himself were the first members of this committee.

This was organized to "resist the repeated threats of MAS on a possible civil war and peasant siege" to the capital Santa Cruz, in September 2008.
The body, according Balcazar, must support the militia of Eduardo Rózsa Flores, but for various reasons, it received a "poor institutional support, resulting in a constant cut in resources for even basic things, then the requirements facts were not initially provided.

Rózsa Flores, Santa Cruz by birth but with Croatian and Hungarian nationality, was shot dead on 16 April last year during a police operation in the Las Americas, Santa Cruz. Along with him were killed Romanian and Irish Magyarosi Árpád Michael Dwyer, while the Bolivian Mario Tadic and Croatian Hungarian Toas Elöd are held from 18 April at the prison in San Pedro.

According to the minutes, Balcazar said "in mid October 2008 I was ordered to attend a meeting with Caramel Peace" in the homes of retired Gen. Gary Prado Salmon. "At that meeting, Alejandro (Melgar) said it had reached a person who would love to help and decided that General Lucius Áñez meet with him and determine whether he could join us or not."
Balcazar said that in total there were three meetings of the Prado's house, which was unanimously resolved that members of this preparation is limited to departmental consultations and that the group would depend on regional political leaders.

At a third meeting, at the suggestion of Prado, decided to "lift geographic information menders have maps and bridges, but mainly roadside information points where MAS has its strengths."

Rózsa, after talking to Áñez, was introduced "as Luis Hurtado, a journalist with extensive experience in past conflicts (former Yugoslavia)."

A fourth meeting took place at Hotel Santa Cruz Buganvillas said Balcazar, where Rózsa presented a plan to defend the city. From that moment, only three of the founders of the committee came regularly to the work sessions, but Prado left the core, so weakened and no one could take the lead.

But rumors that circulated Rózsa maintained contact with groups that, according Balcazar, "traditionally been infiltrated" by governments, and if the rumors reached the Pro Santa Cruz Committee, it was logical that also come to the Executive.

Days later, he said Balcazar, Rózsa "sent me, without consultation, a person to be our contact, Dr. Alexander Brown, a young lawyer" who had been dragged out of jail a few young men of the Santa Cruz Youth Union (UJC ) who were arrested for making public institutions.

Security measures were relaxed, and "in the absence of discretion in the management committee and the permanent change in management structure of the group, decided to leave the commission and made him meet Mr. Carmelo Paz reasons for my decision, who understood them.
Days later, Balcazar said, was carried on the police operation at the Las Americas and precautelar Pro Santa Cruz Committee and their physical safety and his life, left the country and sought asylum in the U.S. in June last year.

Balcazar made his announcement to seek asylum in the United States.
Prado admitted encounters.
None of the persons mentioned in the document attributed to Lorgio Balcazar, former manager of the Pro Santa Cruz Committee, could be located yesterday. However, timely, Duty collected earlier statements by former Gen. Gary Prado, who admitted having met with Eduardo Rózsa Flores, who introduced him as a journalist and interviewed him for a publication of Eastern Europe.

Prado said the militiaman handed him a copy of that magazine, although it is written in a language not known and no one could translate it.
Concurrently, retired General Lucius Áñez publicly stated that he met Rózsa an opportunity to dialogue with the Prado and the veteran of the Balkan War interviewed him to find details of the movement that ended the dictatorship of Luis Garcia Meza.

Neither could be located to Carmelo Paz, manager of the Rural Electrification Cooperative (CRE).
Orlando Luis Justiniano, Alejandro Melgar and Alejandro Brown left the country after they break up the militia.
In the paper, engraved with the name of Lorgio Balcazar Arroyo and a firm political control is mentioned Santa Cruz on the irregular group.

The oath

The U.S. law severely penalty of perjury, which is considered a felony criminal category. Lorgio Balcazar Arroyo stated, under oath, the reasons for requesting asylum in the country's north

In translation, a conspiracy for illegal breakaway war, including retired Generals and layers with close contac with US, to split Bolivia, and another of the perpetrators run for safe keeping to the United States.
The statement is proof.

[C. Flower]

Post moved from Tok - originally posted Feb 2010

Thanks for that - Alejandro Melgar, along with Hugo Acha, seem to have been the key conduits for funding this operation.
This Indymedia thread starts with a good summary of the politics of Bolivia, and includes this post.

More names, suspects, Financeers - info.
by iosaf Thu Apr 30, 2009 14:19
The most interesting addition to the pool is the name of one Luis Hurtado whose credit card details appeared paying bills in the 4 and 5 star hotels where the Flores gang stayed.
As I reported here, http://www.indymedia.ie/article/9197...omment...50228 (& just to note this was 5 days after the shooting just about when we saw Dwyer identified at Glengad & nobody not even the most avid collectionist of memorabilia had imagined operation shied patches), the group spent 82 days in Mrs Mrs Lorena Rojas's "Hotel Austurias" from January 12th to April 3rd. This was before we can find mention of their contact with an Argentinian convicted ex-military and putschist representative of the "carapintadas" and the more alluring members of the Croat community in Santa Cruz.
Human interest types will note that the movie "Valkyrie" had just stopped playing in Santa Cruz's main cinema which Dwyer's "girlfriend" Rafealla Cotrin mentioned in her TV debut last night.
anyway -
Daniel Gaspad and Gabood Dudob
are the 2 new names which have been added to the wanted list in the investigation headed up by state prosecutor Marcelo Sosa. These two men came into the story during the Hotel Asturias phase.
There have also been new Codenames revealed. Yesterday I reported on the detention of a "Mr Alcides" aka as " Comandante Moseño it now transpires that this individual is Alcides Mendoza and he is the right hand gentelman in today's illustration. The chap on the left is Carlos Gueder Bruno. He is 48 years old and identified as a sympathiser but not member of the UJC. Obviously many people are not familiar with the byzantine politics of Bolivia and Santa Cruz, so I'll refer some of them to these back articles which explain the role played by the "youth group" UJC in race and hate attacks :
State Prosecutor Sosa said that Rozsa Flores had a group of 8.
To recap - 5 people were in the Hotel Las Americas. 3 died and 2 were detained. That left 3 on the run known by the codenames, "superman", "lucas" & "el viejo" = the old one .
But now with the addition of Daniel Gaspad and Gabood Dudob we see a group of 10.
Hugo Achá is Superman I reported yesterday there is a warrent for his location and arrest and he is the husband of a prominent Santa Cruz seperatist deputy. She created a stir in parliamentary debate earlier this year when with her fellow party members shouted at Bolivian vice-president Garcia Linera, that he was "Failed terrorist" and her particular line was "rendite me, go on I dare you rendite me - and your grandmother too!". (I have attemped to make a verb from rendition just like the Spanish language can) interestingly considering how "rendition" entered our global language, Hugo Acha is currently in the USA, in the lone star state of Texas which keen readers will note is the home of the Austin group of companies whom I mentioned down the page. He really is like his wife, quite a confident fellow. He gave an interview by telephone last night and afirmed that in his 36 years of life, he has never been in trouble not even for a traffic infringement . I suppose this must be very intense for him for as we know negotiating a parking fine or probationary period for possession of canabis really does prepare you for accusations of magnicide.
Tellingly he has made no attempt to deny his connections with Flores. But he maintains that he never spoke about seperatism or armed action. Perhaps he just talked about "greater Hungary" and how Croatia went to the dogs since Adolf died.
Alejandro Melgar is "Lucas" he has now emerged as playing another role in the transfer of the car used by the gang which was sold by Carlos Alberto Guillén to Flores and that lawyer with tourist contacts Alejandro Melgar Pereira

Yesterday's detained : formally arrested, interrogated & in custody for 9 days more.

Related Link: http://www.la-razon.com/versiones/20.../nota_...0.htm

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90029

Some comments on the report in El Pais -
"The fish fell from his mouth" (great expression!) "These bastards wanted war" "The headline should have read ""Ex Crucenos fascist claims terrorism to get asylum in US"

http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/act...187_96052.html

[toxic avenger]

Eduardo Rozsa Flores, the ethnic Hungarian mercenary who was shot dead by a commando unit in Santa Cruz in April 2009, may have received financial support from an ex-CIA liaison officer, according to the Bolivian Prosecutor’s Office. The accusation will be rather difficult to prove, however, as the CIA man in question, István Belovai, passed away last November.

http://www.budapesttimes.hu/index.ph...949&Itemid=220

Although, in fairness, 'may have' is quite vague.

The full article, with more detail on this Belovai character..

Belovai, who was one of the most prominent Hungarian spies, received a life sentence in 1985 for sending NATO documents to Russia with US approval and uncovering a spy ring within the military alliance. He received a partial pardon after the fall of communism, but fled to the US in fear of his life. He died in Colorado aged 71 in November.

According to Bolivian prosecutor Marcelo Sosa, Flores met Belovai – codename “Scorpion B” in the Balkans and later received technical and financial support from him for terrorist activities in the South American country.

Apparently the cooperation was revealed by examining computers seized by Bolivian police after the death of Rózsa-Flores. Investigators found several letters on one of the machines as well as documents suggesting the involvement in the conspiracy of at least ten other people, who will be questioned soon, Sosa told reporters.

Flores’ acquaintances in Bolivia told the news portal hirszerzo.hu that the Hungarian had corresponded with Belovai, but said it was impossible that Flores had been working with the CIA. “Even if that were the case, he would not have used an agent who had been inactive for the last 25 years”, they said.

[toxic avenger]

Three more arrests two weeks ago, one very noticeable...

Prosecutor Marcelo Sosa said the suspects, arrested Monday in the eastern anti-Morales bastion of Santa Cruz, included Gary Prado Arauz, the son of Gary Prado Salmon -- a general who led the military sweep that caught Argentine leftist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara in October 1967.

Around 10 people have been detained in the case so far, and Sosa said he was finalizing paperwork to call some 20 people to La Paz to testify in the case.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=102340

[toxic avenger]

An Irish Times interview with Dwyer's girlfriend to mark the anniversary of the shooting included this:

IN THE latest twist to his sprawling investigation the Bolivian prosecutor in charge of the case last week claimed Eduardo Rozsa Flores was working for a web of powerful right-wing separatist groups in Santa Cruz controlled through a Masonic lodge called The Knights of the East, which plotted to kill President Evo Morales and have Santa Cruz secede from Bolivia.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...268447454.html

[toxic avenger]

More links to America being investigated..

Bolivia has started an investigation into the relation between trade of 60 war rifles from the United States and the terrorist cell neutralised April last year in eastern Santa Cruz department.


Attorney General Marcelo Soza, in charge of the case, said they would ask the Foreign Ministry to request a report from the US judicial authorities.

"We are going to see the scope of its relation with the case we are investigating. We are not ruling out anything, but will establish if there is any relation to adopt relevant measures later," he clarified.

Soza also said the group of foreign mercenaries, led by Croatian-Bolivian Eduardo Rozsa Flores, who was killed in the operation on Apr 16 2009, used to buy weapons and kept them in deposits in Santa Cruz, Beni and other regions in the Andean country.

http://www.zeenews.com/news617187.html

[toxic avenger]

Meanwhile, Alan Kelly MEP intends to raise the issue in the EP, citing the family's frustration at the snail's pace of the investigation into what happened that night. Whatever about the politics or about who Dwyer ended up running around with, you have to feel for the family, losing their son in such horrible circumstances so far from home...

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...e-2141979.html

[C. Flower]

http://www.budapesttimes.hu/index.ph...949&Itemid=220

Although, in fairness, 'may have' is quite vague.

There are a few inaccuracies in the first part of the article.

Belovai, who was one of the most prominent Hungarian spies, received a life sentence in 1985 for sending NATO documents to Russia with US approval and uncovering a spy ring within the military alliance. He received a partial pardon after the fall of communism, but fled to the US in fear of his life. He died in Colorado aged 71 in November.

According to Bolivian prosecutor Marcelo Sosa, Flores met Belovai – codename “Scorpion B” in the Balkans and later received technical and financial support from him for terrorist activities in the South American country.

Apparently the cooperation was revealed by examining computers seized by Bolivian police after the death of Rózsa-Flores. Investigators found several letters on one of the machines as well as documents suggesting the involvement in the conspiracy of at least ten other people, who will be questioned soon, Sosa told reporters.

Flores’ acquaintances in Bolivia told the news portal hirszerzo.hu that the Hungarian had corresponded with Belovai, but said it was impossible that Flores had been working with the CIA. “Even if that were the case, he would not have used an agent who had been inactive for the last 25 years”, they said

I wonder who "Flores acquaintances" were ?

[toxic avenger]

The masons angle was a new one. I googled 'Knights of the East' but found only one reference, which is apparently unrelated (or so I'm told elsewhere). All very mysterious, I hope the prosecutor elaborates further in the near future...

Also, the arrest of the son of the Bolivian Army general who led the sweep which caught Guevara is interesting...

[C. Flower]

The masons angle was a new one. I googled 'Knights of the East' but found only one reference, which is apparently unrelated (or so I'm told elsewhere). All very mysterious, I hope the prosecutor elaborates further in the near future...

Also, the arrest of the son of the Bolivian Army general who led the sweep which caught Guevara is interesting...

I was interested to see that the Hungarian site referred to information gathered from the laptops used by the group in Bolivia. These laptops featured in a lot of the photographs we've seen of Michael Dwyers and Rosza Flores and it seems there'll be more to come from them.

http://achacachi.blogspot.com/2010/0...laborated.html

[C. Flower]

This is an interesting reminder of why it is that some people want to get rid of MAS and Morales government.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...rales-election

It started in 2000, when the privatisation of water to a US company (on instructions of the IMF) led to the "Water War", with people jailed for collecting rain water.

[toxic avenger]

This is an interesting reminder of why it is that some people want to get rid of MAS and Morales government.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisf...rales-election

It started in 2000, when the privatisation of water to a US company (on instructions of the IMF) led to the "Water War", with people jailed for collecting rain water.

Good article. In a way, the attacks by the neo-liberal Rightists and the Nazi racists of apartheid Santa Cruz only help to consolidate Morales' position - the (mostly justified) sense of siege unifies the ordinary people behind Morales - they know well enough the reality behind the alternatives on offer. A return to living like minorities in 1930s Germany did is no longer an option...

[C. Flower]

Good article. In a way, the attacks by the neo-liberal Rightists and the Nazi racists of apartheid Santa Cruz only help to consolidate Morales' position - the (mostly justified) sense of siege unifies the ordinary people behind Morales - they know well enough the reality behind the alternatives on offer. A return to living like minorities in 1930s Germany did is no longer an option...

There is a vicious hatred of Morales in the Press. The Irish Times and a number of other papers only last week posted a lie that Morales said eating hormones in chicken meat made men gay.

I've just looked up who Belovai was, and its another extraordinary story.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obit...n-Belovai.html

It appears highly likely that the Americans looked after him and continued to use his services after he was released from jail and moved to Colorado.

http://www.videofact.com/english/agents16_en.html

[toxic avenger]

There is a vicious hatred of Morales in the Press. The Irish Times and a number of other papers only last week posted a lie that Morales said eating hormones in chicken meat made men gay.

I saw that over yonder. The usual suspects arrived in order to mock Morales. Then I looked at what he actually said, and absolutely nothing he said was even open to dispute - that chemicals used in agricultural mass-production have been linked with hormonal effects in those that consume them, or that coca cola is tooth-rotting sh1te. There seems to be a weird, almost visceral loathing exhibited when Morales (or Chavez) is mentioned. I can't help feeling it's because they're seen as being too successful...

[C. Flower]

I saw that over yonder. The usual suspects arrived in order to mock Morales. Then I looked at what he actually said, and absolutely nothing he said was even open to dispute - that chemicals used in agricultural mass-production have been linked with hormonal effects in those that consume them, or that coca cola is tooth-rotting sh1te. There seems to be a weird, almost visceral loathing exhibited when Morales (or Chavez) is mentioned. I can't help feeling it's because they're seen as being too successful...

It's carefully fuelled and people who want to be are suckered.
He was talking about the documented effects of hormones in meat on sperm count. They're in beef and mutton its in though, not chickens.

Isn't Tom Hennigan based in South America ? He should have been able to check the story and rectify it.