21 October 2021
What magnicide?
Minister Eduardo Del Castillo reports that between October 16 and 23 of last year, former Captain Germán Rivera García was passing through Bolivia. A Colombian national and known as “Mike”, his military nickname, this 40-year-old retired military man would have stayed in a room located on the 14th floor of the “Presidente” hotel in La Paz.
He wasn’t alone. According to Del Castillo, he was accompanied by a former police officer, the Colombian Ronald Alexander Ramírez Salamanca, and two businessmen: Arcángel Pretel Ortiz, better known as “Gabriel”, and the Venezuelan Antonio Intriago Valera, “Tony”, both from a Miami suburb called Doral. Everything indicates that they did not come to Bolivia to follow up on the elections held two days after their arrival. The composition of the delegation suggests a business trip. What do these gentlemen sell?: Violence.
Eight months after passing through Bolivia, former Captain Rivera and Sergeant Duberney Capador arrived in Haiti with a contract in their suitcase. From Miami, they were convinced to risk their lives on a mission that would open the doors to a stable job as members of the Haitian presidential guard. To achieve this, they had to first arrest Jovenel Moïse, the acting Head of State. The commando made up of 21 men, six trucks, and 16 rifles had a set date and time for the incursion: July 7 at dawn. CTU, Tony and Gabriel’s company, openly purchased the remaining 19 airline tickets. None of the intruders concealed their identity or used any ingenious method to mislead the Police; so sure were they of the change of government and subsequent official protection in Port-au-Prince.
Distributed in five groups of four, the attackers took 30 minutes to complete the operation. It should be noted that three days before, the order had been modified. It was no longer going to be an arrest, but an assassination. Moïse was riddled that morning with 12 projectiles aimed by the Colombian Víctor Pineda in the unprotected room he shared with his wife, a miraculous survivor of the assassination. The attackers took with them two boxes and two suitcases, which contained 45 million dollars. That was the succulent loot calculated from Miami. It was to be distributed among the 21 participants and the CTU.
When, as planned, the caravan approached the presidential palace to greet the change of command, it was repelled by the guard. Something had started to go wrong. The Colombians roamed the capital without a clear direction. They ended up hiding in the Taiwanese Embassy, where Haitian troops came to hunt them down. The siege was preceded by the explosion of two war grenades. Former Sergeant Capador and two other men lost their lives in this unexpected counterattack. The 18 rented combatants are in jail today, including former Captain Rivera García.
These retired soldiers expected money and impunity. Did they seek a similar treatment in Bolivia? It is clear that they did not succeed. Their contractors in Haiti showed them a false arrest warrant for Moïse and it was Haitian politicians who pushed them into the abyss.
It is estimated that Miami has served as a recruiting platform for at least 6,000 former Colombian military and police officers, people desired by Arab monarchies or security companies in places as diverse as Dubai or Kabul. Dimitri Hërard, the head of security for the assassinated president, traveled to Colombia seven times this year. It is assumed that he did it to supervise the implementation of the plot. With the Government’s permission, he had set up an arms import company to the island. In this way, he provided lethal material to the Caribbean criminal gangs, thanks to which he multiplied his fortune.
The previous description proves that the CTU delegation that was in Bolivia last year did not represent an amateur club. It was the spearhead of what could be defined as the privatization of geopolitical action. Minister Del Castillo assumes that the group arrived in Bolivia to sign a contract, the central clause of which was the assassination of Arce Catacora. The denunciation suffers from an absence of evidence that borders on a public spectacle. Even worse. The case awakens memories of the speedy annihilation in 2009 of the group led by Eduardo Rózsa Flores in a hotel in Santa Cruz. Could it be that soon we will see the photo of former Captain Rivera with some leader of the opposition to the MAS?
Source: https://www.paginasiete.bo/opinion/2021/10/21/cual-magnicidio-312747.html
