By J. Michael Waller and Jamie Dettmer. waller@insightmag.com and dettmer@insightmag.com. Insight Magazine. 05/29/2000
A study of photographs of the April 14 attack on demonstrators supporting Elian Gonzalez reveals the identities of the Cuban "diplomats" who barged out of their compound in downtown Washington and took part in the unprovoked assault.
Two weeks ago, news alert! cited U.S. Secret Service and Washington Metropolitan Police Department reports about how the Cuban officials planned and carried out the beatings of men and women who had gathered outside the Cuban Interests Section at the Swiss Embassy in downtown Washington
(see "Cuban Diplomats Fight ‘Hand-to-Hand Combat’ Against Demonstrators," Insight Webwire, April 21). News alert! since has learned the identities of the Cuban officials involved in the unprovoked assault. They are: Alfredo Borden Diaz, Armando Collazo Iglesias, Raul Colominas
Martinez, Frank Diaz Diaz, Luis Fernandez Rodriguez, Guillermo Gonzales Fernandez, Carlo Marin Maning, Eugenio Martinez Enriquez, Sergio Martinez Gonzalez, Joel Marrero Enrique, Fernando Perez Maza, Alejandro Pila Alonzo, Damian Ravelo Avila, Roberto Pupo Alfero, Osara Para Morales, Solodad Puig
Fernandez, Beatriz Romani Bendig, Gustavo Machin Gomez.
Some of the victims have filed formal complaints with police. Not all the Cuban officials were photographed in the acts of assault and battery, and some may not have laid hands on the protesters. Further study of photos and other evidence will determine which individuals actually
committed crimes. As accredited "diplomats," the Cubans are immune from criminal prosecution.
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