European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 09, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes saturday november 9, 1985page 28 puerto rican gang threatens . Recruiters san Juan puerto Rico up a gang that claimed responsibility for shooting a . Army major threatened thursday to fill the cemeteries with military recruiters and anyone who helps them. The organization of volunteers for the puerto Rica revolution which has claimed at least five other attacks on . Military personnel or installations also said the ambush of maj. Michael Snyder on wednesday was car ried out to protest a visit to the . Commonwealth by Fri director William Webster on tuesday. The group reiterated its solid support for 1 suspected members of another organization los Mac heteros who were arrested in Fri raids in puerto Rico and Dallas Texas on up. 30. They face felony charges stemming from a s7 million Wells Fargo robbery in Hartford conn.,in september 1983. Callers claiming to represent both groups took responsibility for the ambush of Snyder which happened not far from the site of a december 1979 attack on a bus carrying Navy personnel. Two communications workers were killed and 10 wounded in that attack which was also claimed by i Fri spokesman Angel Berlingeri on thursday declined to comment on the possible relationship Between the two i groups. He noted that both have claimed several attacks a i . Installations in puerto Rico. Snyder shot by two men on a motorcycle As he Rode his Motorbike to work was in the intensive care unit at the Veteran s Hospital with gunshot wounds in the Colon Andl by Ulestine military officials said. Of individuals like this Yankee and others of the same ilk i but born in puerto Rico arc nothing but mercenaries who would sell their mothers to fill their quota of recruit said a typewritten Spanish language statement from the organization of volunteers. The Yankee jails Are becoming filled Little by Little with the Best of our patriots but we say to the Yankees you should also prepare your cemeteries because we re going to fill them with your mow he statement was found by a United press International reporter anchored by a Rock beside a trash can in the san Juan Bautista Plaza. A male caller gave directions tothe site in front of the Seaside Capitol. The statement also threatened members of the Educa Tion department who give army recruiters Access to fat ool facilities. There will come a time when not a single Yankee will dare to go into the Street because people with arms will not permit it it said. Puerto Rico was wired by the United states in the Spanish americ a War in ip98. Puerto Picans Are us. Citizens but vote Only in presidential primaries. They i not pay Federal taxes. Soviet from Page 1 court of appeals in new Orleans on behalf of a group of people from Ohio who say Medvid is related to them and three Mem Bers of Congress rep. Bob Livingston r-la., sen. Charles Grassley a Iowa Andsen. Gordon Humphrey. . The suit asks that the Sailor be brought to court for judge to decide if he s being held legally on the ship. 4 the Senate adopted a calling on the administration to use All Legal and legitimate Means Torii. The Case to a just the House foreign affairs commit tee approved a Resolution calling on presi Dent Reagan to protect Medvid s rights an to seek in additional interview for the Sailor with . Officials on american soil. Assistant Senate majority Leader Simpson r-wyo., called the subpoena attempt a serious mistake that was not Well thought through and liable to set a dangerous precedent for americans on soviet soil. He Luo Laid the subpoena concerned matters that Are not within the province of the United states Senate and could deter soviet Grain freighters fro coming to the United states. The coast guard has said it will not try to Stop anyone from talking to the Crew men but will establish a safety net around the freighter when it begins to move Back downriver probably want to try to save this Young Man on the presumption i believe is True that his life is in jeopardy the minute that ship hits the High seas Helms senator said he has classified information relating to published reports . Intelligence monitored a Telephone Call from the soviet embassy in Washington tothe Captain of the ship directing him to administer drugs to the Sailor after his Ini tial return to the vessel. Helms said he would not comment on the contents of the classified information but he then told reporters you would not Bein error to report that. Also on Capitol Hill assistant Secretary of state Rozanne Ridgway insisted that de spite initial mistakes Mcdavid made a freehand voluntary decision to return to his ship and his Homeland. In an emotional and Stormy hearing be Bogota from Page 1 that More than 200 lives were at stake. Jorge Antonio Reina a Driver for the court told radio station Caracol that he saw april 19 movement guerrillas kill four judges. They shot magistrate Manuel Gaon Cruz Here he said touching a Finger to his forehead. They made him lie Down on the floor and that s where they shot him even though he was insisting that they should try to negotiate with the government. Reina said the guerrilla earlier had killed the other judges. Another freed hostage told radio station run that guerrilla Leader Andres Alama raid had killed the court s chief Justice Alfonso Reyes Echandia and auxiliary magistrate Maria Ines said the rebels decided thursday morning to kill the justices when it appeared their situation was hopeless. The reports could not be independently verified and there was no confirmation that the bodies of the justices had been identified. Most of the bodies were badly burned Bya fire that swept the five Story building be ginning late wednesday night. It was no Clear How and when the hostages had died. Commanders of both the army and National police toured the building s charred and smoking remains. Reporters were Al Lowed to accompany them which indicated no rebels were left alive. A commander of the assault col. Alfon so plazas said the guerrillas were Annahi military sources said so bodies were found inside and 18 were Thost of guerrillas including six members of the High com Mand of the april 19 movement the april 19 movement takes its name from a 1970presidential election that it claims was rigged. Fore a House foreign affairs subcommittee House members strongly disagreed. The chairman. Rep. Tom Lantos d-calif., declared it is obvious the matter is not closed. The state department is out of sync with the Congress and the american people. You Don t have the authority to uni laterally declare the Issue is closed a child with an in of 60," Lantos said could see from the Sailor s initial actions leaping for his ship and later being dragged Back kicking and screaming Only to leap into the water again that he wanted to stay in the United states even though he later said he did the White House spokesman Larry Scakes said our policy has not consider the Case meanwhile a romanian defector was granted Asylum in the United states on thursday after he approached a Security guard in Jacksonville fla., and said he wanted to become an Jervis a spokesman for the Immi Gration and naturalization service said Stefan Vernea 38, instead of boarding his ship the Balder strand in Jacksonville Sharbor approached the guard and asked for her help. He May have thought she was police officer Jervis Taid. He did not identify the woman. The two walked into the ins office in Jacksonville on wednesday. After an Over inight stay and a determination by officials that he would be persecuted if he went Home Vernea was granted Asylum. Vernea had flown into new York on i transit visa oct. 30 and travelled to Jackson j Ville where he was supposed to join the Balder strand As a Mechanic Jervis said. ,. He called the Case routine citing Fig Jures indicating 83 romanians were Grante Asylum in the United states in the first 10 months of the fiscal year ending sept 30. Many of them were Seaman romanian ship jumpers Are not in usual he told reporters. Nevertheless in granting Asylum to ver Nea officials in Jacksonville received Mem Oranda reminding them of the proper proce 1 dures to take memoranda sent to All ins offices after the handling of recent defection cases were harshly criticized. Ithe state department eager to dispel i the notion the romanian s appearance Wasa novel event issued a statement that approximately 15,000 to 20,000 individual seek Asylum in the United states each year hundreds of these cases involve seamen who have jumped captives from Page 1 arabic and claimed to represent islamic jihad or islamic holy War. Wait for another Call from us at 1 connection with the status of the corpses of the american hostages the caller 2 ., the Agency said the Man had not called Back. An official of the Agency who asked not to be identified disclosed later there had been another Call at 10 . A Man speaking arabic said bodies had been dumped in a bombed out factory in the Kola District of West Beirut. He hangup after a few seconds. Apparently it was not the same Man who delivered the death threat. Police said at 2 They had searched the area thoroughly but found no bodies. A spokesman who declined to be named said the search was continuing. The second Call differed from the earlier one because the Man did not precede his terse message with the first words of the Koran islam s holy Book that caller claiming to speak for islamic jihad usually use. The words in the name of god the merciful the compassionate were used by the first caller. Of from Page 1 said thursday. The Legal official explained that mend ers who is now setting up his own forensic lab near Washington d.c., had Bee brought Over to England recently to testify As a defense witness at another trial. While in Europe Manders took advantage of an invitation from the air Force to go to wies Baden Germany to tour an army forensic Laboratory there where urinalysis for . Military in Europe is carried out the Legal official said. He changed his stance after seeing the lab s operation said Colwel. He was very impressed with the lab s staff and procedures and thought everything there was being done As it should be. Consequently he offered to become an expert witness for the he said that Jackson who is single had been tested along with 30 others in his Squadron during a random urinalysis checkout 22, 1984. Jackson s Sample came out positive when it was checked at the lab i Wiesbaden and was the Only evidence used against him at his trial. Jackson had been offered an article 15in lieu of court martial but instead asked for trial with a jury panel that included enlisted members. Four officers and three cos made up the court martial panel according to Colwell. Jackson was defended by both military an civilian counsel. The Legal officer said that had Jackson accepted the article 15, his punish ment would have been far less severe. He Jackson had a Good record with no article 15s or past courts martial and he did not have an unfavourable information file. So if he had taken the article 15, he would most Likely have had one Stripe Takeaway lost some Money and been Given a general discharge. 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