tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post1338901149944866205..comments2023-11-16T03:57:05.158-05:00Comments on The Cuban Triangle: More on the Paya crashPhil Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06724525896667349935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-42113162150292565582012-08-24T18:41:07.735-04:002012-08-24T18:41:07.735-04:00As for reports on Carromero's speeding record ...As for reports on Carromero's speeding record and his driving licence, you say "there was no manipulation". I believe there was at least some degree of exaggeration or bias. Reading the Spanish <a href="http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2012/08/02/actualidad/1343935096_492000.html" rel="nofollow">press</a> <a href="http://www.elmundo.es/america/2012/08/02/cuba/1343938261.html?cid=GNEW970103" rel="nofollow">reports</a> carefully, only TWO incidences of speeding were of any relevance for the loss of his licence: one in January of 2010 and another one in January of 2012. He lost 6 points for the first (major) and 2 for the second (relatively minor) infraction. Accumulating 8 penalty points within three years can be enough for a suspension of the licence, according to <a href="http://www.dgt.es/revista/num179/pdf/num179-2006-enportada.pdf" rel="nofollow">this official explanation of the points system</a>. None of the press reports I have been able to find mentions any other speeding or other infraction that would have been relevant to the suspension of Carromero's licence (by incurring penalty points). In that light, most reports -- including <a href="http://cubantriangle.blogspot.de/2012/08/young-man-in-hurry.html" rel="nofollow">this summary</a> on The Cuban Triangle -- that dwell on the huge amount Carromero paid for (mainly parking) tickets but prefer not to mention the fairly limited number of TWO licence-relevant infractions since January 2010 could indeed be seen as less than objective, if not outright "news media manipulation".HayCojonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851163370258594999.post-51733863749126590352012-08-23T20:02:02.993-04:002012-08-23T20:02:02.993-04:00Dear mr. Peters,
I am no fan of the Cuban securit...Dear mr. Peters,<br /><br />I am no fan of the Cuban security services and beieve they are utterly without scruples and quite willing to go to any length to carry out policies that benefit the Cuban totalitarian regime.<br /><br />But there is one thing that I am not willing to accuse them of and that is of being stupid.<br /><br />It would have been absolutely imbecilic for them to have carried out an accident to kill those that traveled in Paya's car and then allowed two of them, who happen to be foreign citizens, to remain alive so that they could testify against them.<br /><br />I believe that Paya's car was being shadowed by security and that Paya, his Cuban colleague and Modig and Carromero were going to be arrested just as soon as the security forces could detect what they were up to and who they were going to contact at the destination of their trip and that the accident stopped this from taking place.<br /><br />Why look for silly and contradictory plots when a simpler hypothesis adequately and logically explains what occurred?<br /><br />Knowing the modus operandi of the security forces, what is more logical to suppose than that Paya and his companions were being followed, that a bust was planned when they reached their destination and contacted the opposition figures that were waiting for them, and that the whole bust plan fell apart due to the random occurrence of an unexpected traffic accident? <br /><br />The Cuan security forces already have a great number of crimes to answer for.<br /><br />There is no need to make up new fantastic and illogical accusations that all they accomplish is to discredit whoever utters them.<br /><br /> CantaclaroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com