The U.S. Response to Cuban and Puerto Rican Right-Wing Terrorism in the Pre and Post 9/11 Era (original) (raw)

Of course, the good terrorists are those who respond to the interests of the State, those who become allied with them. Bear in mind that the governments of Puerto Rico and the U.S. very much feared the development of Puerto Rican independence movements in the 1960s and the 1970s. They were afraid because the independence movements were very strong in those years. Then, these other right wing groups -paramilitary, death squads-that feed off of Vietnam veterans, people from the PNP and Cuban exiles were the base that the State had there, on the street, and obviously they were operating according to the interests of the State. Then, the State looked at them with sympathy because they took a bit of pressure away. Because the State did not have to set the bombs, these people set them against the independence movements. (Interviewee) 1 J. M. Atiles