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if it comes to taking elian by force, u.s. law enforcement officials have a plan. elements of the marshall s.w.a.t. like special operations group are available. the 11-member miami police department and the florida highway patrol has played units on alert. the final go or no go order will come only from attorney general janet reno. instead of discussing how elian should be reunited, the attorneys for the relatives continued to demand that we revisit the issue of whether elian should be reunited. that is not what the law provides. demonstrators break through those barricades to try to for a human chain around this house. if indeed fer agents came to seize elian gonzales. there were people in the crowds that had violent police records. there were armed individuals in ....
Was even inside the home. he was not being brought out by family members, he didn t make appearances into the crowds. the less we saw of him, the more concern we had had as to his welfare. if it comes to takg elian by officials have a plan.ement elements of the martial s.w.a.t.-like special operations group is available. and the florida highway patrol has placed units on alert. the final go or no go order will come only from attorney general, janet reno. instead of discussing howellian should be reunited the attorneys for the relatives continue to demand that we revisit the issue of whether elian should be reunited. that is not what the law provides. ....
Where i think we may have left the show and gone to the hospital because she really took a beating, emotional beating from that process. it it was a loving family. they got caught up in the collective hysteria. this was the battle against castro. what people saw in the elian story often depended on where they stood. as the weeks passed, national polls showed a deep divide with more and more americans outside south florida in favor of returning the boy to his father. but in miami the exile s fury continued to grow, spilling over into protests that blocked traffic on the highways. i m a parent and i believe a child should be with his father. ....
Back. it was always supposed to be elian s story although a lot of other people would try and make it their own. the first thing that came to my mind how did he survive by himself when he s only five. i can only say it s just a miracle. god wanted him here for freedom and he s here and he will get it. i never forget. he was sitting there. he was about to have soup. the first thing i said was don t eat that. he looked straight up at me and he s like is it bad? i said yes don t eat that. we ll get you something better than that. that moment was our first connection. after that he would always ask me for everything. every raft that came from cuba you could see on tv. when i saw the press there, to me it was normal. that s what they re there for. when elian and his cousin ....
And boyfriend took elian away on a boat hoping to start their lives over in the united states. frantic to find them juan miguel and his parents began calling relatives in miami. almost from the start the two families were talking past each other. [ speaking foreign language ] i remember my dad saying that you know when miguel says to take care of him so he could come over here. in the beginning of everything i had a picture he was going to come and stay. i was like, wow, my whole family is going to be reunited. juan miguel s family were rooted comfortably in cuban. ....