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Armed security men for the rightist Cuban-American National Foundation (CANF) were regularly patrolling outside the house, intermingled with the crowd of supporters. One such CANF gunman, Mario Blas Miranda, 48, a licensed private investigator and president of Wellington and Knight Security, was on duty when the INS agents went in and had to be subdued. The CANF has been linked to a series of terrorist attacks on Cuban targets, including the bombing of Cuban airliners in which hundreds of innocent people have been killed.
Both the Miami relatives and their supporters in the Cuban exile community repeatedly threatened to maintain their control of Elian Gonzalez by force. Cuban-Americans who expressed sympathy for the father were the targets of death threats and in some cases assaulted on the street. Less than 48 hours before the raid, Marisleysis Gonzalez, the 21-year-old daughter of Lazaro, warned a member of the Justice Department's Community Relations Service staff: “You think we just have cameras in the house? If people try to come in, they could be hurt.”
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