Chapter 416: Cuban Rescue (Please Collect, Recommend, and Vote for the Monthly Ticket) The Number of Recommended Tickets Is Too Low, Please Vote

When Kay rushed back to the police station, Director Cooper had already held a meeting with personnel from the CIA, FBI, State Department and DEA. →Because of Marcus’s special status, he was specially allowed to participate in this meeting.

It's a pity that this is just a formal thing, Marcus has no say there.

After Tapia hijacked Sydney and got on the plane, she called Marcus. Tapia's request was very simple, that is, let Marcus return all the money that Tapia had seized. Will let Sydney go.

But of course this kind of thing is impossible. Not to mention that in the eyes of high-level officials, such a large amount of money is definitely worth more than a DEA agent. Just saying that the government will never bow to the robbers, Tapia's request is destined to fail. may be satisfied.

Not compromising with robbers is basically the rule of police all over the world, because once this happens for the first time, the police are waiting for unlimited hijacking incidents. Although it seems a bit indifferent to the safety of the hostages, the world is like this. If you want to avoid countless victims later, you must be ruthless from the beginning and don't give those criminals any luck.

So no matter how angry and aggrieved Marcus is, those people will only pretend to comfort Marcus, telling him that the State Department is conducting diplomatic mediation, and they are trying their best to use diplomatic means to rescue Sydney safely.

In fact, these words don't actually mean much. The relationship between Cuba and the United States is complex. To say that there is no direct communication between the two is of course nonsense. Although at the national level, the United States and Cuba do not have diplomatic relations, the two countries are still in contact through third parties and private individuals.

What's more, the US military's Guantanamo military base is in Cuba.

It's very interesting to say that the two countries have been at war with each other for so many years and have even severed diplomatic relations, but the US military still has a military base in Cuba. Guantánamo Base is the earliest military base established by the United States overseas. It is located in the original Oriental Province in southeastern Cuba. In 1898, the U.S. military took advantage of the victory in the Spanish-American War and entered Cuba, a former Spanish colony. In 1903, the United States forcibly leased Guantánamo Bay and part of its adjacent land to Cuba to build a naval base. The rent was 2,000 gold coins per year, equivalent to approximately US$4,000. This amount has not changed to this day. In 1934, U.S. President Roosevelt and Cuban President Palma signed a permanent lease treaty, stipulating that Cuba could take back the base only if the base was abandoned or both parties agreed through negotiation. After the victory of the Cuban revolution in 1959, the Cuban revolutionary government demanded that the United States return the Guantánamo base, but the United States has always refused to give up the base.

Castro has always opposed the existence of the base, refused to accept rent from the United States, and demanded that U.S. troops withdraw from Guantanamo. But the U.S. side ignored it and nominally paid rent to the designated account every year. Castro couldn't really break up with the U.S. military and start a war, so the matter remained stagnant like this.

Now, the Guantanamo military base has become an enclave of the United States. The US military has established mine arrays and defensive positions outside the military base. Anyone approaching will be regarded as a provocation. The US military has the right to shoot, which is very hooligan.

In short, it is not that there are no channels of communication between the two countries, but... the relationship between the two countries is there. Castro is an iconic anti-American pioneer. Although he will not do anything to substantially harm the United States, he is bound to sing the opposite tune. of.

For Cuba, Tapia is not a criminal, and he is even an outstanding citizen who supports the construction of the motherland. Castro cannot touch Tapia under any circumstances. After all, there is no extradition treaty between Cuba and the United States, not to mention that Tapia is trafficking drugs in the United States but not in Cuba. It is impossible for the Cuban authorities to arrest a patriot for this kind of thing. Coupled with the hostility between the people of the two countries, the bad things Tapia did in the United States are considered anti-American and anti-imperialist in the minds of many Cubans.

When Kai opened the door and walked in, Marcus had already started banging the table. As his immediate superior, Theresa could only comfort him as much as possible, but there was no other way.

When Kai entered the door, he did not immediately go to talk to Marcus. Instead, he met an old acquaintance whom he had not seen for a long time.

"Hey~~! Im! How are you doing? How are Caroline and the kids?"

Im is the special commissioner of the State Council this time. To be honest,

"Caroline? She is still like that, worrying about the children all day long. You know, they have reached adolescence and have a lot of troubles." Im used to work for the Special Forces Command and was an acquaintance of Kai. He retired a few years ago and worked in the Pentagon, and was later transferred to the State Department due to his military background. It's considered a success. Kai didn't expect to meet an acquaintance here.

Although he and Kai were acquaintances, Im couldn't let go of certain things. After all, he also has his own position.

"Kay, you know, rules are rules. Regarding your colleague's sister..."

"Im!" Kai waved his hand to interrupt Im's next words. "I know, I know. I know the rules. But you should understand me."

Im clearly heard what Kai meant. He was silent for a while and then said with a wry smile: "I knew it."

"Of course you should know, this is what I did originally." Kai smiled and patted his shoulder. "Okay, you can go back and do your work."

Im nodded, turned around and picked up his briefcase, and was about to take the FBI and CIA people away, but halfway there, he said a few words to the CIA people and got a phone number from that person. , then turned around and handed it to Kai.

"I can only do so much... and I won't admit that I did anything afterwards. This matter has nothing to do with us. Well, you should know the rules." After saying that, Yim took his people away directly, without even saying a few words to Chief Cooper. It was very straightforward.

Other people in the police station were either thoughtful or confused, not understanding why Kai wanted to drive these people away.

Chief Cooper knew a little more, but still looked at Kai with a little worry: "Kai, can you handle it?"

Chief Cooper was not qualified to fully view Kai's information, but from the limited information, it was not difficult to analyze what Kai used to do in the army. There are all kinds of urban legends in every country about this kind of thing, but Cooper knows that some of them are true. →

After all, there are dark sides everywhere, right?

But this time is different, that's Cuba!

The United States is very powerful, but to be honest, Americans are actually very ignorant. A TV station once conducted a survey. They randomly interviewed people on the street and asked them about their attitude towards North Korea. Basically, 80% of the people blurted out that North Korea is the enemy of the United States and they want to destroy the United States all the time.

But if you ask them to explain why North Korea is the enemy of the United States and how it will destroy the United States, no one knows. Even more than 70% of people don't know where North Korea is! They know nothing about the situation in North Korea.

This ignorance does not mean that Americans are really stupid, but that they are arrogant. They think that they only need to understand their own country. Other countries... are irrelevant and are all rural areas.

As for Cuba, most Americans don't know much about it either. They only speculate about Cuba based on their inherent impressions.

Dictatorship, poverty, people's livelihood, spies everywhere, and every Cuban hates Americans.

But people who have really been to Cuba know that it is not the case at all. Cuba is actually a very nice country except that it is a little poor. First of all, under Castro's governance, Cuba's literacy rate is quite high, exceeding 99%, which is much better than the United States. At the same time, Cuba's life expectancy has reached 3 years old, the pace of life is slow, the people are relatively warm and simple, and the public security is good. Especially the public security is good, which ranks among the best in South America.

Other South American countries, because they did not carry out state construction, or listened to the Americans' deception, they adopted small government and liberal economic theories. This led to serious local separatism in many South American countries. For example, Brazil, Argentina and other countries that everyone is most familiar with, although they look like modern countries, are actually extremely serious local separatism and class contradictions. Liberal economic theory has also made these countries' domestic industries single, lacking an independent industrial system, and gradually becoming economic colonies of the United States.

Let's take Brazil and Argentina as examples. Brazil is engaged in bulk exports of timber and minerals, and Argentina can only do agriculture and animal husbandry. It lacks its own industrial system, and the share of foreign goods in the country is far ahead of domestic goods. In this case, domestic jobs will naturally become fewer, the unemployment rate will soar, and then the society will become richer and the poor poorer, and public security will be a ghost.

But Cuba is not like this. The gap between the rich and the poor is not large, so domestic contradictions are naturally small, and the society is naturally good.

So to say that Cuba is a dragon's den and a tiger's lair is really an exaggeration. Kai once spent some time at the Guantanamo military base and knew what Cuba was like.

"No problem, I have acquaintances there." Kai did not explain to Cooper that Cuba was actually a good place. He might not believe it anyway. Under the influence of public opinion, his mindset was fixed. Unless the media across the United States began to sing the praises of Cuba one day, this situation could not be changed at all, and it would be a waste of words.

Marcus finally understood what Kai was going to do.

This emotional little black man was already in tears of emotion.

"Thank you, Kai, thank you."

Mike was more passionate, and he stood up immediately.

"I'll go with you!"

But Kai obviously didn't plan to take him with him.

"No, no, no, you'd better stay here. It takes professionals to do this kind of thing." What a joke, going to an enemy country to rescue hostages is different from rescuing hostages in Chicago! What's more, Mike's style... Every time he catches a thief, he will make the scene as big as possible. Last time they went to eavesdrop on Tapia, they almost blew up three blocks and fired thousands of bullets, not to mention the cars and public facilities that were destroyed. Anyway, after the bill was sent to the police station, the chief almost called an ambulance. If it weren't for his and Marcus' excellent business skills, they would have packed up and left.

If he really wanted to take him with him, Marcus would definitely go with him, and then it would be a blast. He didn't want to fight the Cuban army head-on. Of course, he would deal with this matter as quickly as possible and then run away. If he was really held up by the Cuban army, he would be in trouble. Whether he could win or not is another matter. It's easy to cause international conflicts afterwards. It's a bit exaggerated to make two countries tense in order to rescue a hostage.

...

Since it's his old business, he naturally has to call all his old brothers.

Sage and his friends had just returned from Chicago, but they were called back again within two days. Although he complained, he was very efficient in his hands, after all, he had money to earn. No matter what, this time they are going to rescue DEA agents, and the DEA must show sincerity, even if Kai's original intention was just to save his friend's sister, but one thing is one thing.

The DEA is also very wise. For them, it is natural to rescue their own people. They are willing to spend more money on this kind of thing. After all, it is related to the morale of the entire agency. As for money... what does Congress allocate funds for? It’s not like they’re using their private money, why should they feel bad about public money? Moreover, this kind of thing is easy to report, and even the big bosses of the audit committee in Congress will not make things difficult for them.

So the DEA waved its hand and wrote a huge check.

On the same day, Saji and the others were picked up in Chicago by a special plane, and then flew directly from Chicago to Miami. Then from Miami directly to Cuba through an unspeakable passage. The CIA privately controls many channels into Cuba, and this is not a secret. After all, the CIA has carried out 638 assassinations on Castro. Although none of them were successful, this is enough to show that the CIA has the ability to send people to Cuba. Cuba.

On the morning of the third day, a group of people arrived at Guantanamo City, the capital of Guantanamo Province in southeastern Cuba. This is the location of the famous Guantanamo military base in the United States and the location of the Guantanamo prison.

Tapia's estate is located on the sea side of the northeast corner of Guantanamo City, only a few kilometers away from the jurisdiction of the US military base, which is very close.

"That's Tapia's manor. It's the most luxurious manor in Guantanamo City. It has a huge swimming pool and a golf course. Many officials like to come here for recreation when they have nothing to do, especially some officers. Tapia will provide them with There are many American products that are rare on the Cuban market, so Tapia has a very good relationship with the local garrison.”

The person speaking was a CIA personnel in Cuba, a native Cuban. The CIA has a natural advantage in finding "collaborators" or leading parties. Among other things, just an American passport can attract many people to work for the CIA. Although the happiness index of Cubans is very high, there are always some people who are not satisfied with the status quo and want a better life. Decades of American hegemony have caused many people to believe that the United States is paradise.

The young man in front of me worked for the CIA because he wanted to immigrate to the United States and live a rich life. This is also one of the help Im gave Kai. There are many such collaborators in Cuba, and it doesn't matter even if they are exposed. In any case, the CIA did not expect these people to help them assassinate Castro or overthrow the Cuban government. So don't feel bad.

"Because of his good relationship with the garrison, the alarm in his guardroom is directly connected to the military camp. Once an accident occurs, fully armed soldiers will arrive immediately. If you want to attack there, you must first defeat them. Guardhouse."

The CIA's observation point here is opposite Tapia Manor. Standing on the third floor, you can clearly see most of the manor's configuration.

"What's their staffing like?" Kai asked as he watched a group of colorful shirts patrolling inside and outside the manor with guns. By the way, why do drug dealers like Hawaiian floral shirts paired with gold necklaces and watches? Looks crazy.

"There are at least fifty hotshots in the manor. These hotshots are not ordinary gangsters. They were arranged by Tapia to enter the military camp and undergo formal military training. Some of them were directly recruited by Tapia from retired soldiers. After all, he has a lot of dollars."

Although relations between Cuba and the United States are very poor, the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar in Cuba is still leveraged. Many Cubans prefer to receive U.S. dollars rather than their own currency.

"In addition, a complete security system has been installed in the manor. Once someone breaks into the manor, the sensor will alarm. This is also a troublesome problem. We did not get his security design drawings. This system was found by Tapia himself. It was installed by someone, but my people didn’t handle it, so you can only solve it yourself.”

Kai nodded, indicating that he understood.

"What about the hostages?"

"We already know this. Their custody of the hostages is not too strict. Our people have already come into contact with her. She is in the second room on the west side of the second floor."

"Well, I understand. By the way, can you do me one more favor?"

"If I can do it."

"Don't be nervous, it's easy. Can you find me some small animals like cats, dogs, etc.?"

"It's okay, but...what's that for?" The Cuban guy was a little confused as to what Kai was going to do.

"Destroy the security system." Kai said very confidently.

The Cuban guy looked confused.

"Tsk." Kai smacked his lips and whispered something in the little brother's ear, and then he suddenly understood.

"No problem, leave it to me."