Hungarian terrorists in Bolivia: Aftermath

Here and there one can still read in Hungarian papers about Előd Tóásó, one of the companions of Eduardo Rózsa-Flores currently awaiting trial in a Bolivian jail, but the intense interest in the alleged terrorist's past and eventual fate has subsided in the Hungarian media. However, in the last couple of days two articles appeared in Népszabadság (July 23 and July 24) about the alleged Bolivian-Hungarian terrorist Rózsa-Flores. The first was inspired by the utterances and writings of a Spanish newspaperman, Julio César Alonso, who came to know Rózsa-Flores in Tirana some fifteen years ago during "the first revolution" in Albania when Rózsa-Flores was working for the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia. Alonso claims that Rózsa-Flores was a "psychopath" who went to Bolivia to foment a civil war. His assertions support the contentions of Evo Morales's government. But since Rózsa-Flores is dead most likely we will never know what he had in mind. We do know, however, that in Hungary he was involved with extreme rightist elements.

Alonso's description of Rózsa-Flores is not exactly complimentary. The story begins in Tirana, when the management of the hotel in which Rózsa-Flores was staying discreetly asked him to leave, allegedly because of a "murky affair." Apparently a battered child carrying hand grenades left his room. The next time the two men met was in Osijek, Croatia. Again a strange story emerges. Alonso was working with a television crew. At one of the check points a Croatian soldier offered to shoot a round of bullets into their car. No one would be hurt, but it would look good for the film they were working on. The soldier mentioned that he did it once before for fifty dollars at the request of "a Hungarian." Once Alonso arrived at the hotel he discovered Rózsa-Flores's car full of bullet holes. Surely, adds Alonso, Rózsa-Flores needed the bullet holes as a prop for some dramatic story.

Then for two months he disappeared, only to reemerge as the commander of an "international brigade" of volunteers on the Croatian side. Rózsa-Flores invited Alonso to visit the brigade which, in the company of a Swiss war correspondent, Christian Wurtemberger, he did. Wurtemberger earlier had met some mercenary types in the Karlovac region; among them were two Spaniards, one American, one Englishman, and three Hungarians. At the meeting the two war correspondents learned that all of these volunteers were trained in Hungary under the guidance of Colonel Attila Gyla.

At this point it is worth pausing momentarily to complain about the superficiality of Hungarian journalism. Admittedly the family name "Gyla" is a bit strange, but a little research reveals that this was the old spelling of Gyula, voivode of Transylvania at the end of the tenth century. The author of the article simply notes in parentheses that the name appeared in this form in the Bolivian press. Surely, he must think it was a misprint. But if he had done just a bit of research on the Internet he would have found Attila Gyla. For example in a United Nations report (1994) on Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination (http://tinyurl.com/l5c5l5) Perhaps it is worth quoting some of the allegations:

"(Seventh allegation: For several months during 1991, Colonel Gyla Attila of the Hungarian Army was attached to the Croatian National Guard (CNG) headquarters for Slavonia, Baranja and Western Srem. He was in charge of planning and undertaking combat activities of CNG units in this area.)

"As for the seventh allegation, in the second half of 1991, Mr. Gyla Attila, a Hungarian citizen, volunteered for the Croatian Army in the region of Slavonia. Nothing is known about his rank as a colonel, however. In any case, he did not act as a commanding officer of CNG units.

"(Eighth allegation: At the end of 1991, the Osijek operations zone of the Croatian Army had an international brigade established by Eduardo Roses Flores, the Zagreb-based correspondent of the Catalonian paper 'La Vanguardia'. The brigade was composed of former French Legion combatants and mercenaries from the wars in the Middle East and Latin America. It often operated on its own in the region of Eastern Slavonia and committed massacres against Serbian civilians in the villages of Divos, Ernestinovo, Tenjski Antunovac and others.)"

Alonso's Swiss colleague, Wurtemberger, started to snoop around in Germany to learn the source of funding for this "international brigade." He discovered that the Bolivian consul in Germany was supplying them with weaponry, and apparently they received some drug money via Turkey. Soon enough the "international brigade" grew substantially: fifty French volunteers, recruited by Jean Marie Le Pen, arrived and approximately 110 more men came from "British, German, and Hungarian fascist organizations." Alonso claims that Rózsa-Flores "in those days was an out-and-out fascist who hated Jews, Arabs, Blacks, and Communists." Alonso alleges that Rózsa Flores was responsible for the murder of Cedomir Vukcovic at the instruction of General Branimir Glavas (http://tinyurl.com/ncujc5). Further accusations by Alonso follow. Apparently Wurtermberger tried to get close to the "international brigade" in order to learn more about the organization, but he "fell in battle." However, according to the Spanish journalist the body showed signs of torture and strangulation. When another journalist, Paul Jenks, showed too much curiosity about Wurtemberger's fate he received a bullet in his neck while he was photographing Serbian fortifications. Alonso is convinced that his own life was also in danger because he was in possession of Wurtemberg's computer. However, he and another journalist, Pinto Amaral, managed to escape. Alonso was told by the one American in the group, Colton Perry, that three people were responsible for Wurtemberger's death: the English "Frenchie," the Hungarian "László," and "MT" (most likely Mario Tadic, currently in jail in Bolivia). From here on Alonso didn't have first-hand knowledge of Rózsa-Flores's activities. However, he mentions Bosnia, Angola, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Sudan as stopping places of Rózsa-Flores.

It's hard to know how reliable Alonso's information is, but the stories from Croatia seem to have a ring of authenticity to them. Apparently, the Bolivian government would like to expand its investigation to Hungary. That might bring interesting results not only for the Bolivian but also for the Hungarian authorities. After all, some of the mercenaries in the Bolivian group still at large are Hungarians: Tibor Révész (founder of the Székely Légió), Gábor Dudog, Dániel Gáspár and Lajos Tamás. Perhaps with some help from Bolivia, the Hungarians could find out more about their own extremists, for example, the Arrows of the Hungarians. Hungary is a small country, and it is hard to imagine that these extremist groups weren't in touch with one another.

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[Magyarosi Árpád]

Magyarosi Árpad was killed with a NATO-gun in Bolivia.
The bullets were cut out in perfect circles of his body- except for one.

In the Hungarian young man a bullet from a gun used regularly in the NATO size 556 was foung by experts. 'This is a gun of which's bullet can go through 5-6 different rooms' , explains the police expert, Péter Tarjányi.

Besides Magyarosi's, the Irish guy's report from the group of Rózsa -Flores is also at the disposal of the experts. Michael Martin Dwyer was shot down at close range while he was on his knees. 'He did not obey, he was in a surrender position', explains Tarjányi who thinks even today cannot be known who commited the execution, the Bolivian police or the special forces of the army.

According to the videos from the Internet, it seems the place was re-designed after the action by the armed forces. There is no sign of the so-called gun fight at all. No dead bodies, neither blood can be found on the internal recording of the police. There is only a bombing sign on the door of Rózsa-Flores.

'A scene like this cannot be useful for a court to prove anything. On account of these very poor evindences, Előd Tóásó should have been relased out of custody after 72 hours', says Tarjányi, who heard from journalists, the members of the group were caught alive and executed in another part of the town!

http://barikad.hu/node/41409

http://atv.hu/videotar/091126_nato_kaliberu_golyoval_oltek_meg_magyarosi_arpadot_boliviaban_.html

[Magyarosi Árpád Fiúka]

Magyarosi Árpád Fiúka was assassinated by a group of assassins cops (? or soldiers from Venezuela?) in a hotel Las Americas during being asleep.
Arpad was invited for a 1-month visit to Bolivia by his friend from his childhood Toaso now in prison.
He was a university student here in Hungary. He bought his own ticket on his own money. He arrived to Viru Viru airport (Sta Cruz).
About his personality: he was very calm, with high knowledge in arts, was a teacher, he could not and would not commit either in his head anything he is accused of!

I am so sorry for all Bolivians who do NOT know how BAD communism is and will vote for an uneducated murderer, who calls himself as president in a country where INNOCENT people are killed and others kept in jail without any reason that could prove they are guilty. RIP Fiuka, FREE Elod!
Bolivia and the shameful "president" Morales, a homicidal killer assasin will feel soon the "hands of justice"! Muerte a asesinos! JUSTICIA!

WE WOULD LIKE INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION!
BOLIVIANS KEEP TELLING US LIES FOR MORE THAN 7 MONTH!
WE WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH!
JUSTICIA FOR ÁRPÁD, MIKE, EDUARDO, ELOD, TADIC!

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[molly]

"Alonso alleges that Rózsa Flores was responsible for the murder of Cedomir Vukcovic at the instruction of General Branimir Glavas"

i am not aware of other people being killed in this way, perhaps alonso could produce their names (though i understand alonso is very bad with names, especially foreign ones. even the names of places he supposedly traveled to), but in fact, cedomir vuckovic, who we know was murdered by being forced to drink sulfuric acid by glavaš people in osijek, was murdered in this way by zoran brekalo on the 31st of august 1991 (which was supposedly before rozsa-flores joined croatian forces)

this is from a supreme court verdict for this and other warcrimes committed in osijek by glavas and several of his subordinates (rozsa-flores not being among them) in 1991.
"Konačno, ubojstvo Čedomira Vučkovića, koji je bio civilna osoba, i kojeg je zasigurno, prema iskazu Krunoslava Fehira, usmrtio pripadnik Zaštitne čete Zoran Brekalo prisilivši ga da popije sumpornu kiselinu"
http://www.vsrh.hr/CustomPages/Static/HRV/Files/VSRH_I-Kz-84-2010-8.pdf

Alonso is a blatant liar who blackmails people to do things he wants them to do or else he threatens he will write bad things about them. He's a discredited source, who'll say whatever you want him to say, even the most obvious and ridiculous lies.