Listen to the story as heard on Weekend All Things Considered . A sudden explosion blasts an armored car off a sunny stretch of Florida road and into a ditch. Before the stunned police deputies can react to the direct bazooka hit, aging Spanish-speaking men clad in camouflage gear swarm the car, brandishing guns. The attackers seize the locked metal box containing the crucial uncounted absentee ballots and flee. Witnesses report seeing a helicopter depart.
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A manhunt is launched, but it's soon clear who is responsible. Veterans of the Bay of Pigs invasion, Brigade 2506, issue a communique to CNN, claiming credit for the commando raid. They have been driven to action by their women, wives, sisters, the little old ladies in black who still mourn the return of little Elian Gonzalez to Cuba. Betrayed by the US at the Bay of Pigs, the veterans say they were betrayed again when the boy was seized from the home of his Miami relatives. Their demands are clear.