MIREIDY FERNANDEZ

 Hialeah Mayor Raul Martinez on Thursday urged the Cuban exile community to ship cans of mango juice to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno as proof of the ``continued lies'' from Cuban leader Fidel Castro about the Elian Gonzalez case.

 The 6-year-old boy, who on various occasions has said he likes mango juice, was sent shipments of the juice and clothes by the Cuban government earlier this week when he and his family were staying at Andrews Air Force Base outside Washington.

 ``Elian loves mango juice,'' Cuban Interests Section spokesman Luis Fernandez said on Tuesday when the delivery was made.

 In response, Mayor Raul Martinez promised to ``unmask Fidel and Reno'' for what he called ``a bunch of lies.''

 ``This is an act of complicity when Janet Reno allows a tyrant like Castro to send mango juice to Elian while his own people suffer hunger and scarcity,'' his statement said.

 Martinez asked that Cuban Americans buy mango juice produced in South Florida and send the cans directly to Reno's office in Washington.

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