Please note{ I have reposted this because I accidentally left out a few rather vtal words re the Cueta Spanish border inland with Morocco. Now corrected.
Carrying on from my previous post:....
Then on from there ... abroad ...
I am particularly interested in the name of the owners/ senior crew of the boat that Raymond Hewletts van was craned on to, [?in Faro]. I am wondering, and I emphasize it is only wondering if Madeleine could have been imported into Morocco, via Cueta in Hewletts van.
Cueta is a small Spanish enclave in the North of Morocco. There would be no Customs to go through when the boat arrived in Cueta Port, because altho it is part of Spain legally, it is also part of the landmass of Morocco. Rather like the British enclave of Gibralter in Spain
Can you imagine the turmoil with 6 kids crammed in such a tiny claustrophobic, maybe smelly, space + maybe one kid "poorly and sleeping" ? My bet is that the Spanish Cueta / Morocco inland border, Customs officers would be only too glad to rush them thru
Additionally the van was partly filled with old Mercedes vehicle parts, which Hewlett was intending to sell in Morocco. In Morocco they have /had two types of Taxis.
1. The petite taxis = bashed up tiny Fiats
2) The Grande Taxis = bashed up old Mercedes limousines. These are shared by a number of often unrelated people and you have to wait until the taxi fills up before departing... or pay extra.
Hewlett says that he could get good money for these parts, if sold in Morocco ... and he probably found them on tips/ scrap yards in Portugal
But all this is only conjecture. I could very well be wrong.
It fits however with the day that Madeleine was seen on the wo/mans back with suitcases and the same day it seems Hewlett suddenly packed up and returned home. Along that very road that the Madeleine on a wo/mans back group were walking towards. They were surely going to be picked up, cos they couldn't have walked all the way to the airport or the sea port. Nothing nearby at all.
Hewlett had just received a last minute phone call IIRC and he packed up suddenly and departed.
Also, Raymond Hewlett is reported as having said that he had seen Madeleine. Now was that twice? I rather think it was. Can anyone remember?
To Morocco and back from Morocco?
Just conjecture, but that almost certainly was Madeleine in Zinat. It certainly was NOT Bushra.
Sorry Mods, I think I have strayed, but this evolved from remarks on the thread.
Please post elsewhere if you wish. It would be a shame just to destroy it, I think.