Proof?
Then they started calling the mother a gusano( worm) and a traitor.
Nice "father," eh? Bashing his sons dead mother. Real classy.
Elian's Mother was never married to Elian's Father, he was paying no child support and hardly ever saw the kid. He was NOT acting as a Father, when the kid was nearby.
He only developed an interest in the kid, after Castro ordered him to, when Elian was here.