Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles to stand trial in U.S.
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A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles (pictured) should stand trial for an alleged immigration violation in the United States, writes Carol J. Williams.
The decision is likely to inflame Cuba and Venezuela, which want to prosecute him for terrorism in the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jetliner.
The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans was expected to take the pressure off the Bush administration to respond to Venezuela’s demands that Posada, who lives in Miami, be extradited to face trial for the bombing. The plane, en route from Venezuela to Havana, exploded in flight shortly after making a stop in Barbados. All 73 people aboard were killed.
At the time, Posada lived in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, and held joint Cuban and Venezuelan citizenship. Venezuela was a U.S. ally.
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