U.S. still holding on to Posada
The U.S. is refusing to extradite Luis Posada Carriles, suspected of plotting the downing of a Cuban plane in 1976 that resulted in the deaths of 73 people, to Venezuela.
Reuters reports today that "Two weeks ago, Washington rejected Venezuela's request that Posada be arrested with a view to extradition, citing a lack of supporting evidence."
Venezuela provided extradition evidence today.
Some more background from the article:
Posada, 77, was detained by U.S. immigration authorities in Miami last month and has denied any involvement in the bombing.
The Cuban-born anti-communist militant, who has dedicated his life to opposing Cuban President Fidel Castro, will go before a U.S. judge in El Paso, Texas, on Monday to face charges he entered the United States illegally.
Interestingly, "Chavez has also warned that if Posada is not extradited, he will revise relations with the United States, oil-exporter Venezuela's biggest energy client."
Reuters reports today that "Two weeks ago, Washington rejected Venezuela's request that Posada be arrested with a view to extradition, citing a lack of supporting evidence."
Venezuela provided extradition evidence today.
Some more background from the article:
Posada, 77, was detained by U.S. immigration authorities in Miami last month and has denied any involvement in the bombing.
The Cuban-born anti-communist militant, who has dedicated his life to opposing Cuban President Fidel Castro, will go before a U.S. judge in El Paso, Texas, on Monday to face charges he entered the United States illegally.
Interestingly, "Chavez has also warned that if Posada is not extradited, he will revise relations with the United States, oil-exporter Venezuela's biggest energy client."
posted by Steve Fake at 6/10/2005 09:06:00 PM
3 Comments:
i'm a little confused that he's facing charges that he "entered the United States illegally" since, well, U.S. policy is to let any Cuban who reaches U.S. soil stay (as opposed to the far-poorer hatians, who are sent home to live under the military regime that the U.S. helped install). i mean, i would guess that nearly all Cubans in the U.S. entered "illegally" from an immigration law point of view, in that they didn't have visas, they just showed up.
Posada is a duel citizen of Venezuela and Cuba according to Dennis Kucinich:
http://kucinich.us/floor_speeches/intl_posada18may.php
this sounds like a question for...kathleen lucas. i'll let you know what she says.
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