Inmate in Standoff Held in Rape Case
From Times Wire Reports
Federal officials denied allegations that they reneged on a deal to let a prison hostage-taker fly to Cuba with his accomplices in an uprising at the St. Martin Parish jail. Roberto Villar, 31, was put on a Justice Department plane in Alexandria, La., with the six other Cubans earlier this week but was removed after federal officials learned he had been accused of raping a female inmate during the standoff, an immigration agency spokeswoman said.
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