Bail Denied for Cuban Accused in Jet Bombing
A federal immigration judge in El Paso denied bond for a 77-year-old Cuban militant accused of orchestrating the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jetliner.
Luis Posada Carriles has been held in a detention center since March on charges he sneaked illegally into the United States through Mexico. He is seeking asylum in the U.S.
Posada’s arrest strained relations between the United States and several Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Those governments want the Bush administration to deport Posada to Venezuela to stand trial on the airplane-bombing charges.
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