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US Delays Decision on Luis Posada Carriles

HeadlineJan 26, 2006

This news on the case of detained Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles — the US government has announced it will delay a decision on his extradition until April. In September, a U.S. immigration judge ruled Carriles won’t be deported to Cuba or Venezuela, where he is wanted for his role in blowing up a Cuban jetliner in 1976 killing 73 people. A US immigration spokesperson said the government has not ruled out deporting Carriles to a third country. Meanwhile, in Cuba Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of Cubans held a rally outside the US interests section in Havana to protest Carriles’ possible release. Venezuela is threatening to cut ties with the United States over its refusal to hand over Carriles.

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