Fear Of Torture Stops Extradition Of Cuban Militant
Posada Will Not Be Returned To Venezuela
POSTED: 9:05 am EDT September 28,
2005
EL PASO, Texas -- Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles will not be sent back to Venezuela, despite that country's demands.
Luis Posada Carriles
A Texas judge has ruled that Posada, 77, can stay in the United States even though he arrived here illegally.He argued that if he were extradited to Venezuela, he would be tortured there. The judge agreed.
Posada is wanted as a terrorist in Venezuela and his arrest has strained relations between the United States and several Latin American and Caribbean countries.Posada was arrested in Miami in May after officials said he entered the United States illegally.Posada was twice acquitted in military court in Venezuela of charges related to the 1976 bombing that killed 73 people when a Cuban airliner crashed off the coast of Barbados. He denies any involvement. The decision to acquit was later thrown out.Posada escaped from a Venezuelan prison in 1985.
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