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CUBAN ACCOUNT VINDICATED AS POSADA CARRILES IS INDICTED FOR FRAUD, BUT NOT TERRORISM.

Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
Publication Date: 18-JAN-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
A federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas has returned a seven-count indictment that may have dashed the hopes of Luis Posada Carriles for eventual freedom. The indictment may also have dashed Cuban and Venezuelan hopes that the self-acknowledged terrorist would ever face extradition on terrorism charges. Venezuela has sought Posada's extradition to face trial for the October 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that resulted in the deaths of 73 persons (see NotiCen, 2006-10-12). He has been detained at the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in El Paso.

Posada is now charged with one count of naturalization fraud and six counts of making false statements in a naturalization proceeding, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Jan. 11. The indictment alleges that Posada knowingly attempted to obtain naturalization as a US citizen unlawfully by making false statements on his application on Sept. 10, 2005, and that, under oath, he made false statements during his naturalization interview with Department of Homeland...

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