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CIA files show agency trusted Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles

Oct. 7, 2009
But Posada would later be accused of masterminding the bombing of a Cuban airliner in 1976, hotel bombings in Havana in 1997 and other crimes. Recently released CIA files from the mid-1960s show Cuban exile and suspected terrorist Luis Posada Carriles informed on violent Miami-based efforts to...
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Cuba: Anti-Castro militant should be tried

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda, July 6 (UPI) -- Cuba's foreign minister is urging Panama to seek the extradition of accused anti-Castro plotter Luis Posada Carriles from the United States.

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HAVANA, May 9 (UPI) -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro Wednesday condemned the U.S. decision to dismiss charges against a Cuban exile wanted in Havana on bombing charges.

Venezuela to petition U.N. over Posada

CARACAS, Venezuela, April 23 (UPI) -- Venezuelan officials said they would petition the United Nations about the U.S. decision to release on bond Cuban exile militant Luis Posada Carriles.

Cuba condemns Posada release

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Posada arrives in Miami to await trial

MIAMI, April 19 (UPI) -- Cuban exile militant Luis Posada Carriles returned to Miami Thursday following a two-year incarceration in an El Paso, Texas, on immigration fraud charges.

Venezuela requests Carriles extradition

CARACAS, Venezuela, June 15 (UPI) -- Venezuela made a formal extradition request to the United States Wednesday for a Cuban dissident accused of blowing up an airliner over Venezuela.

Cuban militant exile seeks U.S. asylum

EL PASO, Texas, June 13 (UPI) -- A lawyer for an exiled Cuban militant asked an immigration judge in Texas Monday to free his client on bond and transfer the case to South Florida.

Cuban leader calls for Posada extradition

CARACAS, Venezuela, May 26 (UPI) -- Cuba's speaker of parliament has called for the United States to extradite a Cuban dissident to Venezuela to face terror charges.

Venezuela says Posada should stay put

CARACAS, Venezuela, May 18 (UPI) -- Venezuela's Interior Ministry said the United States should not permit Cuban dissident Luis Posada Carriles to leave the country unless he is extradited.

Venezuela says Posada should stay put

CARACAS, Venezuela, May 18 (UPI) -- Venezuela's Interior Ministry said the United States should not permit Cuban dissident Luis Posada Carriles to leave the country.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch