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Prodigy, 21, about to become doctor
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 Posada Carriles" class="tpstyle">Luis Posada Carriles.
President Hugo Chavez said he would take his complaint to the international body, claiming Washington is protecting a known terrorist, El Universal reported Monday.
Posada was released last week on $350,000 bond while he awaits trial scheduled for May 11 on immigration fraud charges.
The 79-year-old Posada contends he entered the United States across the Mexican border in 2005, though Cuban officials assert he was smuggled into the country with the help of anti-Castro activists.
Officials in Caracas called for Posada to be extradited to Venezuela to face trial for a 1970s plane bombing.
Posada, who escaped from a Venezuelan prison in 1985, is charged in Venezuela with masterminding the bombing of a Cuban jetliner in 1976, killing 73 people. He has denied any involvement in the bombing.
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