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Castro urges US to deny asylum
to Cuban militant
Cuban leader Fidel Castro urged
on Thursday the US government
not to give asylum to a Cuban
militant involved in a Cuban
plane bombing that killed 73
people in 1976, local reports
said Friday.
For the second time within a
week, Castro said Thursday that
it would be improper for the
United States to give asylum to
Luis Posada Carriles, one of the
four people suspected of
exploding a Cuban passenger
plane near Barbados' coast.
The Cuban leader said his
country only wants justice, and
the militant should be judged in
Venezuela, where he is wanted
for escaping from a prison in
1985 while awaiting a
prosecutor's appeal in that
case, or at an International
Court.
Posada and three associates were
imprisoned in Panama in November
2000 for their roles in an
alleged plot to kill Castro ata
conference in Panama. However,
they were pardoned last year.
Posada, who entered the United
States illegally through Mexico
about a month ago, fears that he
would be persecuted and probably
killed if deported to another
country, according to his
attorney.
Cuba and Venezuela have said
granting asylum to Posada, 77,
in the United States would be
akin to harboring a terrorist.
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