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US detains suspected Cuban
bomber
US immigration authorities
detained on Tuesday a Cuban
exile accused of bombing a Cuban
airliner in 1976 and sought by
the Cuban government, US media
reported.
Luis Posada Carriles, a former
CIA operative who had been
seeking asylum in the United
States, was detained by the
Department of Homeland Security
in Florida on Tuesday, the
report said.
Cuban leader Fidel Castro has
urged the United States to
arrest Posada instead of
harboring him and condemned the
United States for exercising
double standard in dealing with
Posada.
Venezuela has also asked the
Bush administration to deport
Posada to face trial for the
1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner
that killed 73 people.
Posada was also connected to a
series of 1997 bombings of
tourists sites in Cuba, one of
which killed an Italian tourist.
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