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U>S>A and leave a terrorist who bombs planes free to wander the country
at will. Ohhhh Yeah Excellent

US blocks extradition of 'bomber'

The US has rejected Venezuela's request for it to extradite a Cuban-born terror suspect over a 1976 airline bombing that killed 73 people.

Washington told Venezuela that its request to extradite Luis Posada Carriles lacked sufficient evidence.

The 77-year-old former CIA employee was charged last week with illegal entry into the US from Mexico.

He has denied involvement in the plot to blow up the Cubana Airlines plane on a flight from Caracas to Havana.

Venezuela could make another extradition request if it provides more evidence, a US state department official told reporters.

Mr Posada Carriles faces a hearing at a US immigration court on 13 June, which could decide to deport him.

He is expected to apply for asylum at that hearing.

Acquittal

A naturalised Venezuelan, Mr Posada Carriles was twice acquitted by Venezuelan courts of plotting to bomb the plane.

He escaped from a Venezuelan prison in 1985 while awaiting a trial on appeal.
The US says it will not deport Mr Posada Carriles to any country that would hand him over to Fidel Castro's regime in Cuba.

Venezuela has said it will not hand Mr Posada Carriles over, and Mr Castro has insisted he will be happy to see him tried there.

Earlier this week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would consider breaking diplomatic ties with the US if the extradition request was knocked back.

But on Friday, a statement from Venezuela's foreign ministry said Mr Chavez's comments "cannot be considered an ultimatum".

It said Caracas would continue to push for Mr Posada Carriles to be handed over "until justice is done".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4588585.stm