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Oct 22, 2009 4:12 pm US/Eastern

US Frees Posada Carriles Benefactor

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MIAMI (CBS4) ― An anti-Castro activist and friend of Luis Posada Carriles who was found to have an arsenal that included automatic weapons, grenades, grenade launchers and ammunitions has been freed after serving a prison term in the US.

 

Santiago Alvarez's attorney Kendall Coffey said Thursday his client was thrilled.

  

Alvarez pleaded guilty in 2006 to weapons charges related to a government-alleged plot to overthrow Fidel Castro. The Miami developer then got more time for refusing to testify against Posada in an immigration fraud case.

Prosecutors said Alvarez was on a boat that secretly ferried Posada from Mexico to Miami in 2005. Posada is wanted in Cuba on bombing charges and is accused in the U.S. of lying to immigration officials.

Alvarez, a U.S. resident, was eligible for deportation, but the U.S. doesn't generally deport Cubans. So, he had remained in custody until Wednesday.



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