May 12, 2007 5:18 pm US/Eastern
Dozens Protest Terrorism And Carriles In Miami
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MIAMI (CBS4) ―
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Dozens of protestors gathered in front of the immigration building on Saturday to protest terrorism and the dismissed indictment of Cuban exile militant Luis Posada Carriles.
CBS
Dozens of protestors gathered in front of the immigration building on Saturday to protest terrorism and the dismissed indictment of Cuban exile militant Luis Posada Carriles on immigration and fraud charges.
The organization, Alianza Martiana, led the demonstration and demanded the Bush Administration extradite or prosecute Luis Posada Carriles for his alleged terrorist crimes.
The organization says now that Carriles is a free man, he will take advantage of his new freedom and will continue planning other terrorist attacks.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone issued a written order dropping the charges earlier this week, accusing 79-year-old Posada of lying to immigration officials about how he sneaked into the country in March 2005.
The trial of the controversial anti-Castro Cuban militant was set to start next week, but the judge made the surprise decision on Tuesday in El Paso, Texas. The topic of how Posada entered the United States has received so much attention because so far the U.S. government had not found a country that would want him.
Posada Carriles is a wanted man in Cuba and Venezuela for the alleged 1976 bombing of a Cuban flight where several innocent victims died. Even though Posada Carriles denies the charges, he could face immediate execution in any of those two countries.
Last week the FBI released documents on the former CIA operative stating, "the FBI is unable to rule out the possibility that Posada-Carriles poses a threat to the national security of the United States." The documents were filed as part of the immigration case in Texas.
Leaders in Cuba and Venezuela expressed outcry last month after he was released on house arrest in his wife's apartment in South Florida, as he awaited his trial.
Some critics say Posada Carriles made a mockery of U.S. immigration and law enforcement officials after entering the country illegally, managing to elude them for months. He even held a press conference at an undisclosed warehouse in South Florida before authorities finally arrested him.
Castro is seen as a hero by many in the Cuban exile community for his fervor in fighting Fidel Castro's communist regime.
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