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Ant-Castro suspected terrorist faces extradition, July 2, 2008

Luis Posada Carilles, a former CIA agent of Cuban extraction, had his 2004 presidential pardon overturned by the Supreme Court in Panama, who may want to extradite him from the United States. Luis Posada is currently in residence in Miami, where he is wanted in Cuba and Venezuela for the 1976 bombing of a plane that killed 76 people, including a soccer team.


News Stories:

"Panama's Supreme Court overturns 2004 pardons, including of anti-Castro militant "
International Herald Tribune July 2, 2008
"Posada may face extradition to Panama "
Sun-Sentinel July 2, 2008

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