Anti-Castro Cuban militant refuses to answer questions at deportation hearing
By Alicia A. Caldwell
ASSOCIATED PRESS
5:00 p.m. August 30, 2005
EL PASO, Texas – An anti-Castro militant initially refused to answer questions from U.S. immigration attorneys Tuesday at his deportation hearing, but later acknowledged using several aliases and passports with different names.
Luis Posada Carriles, 77, is wanted in several countries for the deadly 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner. He requested asylum in the United States after his May arrest in Miami on charges that he sneaked into the country illegally through Mexico.
His deportation hearing also will consider whether the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion was an act of U.S. terrorism.
When first asked about a series of aliases, including "Bambi," Posada invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. After consulting with attorneys, Posada acknowledged using aliases and passports with various names as he traveled among Latin American countries and the United States.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050830-1700-cubanmilitant.html
Posada Carriles has the distinction
of having acted in the very FIRST
bombing of an airliner in flight.
He's no "militant," thank you,
Associated Press.