US Gov't claims it is acting 'in good faith' in Posada Carriles case.

[seafan]

Havana, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The US government made a surprising announcement on Thursday: it is acting in good faith in the case of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.

That definition of Washington"s actions, which will not ease the already visible indignation of the Cuban people and the protests taking place all over the world, was given by Tom Shannon, the US top diplomat for Latin America.
"We are acting in good faith, recognizing our laws and obligations under international laws," Shannon said in Washington.

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The United States is faced with Venezuela"s extradition request for Posada Carriles, who escaped from a Caracas prison, where he was doing time for organizing and greenlighting the sabotage of a Cuban civilian airplane in 1976, killing all 73 people on board, in addition to being a repressor in that South American country.

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The Nicaraguan government and Salvadorian organizations have presented evidence of Posada Carriles" participation in the Iran-Contras operation to arm Central American counterrevolutionaries, and a Panamanian court sentenced him for plotting to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro.
On many occasions, Posada Carriles entered US territory illegally as part of his violent operations, as US prosecutors admitted.


However, all those crimes seemed to vanish when the defendant threatened to reveal the secrets he keeps from the time he was a CIA operative.

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Poppy undoubtedly thinks any further prosecution wouldn't be prudent.




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[mod mom]

1. that sounds like a marked man.