Reply #1: Updated article:Posada acknowledges aliases after initial refusal to respo

[Judi Lynn]

Posada acknowledges aliases after initial refusal to respond

08/31/2005

By ALICIA A. CALDWELL / Associated Press


An anti-Castro militant refused to answer the first wave of questions from U.S. immigration attorneys in his deportation hearing Tuesday but later acknowledged using several aliases and passports with different names.
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On Tuesday, Posada initially invoked the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination when asked about a series of six aliases the government said he had used over the years. But after consulting with attorneys during a break, Posada acknowledged using the aliases and passports with various names as he traveled among Latin American countries and the U.S.

Posada also later acknowledged that it was possible he used an El Salvadoran passport with the name Franco Rodriguez Mena and Posada's picture to enter the U.S. at Miami in April 2000.
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"Listen well to that," Posada said about a reference to who paid for the 1997 bombings. "I didn't say they were financing me. I said they were financing those operations, that's it."

Chaffardet said that because of his age, Posada could be sentenced to no more than four years in prison under Venezuelan law. But, he cautioned that the government probably would strip Posada of his citizenship, opening the door for his deportation to Cuba.

Venezuelan officials have vowed not to send Posada to Cuba and that country has said it would not seek his extradition.
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