Reply #15: So the judge has already decided he won't allow extradition to Venezuela.

[Judi Lynn]

You are the one to break the news here, with this article.

It introduces a BIG factor a lot of people haven't even considered. From the article:

First, Posada simply knows too much about the United States’ past as a facilitator and instigator of terrorism in Central and South America. It is inconceivable that the Bush Administration would give a foreign sovereign the opportunity to extract from Posada damning information about the United States. The hatred of Fidel Castro and of Leftists in Central and South America is an important feature of the Bush family dynasty, and the intersections between that dynasty and Posada are numerous and tantalizing, if not telling. No Bush clan member could ever survive the shame of being the one who decided to send such an ally and partner as Posada into the arms of the Dynasty’s enemies. And Posada’s involvement in running the Contra operation for Vice-President George H.W. Bush and President Ronald Reagan would in and of itself provide sufficient reason to keep him out of the clutches of Hugo Chávez.
(snip)

So the sombitch is home free. They'll claim they can't extradite him anywhere, just like Orlando Bosch, and he'll live out his days in Miami, no doubt, among his right-wing Cuban "exile" fans, also the home of right-wing Latin American and Caribbean dictators and henchmen hiding from justice at home.