Cuba’s Enemy No. 1 Goes on Trial in Texas [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Hispanically Speaking News

Cuba’s Enemy No. 1 Goes on Trial in Texas.
Published at 10:21 am, January 11, 2011

Attorneys in Texas are in the process of selecting the twelve people that will make up the jury in the trial of Fidel Castro’s number one nemesis, Luis Posada Carriles.

The 82 year-old ex-CIA operative is accused of perjury and obstruction of justice for allegedly lying about how he arrived in the U.S., and about whether he tried to cover up his involvement in the 1997 Havana hotel bombings so he could obtain U.S. citizenship.

Posada claimed to have entered the U.S.in 2007 by crossing the Mexican border into Texas. Prosecutors say he actually arrived in Miami on the boat of friend, and using a fake passport. Although he pleaded not guilty, Posada noted that for years he entered the U.S. under false identities while working with the CIA and other organizations.

“The people who worked with me from the government are not the same the ones there today. It was other times. For those there today, I am a bad guy,” he acknowledged.

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