The president of the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice, Luisa Estella Morales, said in Havana on Monday that the government of the United States should immediately extradite accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela.
In a press conference in the Cuban capital, the jurist noted that the Venezuelan request is made in compliance with international treaties signed with many countries, including the United States.
“He should be extradited to judge him in Venezuela for the crimes he organized and committed in our country,” she pointed out.
Regarding the recent trial in El Paso, Texas, in which Posada Carriles faced minor charges of immigration fraud — of which he was acquitted — Estella Morales added that, according to international treaties, as he does not have pending processes in US territory, he should then be extradited to Venezuela.
“Our demand also lies in the fact that, although Posada Carriles was born in Cuba, he became naturalized as a Venezuelan and, according to our Constitution, Venezuela has the right to judge its nationals,” she stated.
Among other crimes, Luis Posada Carriles is accused of masterminding the 1976 mid-air bombing of a Cuban airliner in which 73 people were killed. He is also said to have organized a series of bomb attacks against tourist facilities in Havana in the late 1990s, as a result of which several people were injured and an Italian tourist died.
Estella Morales is in Cuba to hold meetings with the president of the Cuban Supreme Court, Ruben Remigio Ferro, and with other personalities.
