EL PASO, Texas—A dozen people protested in front of the U.S. Immigration detention center here August 29, demanding the extradition of CIA-trained mass murderer Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela. Posada, 77, has a long record of carrying out violent activity against the Cuban Revolution, including the mid-air bombing of a Cuban airliner in 1976 that killed 73 people. On the first day of a hearing on Posada Carriles’ request for political asylum, Judge William Abbott found him deportable. The protest was called by the ANSWER Coalition, National Network on Cuba, and other groups. Protesters also demanded freedom for the Cuban Five—Cuban revolutionists framed-up and imprisoned on charges of “conspiracy” to commit espionage for Havana. On August 9, a federal appeals court threw out the convictions of the five and ordered a new trial. U.S. government prosecutors have asked the court for more time to respond to the ruling.

—JACQUIE HENDERSON  
 
 
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