Cuba Still Demands Extradition of Suspected Castro KillersCuba expressed its concern Thursday over Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso's indication that her country might not extradite four suspected assassins of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.In a press release, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said it has read with worry Moscoso's recent remarks that Panama would not extradite the four Cuban exiles on the grounds that Cuba has the death penalty. It said it hoped the remarks do not represent Panama's official stance on the issue. Luis Posada Carriles and three other Cuban exiles were arrested in Panama after Castro exposed an assassination plot against him at the 10th Ibero-American meeting in November in Panama City. Cuban authorities immediately requested their extradition, but Panama insisted that they be tried in Panama first. In a meeting with foreign journalists on Tuesday, President Moscoso said: "I don't believe Panama is going to extradite them. Over there in Cuba there is the death penalty." However, the Cuban Foreign Ministry said Cuba's judicial authorities formally promised in its extradition request that the four, if extradited, would not face capital punishment. Posada. 72, has been regarded as Cuba's public enemy number one. He was accused of decades of violence against Cuba, including a 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 people. |
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