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Relatives of Italian killed in Havana bombing want to testify against Posada
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem May 16, 2005 04:23pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Charlotte Observer |
| News Date | Monday, May 16, 2005 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Relatives of an Italian man killed by a bomb blamed on a Cuban exile militant seeking U.S. asylum want their say in court.
BY OSCAR CORRAL AND ALFONSO CHARDY
ocorral@herald.com
The father and brother of an Italian tourist killed by a bomb in a Havana hotel in 1997 say they are outraged that Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles, implicated in the attack, is seeking asylum in the United States.
Livio Di Celmo, whose brother Fabio died in the hotel blast, says he's willing to travel to Miami to testify against Posada in any asylum or extradition proceeding.
Posada has never been charged with the bombing. He has alternately admitted to the attack and then denied it.
A U.S. official familiar with the case, who requested anonymity, said the government has not ruled out calling to testify relatives of the victims -- or survivors -- from several attacks blamed on Posada.
Testimony in immigration court, where asylum proceedings often take place, does not have to meet the bar of conclusive direct evidence.
Under U.S. immigration law, a foreign national can be denied asylum if an immigration judge concludes that witness testimony shows there are ''serious reasons for believing'' that he committed ``a serious nonpolitical crime.'' |
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