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by Arthur Shaw - VHeadline

Elaine de Valle and Alfonso Chardy of the Miami Herald wrote --- among other things --- the following immaculately conceived gems about the infamous mass murderer, escaped convict, drug pusher, and terrorist, Luis Posada:

"Luis Posada Carriles, the elusive Cuban exile militant who secretly slipped into South Florida last month, will file applications for asylum and parole in Miami by early next week, his immigration lawyer said Tuesday."

"Attorney Eduardo Soto said Posada will not show up in person until he is required to come forward for asylum interviews. Soto said a news conference was being considered to coincide with the filings, possibly on Tuesday."

"Posada has been accused of blowing up a Cuban airliner in 1976 and trying to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro in 2000. He also has been linked to a string of bombings against several Havana hotels and restaurants in 1997."

"If Posada's applications for either asylum or parole are granted, he would be entitled to apply for a green card, which allows him to work legally, live permanently in the United States and apply for citizenship."

"As a Cuban national, Posada could qualify for parole under the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966, which allows Cubans who reach land to stay and apply for residence after a year."

"He can also apply for a green card after a year if his asylum application is approved."       

Luis Posada Carriles, "the elusive Cuban exile militant," is a career narcoterrorist who spent time in a Venezuelan jail for the 1973 bombing a Cubana airliner, killing all 73 persons on board.

• The Miami mafia considers the massacre of 73 completely innocent people to be an act of matchless heroism by Posada because the victims were mostly patriotic Cuban citizens.

• Posada escaped from the Venezuelan jail after eight years in 1985 thanks to a bribe from Jorge Mas Canosa, the now deceased head of the Cuban American National Foundation.

• Posada has been tied to the importation of large quantities of cocaine into the US in support of the Contras in Nicaragua in the 80s ("Coca Contra") and to a series of bombings in Cuba.

The distribution of the narcotics that Posada and the Miami mafia imported or, more correctly, smuggled into the United States has resulted in the deaths and the destruction of thousands of American lives.

• Posada is a "the elusive Cuban exile militant" (to borrow the Miami Herald's description of him) because he pursues a life-long career of homicide and genocide, mostly the latter.

Posada was interviewed by reporters from the New York Times and told them of his ties to the CANF --- a tax-exempt right-wing group created under Reagan and a beneficiary of substantial federal funds for running Radio and TV Marti, which beam their propaganda to Cuba. The Times ran two articles, on July 12 and 13, 1999. They have caused a sensation and led to Posada's retraction of his interview. The Times has him on tape and stand by their story. In addition, elements of his interview had already appeared in autobiographical writings done with a publicist.

Posada has been tied to large scale cocaine trafficking in support of the Contras in Peter Dale Scott's book, Cocaine Politics. Posada was second in charge of a major Contra resupply operation at Ilopango Air Force Base in El Salvador. He was recruited there by his old friend Felix Rodriguez, a long-time CIA operative who was the CIA liaison with the Bolivian forces that captured and executed Che Guevera. Rodriguez was in charge of the Contra resupply operation and its cocaine trafficking component at Ilopango, a nerve center for the Contra resupply operation, and Posada became his second in command.

• Apparently, the Miami mafia intends to step up its illegal drug operations in the Miami area and anticipates the need for real muscle to get the job done.

The Venezuelan Consul General Martin Pacheco in Miami may inform the US immigration and homeland security officials that Luis Posada is an escaped convict who is wanted by the Venezuelan authorities so that Posada can complete his 35-year prison sentence imposed as punishment for the murder of 73 persons.

Contrary to the allegations of Eduardo Soto, Posada's attorney in his immigration case, aviation in the Miami area wouldn't be safe if Posada were allowed to remain in South Florida.