Havana, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Fidel Castro has urged the United States government to arrest international criminal of Cuban origin, Luis Posada Carriles, as a way to prove the White House´s commitment to fighting terrorism.

The leader proposed that the government of President George W. Bush stop hushing up the presence of Posada Carriles on US soil.

Fidel Castro ratified his proposal to set up an international court in Venezuela to try Posada Carriles without sentencing him to death, despite all the crimes he has committed.

The president revealed the links between US government officials and terrorists such as Posada Carriles, who is currently requesting political asylum from Washington after illegally entering Miami, Florida, a month ago, on a boat that brought him to Miami from Cancun, Mexico, with help of anti-Cuban organizations in South Florida.

The Cuban leader wondered why Washington has an immense anti-terrorist system of 15 intelligence agencies and 180,000 officials if a terrorist like Posada Carriles is allowed to sneak into US territory.

Posada Carriles jointly with Gaspar Jimenez, Pedro Remon and Guillermo Novo were plotting to assassinate Fidel Castro at the 10th Ibero-American Summit in Panama in November 2000.

Posada Carriles is also responsible for different terrorist acts against Cuba, including the bombing of a civilian aircraft shortly after it took off from Barbados in October 1976 in which 73 people perished, among them the whole Cuban junior fencing team.