Venezuelan Lawmakers to Washington on Posada Carriles Extradition

Caracas, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan lawmakers have accused US Ambassador in Caracas William Brownfield of refusing to receive for three weeks a Parliament´s delegation that would demand the extradition of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.

National Assembly President Nicolás Maduro said that they want to deliver a document approved by all parties in the country, thus proving that the extradition of the criminal is a nationwide demand that goes beyond politics.

Due to Brownfield´s little receptivity, a delegation of deputies will be sent instead to the US Congress and the Organization of American States (OAS), Maduro said.

He noted that the group will denounce Posada"s terrorist acts, including the blowing-up of a Cuban commercial airliner that killed all 73 people on board in 1976.

An international board set up in 1976 by the governments of Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Cuba, the United States and Venezuela unanimously approved that the trial of Posada Carriles would be held in Caracas, the Parliament leader recalled.

He added that the trial is still pending and the US government has no arguments to reject the extradition request that was officially presented in early May.