Posada Update--No Rebuttal of Torture

Immigration Judge William L. Abbot has stated that he is “more inclined” toward Luis Posada Carriles’s argument than that of the government, but he hasn’t made up his mind whether to deport the Cuban militant to Venezuela.^[1] Mr. Posada’s argument, which Immigration Judge Abbot says has been proven, is that he will be tortured if he is returned to Venezuela.^[2] The federal government said that it would not directly rebut Mr. Posada’s claims that he would be tortured if sent to Venezuela, but noted that while they had concerns about Venezuela’s ties to Cuba and its legal system, they had no specific evidence whether Mr. Posada would be tortured if sent there.^[3] We have previously discussed Mr. Posada here.

A decision is expected from Immigration Judge Abbot within two weeks.

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[1] Alicia A. Caldwell, Government Doesn’t Rebut Militant’s Torture Claims, Associated Press, Sept. 26, 2005, available here.
[2] Id.
[3] Id.