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US Judge Allows Terrorist to Travel on Private Jet Jan. 19, 2010 Judge Kathleen Cardone, from El Paso, Texas, who will be trying terrorist Luis Posada Carriles next February, authorized him to use a private plane to fly to the trial. Granma newspaper published a commentary on the issue in which the author describes as “incredible” the judge’s decision, whereas the U.S. government implements extreme measures against air travelers coming from 14 so-called terror-sponsor countries, among which Cuba has been arbitrarily and absurdly included. Paradoxically, Posada’s attorneys requested the order to the judge claiming that their client can not use a commercial flight because he is classified as a terrorist, even though they had previously said before her that he had not been into any kind of terrorist activities, Granma states. The article notes that the United States has an arsenal of laws and rules that ban the use of aircraft by terror “suspects”, while the government recently launched new measures under which thousands of travelers arriving in that country are submitted to more rigorous airport checking. Granma explained that the news about Posada’s trip was posted by journalist Tracey Eaton on his blog “Along the Malecon”. According to Eaton, the former CIA agent will fly to El Paso on February 3 in a Hawker jet for eight passengers. The aircraft belongs to Alberto Herreros who will pay for the transportation costs, the terrorist’s lawyers specified. Luis Posada Carriles is the confessed author of the mid-air blowing up of a Cubana de Aviacion airliner that caused the death of the crew and all passengers, a total of 73 people. For the aforementioned crime and many others, Venezuela has requested Posada Carriles’s extradition; however, he continues to enjoy freedom in the United States where he is protected by that county’s authorities. Private charter will carry ex-CIA operative to trial
by Tracey Eaton Luis Posada Carriles, a former CIA operative, plans to take a private charter jet to his trial in El Paso in February. The 82-year-old's health is too frail to travel by car from South Florida to Texas, says his doctor, Alberto Hernandez. A document filed in federal court show that Posada Carriles plans to arrive on Feb. 3 aboard a Hawker 700, a jet that normally seats eight passengers. His lawyers say that the plane's owner, Alberto Herreros, is paying for the charter. The pilot is listed as Robert Ely. The court document says Herreros' plane has a registration number, or N-number, of N49RJ. The Federal Aviation Administration online registry lists the plane's owner as Mountain Aviation, 204 E. 22nd St., Cheyenne, WY. That information may not be current. Google maps doesn't show a listing for Mountain Aviation at the Cheyenne address. There is a Mountain Aviation company with offices in Boise and Salt Lake City. The online FAA record doesn't list Alberto Herreros. It does say the plane is a Hawker 700 - a Hawker Siddeley, model HS 125-700A. The aircraft has a cruising speed of 447 miles per hour and a range of 2,200 miles, according to Stratos Jet Charter Services. Making the 1,935-mile trip from Miami to El Paso by car would take 28 hours and 30 minutes, according to MapQuest. His lawyers say Posada Carriles can make such a trip because he suffers from "heart disease, hypertension, high cholesterol and chronic skin cancer." Lawyers for Posada Carriles say their client isn't allowed to fly on a commercial airliner. Cuban authorities have long accused Posada Carriles of taking part in the 1976 bombing of a Cubana passenger plane that killed all 73 people aboard. Links:
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Jueza flexibiliza medidas antiterroristas a Posada por Jean-Guy Allard Increíblemente, mientras el gobierno de los Estados Unidos decreta medidas extremas contra los viajeros de vuelos procedentes de 14 países, incluyendo escandalosamente a Cuba, la jueza Kathleen Cardone, de El Paso, Texas, que juzgará en febrero a Luis Posada Carriles, autoriza explícitamente al terrorista a usar un avión privado para viajar a su juicio en febrero. Afirmando paradójicamente que su cliente no puede viajar en un vuelo comercial por ser clasificado como terrorista, los abogados mafiosos de Luis Posada Carriles han solicitado la orden de la jueza, aunque alegaran ante ella que NO se dedicó al terrorismo. Estados Unidos dispone de un arsenal de leyes y reglamentos, que prohíben el uso de aviones a cientos de "sospechosos" de terrorismo, mientras se acaba de promulgar una decisión que obliga a decenas de miles de viajeros a someterse a medidas "integrales" de revisión. La noticia del viaje del agente de la CIA en un Hawker ha sido divulgada por el periodista Tracey Eaton en su blog Along The Malecón. El periodista señala cómo un documento depositado ante el tribunal indica que Posada viajará una primera vez a El Paso el 3 de febrero, en el Hawker, un jet que puede transportar hasta 8 pasajeros. La aeronave pertenece a un tal Alberto Herreros que —según los defensores de Posada— pagaría los gastos de la transportación. El jet de tipo ejecutivo está registrado bajo el número N49RJ. El propietario legal, según los registros oficiales, es Mountain Aviation, con dirección en 204 E. 22nd St., Cheyenne, Wyoming. Esta información puede ser obsoleta, valora Eaton. Una firma con igual nombre está señalada con oficinas en Boise y Salt Lake City. El nombre de Herreros no aparece en los documentos. Precisan, sin embargo, que se trata de un Hawker 700 – Hawker Siddeley de modelo HS 125-700A. El documento de la corte tejana, consultado en Internet, reporta que Alberto Hernández, el médico del agente CIA, asesino, torturador y narcotraficante, afirma que este padece de "trastornos cardiacos, hipertensión, colesterol alto y enfermedad de la piel". Posada tiene una larga historia de "padecimientos" que varias veces enumeró ante distintas cortes, tanto en EE.UU. como en Panamá, en momentos en los cuales necesitaba favores. No se entiende bien lo que tienen que ver en esta cuestión de transporte aéreo, el colesterol alto y la enfermedad de la piel. Tampoco se explica que el viejo delincuente no estipula el "cáncer" del cual pretendía sufrir en otras oportunidades. El texto firmado por Cardone dice textualmente que "el viaje por avión privado es necesario porque al Señor Posada no se le permite volar por aeronave comercial". El piloto designado es el capitán Robert Ely, según la orden del tribunal.
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