Feds: Militant's immigration case wrongly dropped (AP)

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writer 32 minutes ago NEW ORLEANS - A U.S. judge improperly dismissed immigration fraud charges against an anti-Castro militant suspected of plotting the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner, a government lawyer told a federal appeals court Wednesday. Prosecutors are appealing the dismissal of charges that Luis Posada Carriles made false statements as part of his bid to become a naturalized U.S. citizen. Posada is a Cuban-born citizen of Venezuela, where he is wanted for alleged involvement in a 1976 airliner bombing that killed 73 people. He denies any wrongdoing. U.S. prosecutors say he was taken into custody after he illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico in 2005. In dismissing the immigration charges last year, U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone in El Paso, Texas, said federal... [read full story]