Posada Carriles Received Money from the Cuban American National Foundation to Bomb Havana Hotels
Oscar Vegau, who has investigated the case of Posada Carriles on behalf of the FBI Anti-terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division, said that the records include 21 money transfers to the terrorist, which were sent during the period of time when the bomb attacks were carried out against Havana hotels.
2011-03-05 | 14:34:02 EST
EL PASO, Texas, March 4.— Testimonies presented in the trial underway in this city against international terrorist Luis Posada Carriles confirmed that he received funds in 1997 from Cuban-American ultra-right circles in Miami to carry out a chain of bomb attempts against Cuban tourist facilities that same year.
Lawyer Jose Pertierra, who represents Venezuela in its extradition request against Posada, said prosecutor Jerome Teresinski proved how the bomb attempts were financed, during the trial.
In an article written for Cubadebate website, cited by PL news agency, Pertierra explains that one of the testimonies was given by Oscar de Rojas, teller with the Cuban American National Foundation (FNCA). De Rojas revealed that Arnaldo Monzon Plasencia, executive of that organization, ordered him to transfer thousands of dollars to Ramon Medina, which was the pseudonym used by Posada in el Salvador and Guatamala.
Later Oscar Medina was the man to testify. Vega has investigated the Posada Carriles since 2005 on behalf of the FBI Anti-terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division. The agent gave a detailed explanation about the electronic transfers of money made in favor of Ramon Medina, from New Jersey to El Salvador in 1997; some of these transfers were on behalf of the director of the executive board of the Cuban American National Foundation, named Arnaldo Monzon.
Answering questions by Teresinski, Vega said that the record includes 21 money transfers to the terrorist, which were made right during the period when the bomb attacks against Cuban hotels took place. One of those bombs killed young Italian tourist Fabio Di Celmo.
Luis Posada Carriles is being tried under charges of fraud, obstruction of justice and for having lied to US immigration authorities about his entrance into American territory without documents. However, he is not being judged for his long record of criminal actions against Cuba and in other Latin American countries.
Lawyer Jose Pertierra, who represents Venezuela in its extradition request against Posada, said prosecutor Jerome Teresinski proved how the bomb attempts were financed, during the trial.
In an article written for Cubadebate website, cited by PL news agency, Pertierra explains that one of the testimonies was given by Oscar de Rojas, teller with the Cuban American National Foundation (FNCA). De Rojas revealed that Arnaldo Monzon Plasencia, executive of that organization, ordered him to transfer thousands of dollars to Ramon Medina, which was the pseudonym used by Posada in el Salvador and Guatamala.
Later Oscar Medina was the man to testify. Vega has investigated the Posada Carriles since 2005 on behalf of the FBI Anti-terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division. The agent gave a detailed explanation about the electronic transfers of money made in favor of Ramon Medina, from New Jersey to El Salvador in 1997; some of these transfers were on behalf of the director of the executive board of the Cuban American National Foundation, named Arnaldo Monzon.
Answering questions by Teresinski, Vega said that the record includes 21 money transfers to the terrorist, which were made right during the period when the bomb attacks against Cuban hotels took place. One of those bombs killed young Italian tourist Fabio Di Celmo.
Luis Posada Carriles is being tried under charges of fraud, obstruction of justice and for having lied to US immigration authorities about his entrance into American territory without documents. However, he is not being judged for his long record of criminal actions against Cuba and in other Latin American countries.
