Alleged bomber and Castro foe Posada Carriles remains in US jail

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EL PASO, United States (AFP) — A US judge ended a hearing on the fate of Luis Posada Carriles, suspected of bombing Cuban targets in hopes of bringing down Fidel Castro, without deciding whether he should remain in a US jail or be freed.

Posada Carriles, 78, brought witnesses to the El Paso, Texas courtroom to say that no country wanted him, and asked to he freed, pointing to a US Supreme Court decision that people arrested for immigration violations cannot be held indefinitely.

Witness Donald George, of the US immigration service, said in the overfilled courtroom that several countries had been approached about hosting Posada Carriles, but declined: Canada, Guatemala, Mexico, Costa Rica and Honduras.

Another witness, Miguel Jimenez, said that El Salavdor's...