Orlando Bosch

Orlando Bosch, a prominent Cuban militant who was acquitted in Venezuela of the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jetliner, died Wednesday at a suburban Miami hospital. He was 84. Bosch's wife, Adriana, said the exiled opponent of communist Cuba's Fidel Castro had suffered complications from various illnesses and had been hospitalized since December. Bosch and fellow militant Luis Posada Carriles were both accused in connection with the 1976 bombing that killed all 73 people aboard a flight that had hopscotched the Caribbean, bound for Cuba.

Orlando Bosch, a prominent Cuban militant who was acquitted in Venezuela of the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jetliner, died Wednesday at a suburban Miami hospital. He was 84. Bosch's wife, Adriana, said the exiled opponent of communist Cuba's Fidel Castro had suffered complications from various illnesses and had been hospitalized since December. Bosch and fellow militant Luis Posada Carriles were both accused in connection with the 1976 bombing that killed all 73 people aboard a flight that had hopscotched the Caribbean, bound for Cuba.

Six months after he decided to give up his fight to remain in the United States and accept deportation, Orlando Bosch, the Cuban-born anti-Castro pediatrician the U.S. government calls a terrorist, remains locked up here in a federal prison. A State Department source said Monday efforts continue to find a country willing to take Bosch. But Bosch's daughter maintains that U.S. officials are lying. "They're not looking for any place to send him," said Myriam Bosch. "They're just holding him.

By now there is little doubt that hypocrisy has become Washington's standing policy on foreign affairs. What is astounding is the lack of shame in such overt duplicity as Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen's (R-Fla.) accusations in her Dec. 14 Times Op-Ed article that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorists -- when she herself has a track record of supporting terrorists. In February 1988, Orlando Bosch was arrested in Miami and implicated in the 1976 plot to blow up Cubana Flight 455, a terrorist act that killed 73 passengers.

An appeals court in Caracas, Venezuela, upheld the acquittal of anti-Castro leader Orlando Bosch on charges of planning the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73. Bosch has been jailed for 11 years, and Venezuelan authorities are expected to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court. The appeals court upheld 20-year sentences for two co-defendants on homicide charges. The plane, on a flight from Venezuela to Cuba, blew up after a stop in Barbados.

A federal judge Wednesday denied a petition to free anti-Castro militant Orlando Bosch, whom the Justice Department is trying to deport as "Miami's No. 1 terrorist." But U.S. District Judge William M. Hoeveler ordered that Bosch not be expelled while his attorneys exhaust their appeals of the extradition order, issued by the Justice Department in June.

Immigration officials ruled that anti-Castro militant Orlando Bosch, 61, is a danger to the community and ordered him deported. Bosch, a hero to many in Miami's Cuban exile community, served a sentence for a 1968 rocket attack on a Polish freighter in Miami, and was held 11 years in Venezuelan prisons on an unproven accusation he bombed a Cuban jetliner in 1976, killing 73 people. Bosch's attorneys are seeking a stay of the deportation. A hearing is scheduled Friday.

Re "A Top Post Deserves a Top Person," Commentary, Nov. 11: Frank del Olmo tries to present his opposition to the nomination of conservative Cuban American Otto Reich to be assistant secretary of State within the framework of our effort against terrorism. But he actually admits, albeit reluctantly, that the alleged terrorist [Orlando Bosch] was acquitted of the charges in a court of law. That fact doesn't faze him. He then complains because Reich tried to help the acquitted person come back to the U.S. Del Olmo's ranting against Reich, twisting the facts and engaging in guilt by association, is a tried-and-true tactic for liberals who despise all Cuban exiles who, after all these years, maintain their strong voices in rejecting Fidel Castro's tyranny.

The old anti-Castro terrorist is finally free, paroled Tuesday from a U.S. prison into the capital of the Cuban exile community, into a Miami where many consider him a revered patriot--and others deem him a pitiable fool. Orlando Bosch, a 63-year-old man with a bad heart and ulcers, emerged through the gates with a look of determination, like one of those ghosts in the movies who has suddenly materialized after years in the void.

Immigration officials Monday night offered to release anti-Castro militant Orlando Bosch from federal prison and place him under a restrictive house arrest, his attorney said. Bosch, a convicted terrorist who has been imprisoned since 1988 when he illegally entered the United States, could be released as early as today if he agrees to the government's terms, said attorney Raoul Cantero.

Re "A Top Post Deserves a Top Person," Commentary, Nov. 11: Frank del Olmo tries to present his opposition to the nomination of conservative Cuban American Otto Reich to be assistant secretary of State within the framework of our effort against terrorism. But he actually admits, albeit reluctantly, that the alleged terrorist [Orlando Bosch] was acquitted of the charges in a court of law. That fact doesn't faze him. He then complains because Reich tried to help the acquitted person come back to the U.S. Del Olmo's ranting against Reich, twisting the facts and engaging in guilt by association, is a tried-and-true tactic for liberals who despise all Cuban exiles who, after all these years, maintain their strong voices in rejecting Fidel Castro's tyranny.

President Bush has gone out of his way to remind the world--and an increasingly restless American public--why the war on terrorism must be waged, despite being long and difficult. Bush might have more success if he would reconsider his support of Cuban American activist Otto J. Reich, who once tried to help an accused terrorist enter the U.S. Bush has nominated Reich to be assistant secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere. Reich was U.S.

The old anti-Castro terrorist is finally free, paroled Tuesday from a U.S. prison into the capital of the Cuban exile community, into a Miami where many consider him a revered patriot--and others deem him a pitiable fool. Orlando Bosch, a 63-year-old man with a bad heart and ulcers, emerged through the gates with a look of determination, like one of those ghosts in the movies who has suddenly materialized after years in the void.

Immigration officials Monday night offered to release anti-Castro militant Orlando Bosch from federal prison and place him under a restrictive house arrest, his attorney said. Bosch, a convicted terrorist who has been imprisoned since 1988 when he illegally entered the United States, could be released as early as today if he agrees to the government's terms, said attorney Raoul Cantero.

After "an exhaustive search . . . of 31 countries on six continents" failed to turn up any nation willing to accept Cuban-born anti-Castro militant Orlando Bosch, the U.S. government said Thursday the jailed doctor may be paroled into the community. The search for another haven was described by Steven Valentine, an assistant U.S. attorney from Washington, who told U.S. District Judge William M.

Six months after he decided to give up his fight to remain in the United States and accept deportation, Orlando Bosch, the Cuban-born anti-Castro pediatrician the U.S. government calls a terrorist, remains locked up here in a federal prison. A State Department source said Monday efforts continue to find a country willing to take Bosch. But Bosch's daughter maintains that U.S. officials are lying. "They're not looking for any place to send him," said Myriam Bosch. "They're just holding him.

Many Cuban exiles feel very strongly about Dr. Orlando Bosch, a Cuban-born pediatrician whom U.S. authorities want to deport as a suspected terrorist. Bosch was among thousands of Cuban exiles who fled the homeland after the revolution of 1959. Once he settled in Miami, the campaign to oust Fidel Castro became an obsession with him. But he carried his activities to more violent extremes than did other Cuban exiles. Several times Bosch was detained by U.S.

Anti-Castro extremist Orlando Bosch is tired of jail and will give up his fight against government efforts to deport him, his wife said. "He doesn't want to prolong the anguish, after two years of this," said Bosch's wife, Adriana. Bosch has 50 days to appeal a judge's Wednesday ruling that upheld the government decision to deport him. But if he notifies the government in writing that he will not appeal, he could be deported as soon as the State Department can find a country to accept him.

Anti-Castro extremist Orlando Bosch is tired of jail and will give up his fight against government efforts to deport him, his wife said. "He doesn't want to prolong the anguish, after two years of this," said Bosch's wife, Adriana. Bosch has 50 days to appeal a judge's Wednesday ruling that upheld the government decision to deport him. But if he notifies the government in writing that he will not appeal, he could be deported as soon as the State Department can find a country to accept him.

A federal judge Wednesday denied a petition to free anti-Castro militant Orlando Bosch, whom the Justice Department is trying to deport as "Miami's No. 1 terrorist." But U.S. District Judge William M. Hoeveler ordered that Bosch not be expelled while his attorneys exhaust their appeals of the extradition order, issued by the Justice Department in June.