Cuban militant Posada loses an evidence fight in court

[Judi Lynn]

Posted on Monday, 03.07.11
Cuban militant Posada loses an evidence fight in court

A top Guatemalan official testified Monday that a Guatemalan passport bearing Luis Posada Carriles’s picture is genuine – a victory for the prosecution in the exile militant’s perjury trial.

By Alfonso Chardy

EL PASO, Texas -- — Luis Posada Carriles lost a key battle in court Monday when the federal judge presiding over the case admitted into evidence a Guatemalan passport bearing the Cuban exile militant’s photograph.

U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Cardone admitted the passport after the Guatemalan immigration director testified that the passport was genuine, even though it may have been issued to a person carrying a fake Guatemalan national identification card.

Admission of the document could help the prosecution persuade the jury that Posada lied to U.S. immigration officials when he claimed he never possessed a Guatemalan passport in someone else’s name. The name on the passport is Manuel Enrique Castillo Lopez, but the picture on the document is Posada.

At least three charges in the 11-count indictment accuse Posada of denying to immigration officials that he had a passport in the name of Manuel Enrique Castillo Lopez.

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