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  • ** FILE ** Luis Posada Carriles talks to a reporter in Miami in November 2010. Mr. Posada, 82, is accused of lying under oath to federal officials during immigration hearings in El Paso and faces 11 counts of perjury, obstruction and immigration fraud. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

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  • Cuban-Americans rally Monday in support of Luis Posada Carriles at the federal courthouse in El Paso, Texas. Mr. Posada is on trial for perjury, obstruction and naturalization fraud for allegedly lying about his role in a string of 1997 bombings in Havana. (Associated Press)

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