Difference between revisions of "Virgilio Paz Romero"
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| − | Paz's family left | + | Paz's family left Santa Clara, [[Cuba]] in the mid-1960s when he was 14.<ref name="The Los Angeles Times; July 21, 2002">{{cite news |last=Pape |first=Eric |date=July 21, 2002 |title=A Terrorist's Second Thoughts |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jul/21/magazine/tm-47348 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location= |access-date=June 6, 2015}}</ref> In 1966 while his family was in [[Mexico City]] awaiting papers to emigrate to the United States, Paz's father died.<ref name="The Los Angeles Times; July 21, 2002"/> He settled in a [[Cuban community]] in [[New Jersey]] with his mother.<ref name="The Los Angeles Times; July 21, 2002"/> When he was 16, Paz was the youngest member of the [[Cuban Nationalist Movement]].<ref name="The Los Angeles Times; July 21, 2002"/> |
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Revision as of 10:42, 22 September 2015
 Virgilio Paz Romero    (“terrorist”, assassin, spook) | |
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| Born | 1952 |
| Member of | Operation 40 |
Background
Paz's family left Santa Clara, Cuba in the mid-1960s when he was 14.[1] In 1966 while his family was in Mexico City awaiting papers to emigrate to the United States, Paz's father died.[1] He settled in a Cuban community in New Jersey with his mother.[1] When he was 16, Paz was the youngest member of the Cuban Nationalist Movement.[1]
Career
He was an Operation 40 member.
Letelier Assassination
In July 1991, Paz Romero pleaded guilty in the conspiracy to assassinate Orlando Letelier, and on September 13, 1991, he was sentenced to 12 years in prison. He was paroled after serving half of his sentence, and an immigration judge ordered him deported.[2] Given that the United States did not have a deportation agreement with Cuba, he was placed into indefinite custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.[2] In July 2001 after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that indefinite detentions were unconstitutional, Paul Huck of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ordered Paz Romero released.[2]
