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Encyclopedia > Virgilio Paz Romero
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Virgilio Paz Romero is an anti-castro Cuban exile, involved in various terrorist acts. He has been accused of carrying on Chilean former minister Orlando Letelier's murder in Washington, D.C. in 1976. Orlando Letelier (1932 April 13 - 1976 September 21) was a member of the Chilean government who was assassinated in Washington, D.C., by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1976. ... Jump to: navigation, search Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...


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INGLES GRANMA INTERNACIONAL DIGITAL, CUBA (1407 words)
Suárez and Paz disappeared for 12 years until they were caught by the authorities.
Released from a federal jail, as Cuban citizens, "Bloodbath" Suárez Esquivel and Virgilio Paz Romero were handed over to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), an organization whose responsibilities include expelling ex-jail bird foreigners in irregular situations from the U.S. territory.
Virgilio Paz left the INS Bradenton Detention Center on July 25, and Dionisio Suárez was back on the streets on August 14.
A Terrorist's Second Thoughts (3578 words)
Paz had gone to Washington because he was asked by fellow exiles to work there with Michael Townley, an American who had spent several years as a hit man for Chile's secret service.
Paz insists that he did not know in advance that he was supposed to assist in an assassination.
Paz does not seem to feel fortunate that he was locked away for just over 10 years, yet he does seem troubled by at least one thing.
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