Judge refuses to deport accused terrorist

A U.S. immigration judge refused to deport accused terrorist Luis Posada Carriles to Venezuela or Cuba but left open the possibility of sending him elsewhere.

The ruling was certain to further strain already tense relations between Venezuela and the United States, the Miami Herald reported.

The 77-year-old Posada, detained May 17 in Miami, escaped Venezuela while awaiting a prosecution-requested retrial on charges he masterminded bombing a Cuban jet that killed 73 people in 1976.