HAVANA (AP) -- Cubans were outraged Thursday at the release of anti-communist militant Luis Posada Carriles from U.S. custody pending a May immigration trial.

HAVANA (AP) -- Cubans were outraged Thursday at the release of anti-communist militant Luis Posada Carriles from U.S. custody pending a May immigration trial.
Posada, an aging ex-CIA operative considered a terrorist by many in Cuba, faces a May 11 trial on immigration fraud charges in the United States. But Cuba and Venezuela accuse him of much more serious crimes, including the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that killed 73 people, something Posada denies.
Cuba's communist government -- including Fidel Castro himself -- had predicted the 79-year-old would eventually be released from jail, and it has repeatedly accused the United States of a double standard on terrorism. "This is one of the most barbarous things the United States has done," said Rolando Hernandez, a Havana worker in his 40s.
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