Orlando Boch was the "mastermind" of "the terrorist bombing of the Cuban airliner after take off from Barbados. All 73 lives on board were lost -- among them the Cuban fencing team, returning from a tournament abroad -- when a bomb exploded on board."
The US harbors him.
"Boch was responsible for thirty other acts of terrorism, according to the FBI. He was granted a presidental pardon in 1989 by the incoming Bush I administration after intence lobbying by Jeb Bush and South Florida Cuban-American leaders, overruling the Justice Department, which had found the conclusion "inescapable that it would be prejudicial to the public interest for the United States to provide a safe haven for Bosch [because] the security of this nation is affected by its ability to urge credibly other nations to refuse aid and shelter to terrorists." p87 Failed States
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