Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,21 Jul 2011,25 mins

Luis Posada Carriles

Assignment

Available for over a year

Luis Posada Carriles is a Cuban exile, and former CIA operative. To fellow Cuban militants, he's a hero - but the Cuban government calls him the 'Bin Laden of the Americas', and says he's responsible for a string of terrorist attacks during the half century he's spent fighting against Fidel Castro. For Assignment, Rob Walker goes on the trail of Luis Posada Carriles, and asks why - despite evidence of his involvement in bombings and assassination attempts - he's able to live freely today in the United States. 

Programme Website
More episodes