Charges are brought against Luis Posada Carriles

Homeland Security Department officials said Thursday that they had charged &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/15487_carriles.html ' target=_blank>Luis Posada Carriles, the violent anti-Castro militant, with illegally entering the United States.

The charge could be the first step in the deportation of Mr. Posada, 77, who resurfaced outside Miami and was arrested on Tuesday after 45 years of shadowy combat against &to=http:// english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/15399_fidel.html ' target=_blank>Fidel Castro. It also represents a legal and political dilemma for the Bush administration, reports the New York Times.

According to ABC News, newly publicized U.S. government documents provide further clues about Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles' possible involvement in the 1976 bombing of a passenger jet, and say an informant had told the CIA about a plot to bring down a Cuban plane.