• IN a letter addressed to Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, known for her support for notorious Cuban-American terrorists, Livio di Celmo, brother of the Italian-Canadian tourist killed in 1997 by a mercenary hired by Luis Posada Carriles, accuses the U.S. Congresswoman of being no less than an accessory to the crime.

Fabio di Celmo (1965-1997) died on September 4, 1007 in the lobby of Havana’s Copacabana Hotel, when an explosive device planted there by Salvadoran terrorist Raúl Cruz León, sent to Cuba by Posada, detonated.

"After the murder of my brother in 1997, I began to investigate who was behind the 1997 terrorist attacks in Cuba and discovered that they originated in the United States," Livio di Celmo states in the letter, recalling that the Cuban-American terrorist networks have caused the deaths of "thousands of civilians since 1959."

The names of Posada Carriles and his associates are always appearing in available declassified documents, he notes.

"I learned that in the U.S., members of Congress are among those who have lobbied on behalf of these terrorist criminals. In fact, your name, Ms. Lehtinen, appears time and time again."

"In this open letter, I wish to express the extreme indignation and revulsion that I feel knowing that there are people like you in the U.S. Congress who are so blinded by hatred for the legitimate leaders of Cuba that your twisted minds consider Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch as heroic patriots.

"In your fantasy world, it would seem that there are good terrorists and bad terrorists... For you and your people, and those who helped to give form to the twisted policy of the United States toward Cuba, this does not seem to be a problem. How shameless!" Di Celmo states.

And he adds, "You don’t even see the terrorist you have within!"

Livio di Celmo reminds Ros-Lehtinen that her constituents include families who have lost their sons and daughters in combat in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere in her so-called "war on terrorism."

"If they knew that Congress members had advocated on behalf of terrorists like Orlando Bosch and Luis Posada Carriles, I am certain of their indignation at this double standard and hypocrisy!" the brother of the murdered tourist affirms.

"I am convinced, Ms. Lehtinen, that the families of the victims of Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch will continue demanding that all of those involved in these acts of terrorism be held accountable: the mercenaries, the masterminds, those who fund them, U.S. government agencies and individuals, including members of Congress, who are lobbying on behalf of these criminals and who are deliberately ignoring or tolerating their murderous acts," Livio di Celmo concludes.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen got herself elected to Congress by campaigning in favor of the release of Orlando Bosch in 1989 when, after buying his way out of prison in Venezuela with the complicity of Otto Reich, U.S. ambassador to Venezuela at the time, he was detained by Miami immigration authorities.

Advised by Reich and Jeb Bush, brother of George W. Bush, Lehtinen used her defense of Bosch and the support of Jorge Mas Canosa, leader of the terrorist Cuban-American National Foundation to win election. She has always supported Luis Posada Carriles, bother overtly and secretly.