Five decades after a terrorist bombing in Washington, a Trump deportation looms
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Fifty years after the assassination of Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier in a car bombing on Washington's Embassy Row, one of his killers faces imminent deportation. Virgilio Paz Romero, a Cuban refugee, may be expelled under the Trump administration's hardened immigration enforcement policies.
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Five decades after a terrorist bombing in Washington, a Trump deportation looms
Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier was killed in a car-bombing on Embassy Row. Fifty years later, one of his assassins could soon be deported.
September 20, 2026 at 6:28 p.m. EDTYesterday at 6:28 p.m. EDT
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*A statue outside the Chilean ambassador's residence in Washington of Orlando Letelier, as seen Feb. 25, 2018. The former Chilean ambassador to the United States was assassinated in a 1976 car-bombing on Embassy Row that also killed colleague Ronni Moffitt. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post)*
By Karen DeYoung
Fifty years ago Monday in Washington, Virgilio Paz Romero, a militant young refugee from communist Cuba, allegedly activated a remote control that detonated a bomb placed under the driver’s seat of another man’s car. As the vehicle rounded Sheridan Circle on Embassy Row, the blast killed two of the three passengers inside.
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What readers are saying
The comments reflect a strong consensus that individuals involved in serious crimes, such as the assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffit, should be deported. Many commenters express frustration over the perceived leniency and delay in deporting such individuals,... Show more
This summary is AI-generated. AI can make mistakes and this summary is not a replacement for reading the comments.
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Five decades after a terrorist bombing in Washington, a Trump deportation looms
Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier was killed in a car-bombing on Embassy Row. Fifty years later, one of his assassins could soon be deported.
September 20, 2026 at 6:28 p.m. EDTYesterday at 6:28 p.m. EDT
9 min
*A statue outside the Chilean ambassador's residence in Washington of Orlando Letelier, as seen Feb. 25, 2018. The former Chilean ambassador to the United States was assassinated in a 1976 car-bombing on Embassy Row that also killed colleague Ronni Moffitt. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post)*
By Karen DeYoung
Fifty years ago Monday in Washington, Virgilio Paz Romero, a militant young refugee from communist Cuba, allegedly activated a remote control that detonated a bomb placed under the driver’s seat of another man’s car. As the vehicle rounded Sheridan Circle on Embassy Row, the blast killed two of the three passengers inside.
---
What readers are saying
The comments reflect a strong consensus that individuals involved in serious crimes, such as the assassination of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffit, should be deported. Many commenters express frustration over the perceived leniency and delay in deporting such individuals,... Show more
This summary is AI-generated. AI can make mistakes and this summary is not a replacement for reading the comments.
* David Nakamura and Adam Taylor How Trump turned a refugee bureau into a $410 million deportation operation Earlier today
* Scott Nover Major TV networks halt video coverage of Trump over CNN ban 2 hours ago
* Elizabeth Dwoskin He spent 11 months inside DOGE. Now he wants to set the record straight. Earlier today
* Column Trisha Pasricha As a doctor, here’s one drugstore medication I tell people to rethink Earlier today
* Teo Armus The U.S. sent an Iranian Christian to Panama. It had no plan for what came next. Earlier today
* Opinion Editorial Board A $1.2 trillion state allowance is stunting America’s growth Earlier today
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