Four men were arrested in connection with the bombing, and a trial was held in Venezuela. Freddy Lugo and Hernán Ricardo Lozano were each sentenced to 20-year prison terms. Orlando Bosch was acquitted and later moved to Miami, Florida, where he lived until his death on April 27, 2011. Luis Posada Carriles was held for eight years while awaiting a final sentence but eventually fled. He later entered the United States, where he was held on charges of entering the country illegally, but was released on April 19, 2007. No charges were ever brought to Rafael De Jesus Gutierrez. He mysteriously disappeared back into his role for CIA fighting communism in Latin America for many years. Later expanding to the war on drugs from 1976-1994.