Cuba returns child sex fugitive to U.S.

REUTERS

8:29 a.m. June 13, 2008

HAVANA – Cuba Friday sent an American fugitive back to the United States where he is wanted on charges of child sex tourism and possessing child pornography.

The Cuban Foreign Ministry said Leonard Auerbach entered Cuba via Mexico April 8 and was detained May 7 based on information provided by U.S. authorities.

In an April press release, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Auerbach, a 61-year-old California resident and mortgage finance expert, had been placed on its “most wanted listâ€