Luis Posada's release and confinement of Cuban anti-terror team puts US commitment to fight terror in question
In Havana, or for that matter all of Cuba, people call them “the five.” Their posters can be seen on the walls and their faces peer out of billboards on the entire stretch of the island. Just being remotely related with them assures anyone a celebrity status. Children from Kindergarten and beyond recognise them by their first names – Gerardo, René, Ramón, Fernando and Antonio. And they are members of no rock band.
They are men, who have been sentenced to prison terms for allegedly spying on the United States. Or that is what the US wants the world to believe. The group had been sent by the Cuban government to track down right-wing Cuban exiles in Miami, who were involved in terrorist activities in the island nation.
However, they were caught and are serving four life sentences and 75 years collectively, after being convicted by the US federal court in Miami, on June 8, 2001. As expected, they were erroneously accused by the US administration of committing espionage against the United States, and other correlated charges. During the hearing, the Five pointed out forcefully in their defence that they were involved in keeping an eye on the actions of Miami-based radical groups, in order to foil terrorist attacks on Cuba. And their actions were by no means directed at the US regime and they never harmed anyone or possessed or even used any weapons on US soil.
“This is laughable. On one hand, you talk about ‘Global War on Terror’ and on the other hand, you round up people, who are precisely doing that,” said famous Latin American jurist Juan Guzman, who is involved in the international campaign to release the Five, while talking to TSI.
In Havana, or for that matter all of Cuba, people call them “the five.” Their posters can be seen on the walls and their faces peer out of billboards on the entire stretch of the island. Just being remotely related with them assures anyone a celebrity status. Children from Kindergarten and beyond recognise them by their first names – Gerardo, René, Ramón, Fernando and Antonio. And they are members of no rock band.
They are men, who have been sentenced to prison terms for allegedly spying on the United States. Or that is what the US wants the world to believe. The group had been sent by the Cuban government to track down right-wing Cuban exiles in Miami, who were involved in terrorist activities in the island nation.
However, they were caught and are serving four life sentences and 75 years collectively, after being convicted by the US federal court in Miami, on June 8, 2001. As expected, they were erroneously accused by the US administration of committing espionage against the United States, and other correlated charges. During the hearing, the Five pointed out forcefully in their defence that they were involved in keeping an eye on the actions of Miami-based radical groups, in order to foil terrorist attacks on Cuba. And their actions were by no means directed at the US regime and they never harmed anyone or possessed or even used any weapons on US soil.
“This is laughable. On one hand, you talk about ‘Global War on Terror’ and on the other hand, you round up people, who are precisely doing that,” said famous Latin American jurist Juan Guzman, who is involved in the international campaign to release the Five, while talking to TSI.
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