Sunday, February 12, 2012

First of 'Cuban Five' spy ring freed after 13 years in jail

9:27 PM | Posted by Free Game Zone | | Edit Post

René González were sentenced to 15 years for his role in the Wasp Network, which was accused of working for the Castro regime

One of the "Cinco de Cuba" convicted of espionage in the United States during the Castro government has been released from prison. It was the first group to complete the sentences imposed a decade ago.

Rene Gonzalez, 55, has served about 13 years to a sentence of 15 years, which reflects the time for good behavior and time spent in pretrial custody. His lawyer, Phil Horowitz, told The Associated Press that Gonzalez picked up at the prison around 4:30 am local time on Friday.

Gonzalez, born in Chicago, who has dual citizenship and Cuban American to serve three years probation in the United States, unless your lawyer can convince a federal judge in Miami has to return to Cuba.

Horowitz said his client wanted to stay in the shade in a secret place "anywhere in Puerto Rico to Hawaii." Gonzalez said he was declining interview requests and had concerns for their safety.

"He was imprisoned for 13 years. I think it's time to give you some peace," he said. "I think it takes some time to decompress. "

Gonzalez and four other Cubans were convicted in 2001 of being part of a spy ring called the Wasp Network. The group attempted to infiltrate and report on U.S. military installations in South Florida and Cuban exile groups and politicians against the government of Fidel and Raul Castro.

One of five was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder for shooting at 1996 aircraft Brothers to the Rescue, who died for democracy in Cuba and brochures helped migrants trying to join the United States. Gonzalez, a pilot, flew with the group in some previous missions as part of the roof of intelligence as an alleged anti-Castro militant, according to court documents.

  • The Cuban government welcomes men as heroes, and they and their supporters have insisted that they were only in the United States to detect and prevent violent attacks against their country, mainly by exile groups based in Miami. Havana also complained that Miami was clearly unfair to the trial, which took place after the U.S. decision to send Elian Gonzalez, unrelated to his father in Cuba. The Cuban boy was found in an inner tube off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. He was one of three survivors of a ship that sank in the people on board attempted to defect to the United States. His mother was among those who drowned.
  • In its judgment in December 2001, Rene Gonzalez apologized, saying "men were convicted of having committed the crime of being men of honor. I have no reason to be sorry, "he said.

Jose Basulto, head of Brothers to the Rescue, Gonzalez called a "traitor", they must renounce his American citizenship and return to Cuba.


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