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Re-sentenced Cuban Antiterrorist Transferred to
their Prisons
HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 24, (acn).-
The process of transferring the three anti-terrorist Cubans who
received new sentences in a federal court in Miami, USA, was
completed and they are now in their respective prisons.
The return trip started, indistinctly, from January 26th this year
for Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labanino and Fernando Gonzalez, who were
re-sentenced from October to December last year in that city,
reported Prensa Latina news agency.
Fernando, Ramón, Antonio, Rene Gonzalez and Gerardo Hernandez were
arrested on September 12th 1998 and subjected to a biased trial in
Miami, in which they were imposed long and unjustified imprisonment
senteces, for having penetrated violent groups that organized
terrorist actions against Cuba from Florida.
Mirtha Rodriguez, mother of Tony, said that his son, as well as
Ramon and Fernando, were driven from Miami to Oklahoma and then to
Colorado, Kentucky and Indiana, respectively.
She commented further that all three are in good spirits, have
contacted their families and reiterated their messages of thanks to
the solidarity movement, both inside and outside Cuba, for the
endless expressions of support.
Rodriguez noted that, given the good behaviour of Antonio, time and
current sentence, is expected to be transferred from a maximum
security prison to a medium one, in the same prison complex in
Florence, but it depends on a rigorous review.
Similarly, in Kentucky, Labañino´s case
could be evaluated and even during the hearing last December his
lawyer requested the possibility of their return to a place with
better access to family visits to be examined.
In August 2009, they were taken to Miami, where on October 13 the
re-sentencing hearing was held for Tony (21 years and 10 months),
and on of December 8th the ones for Ramon (30) and Fernando (17
years and nine months).
Gerardo Hernández (two life sentences plus 15 years) and René
González (15 years) were arbitrarily excluded from this process of
new sentences.
In the Federal Detention Center they remained on different floors
and was on 11 September that could the three were reunited, when the
lawyers asked to see their clients, remembered Mirtha.
It was very exciting for them because they had been only eight years
ago, during the sentencing hearings of the Five in 2001, she said.
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court disregarded the international
outcry and rejected the defense request that the case was discussed
in that forum.
In parallel, the re-sentencing process for three of them, in which a
correction was made, but without the justice they deserved. |
