U.S. says no prisoner swap

The Miami Herald has published the text of a letter from the U.S. Departments of State and Justice to Rep. Lincoln Díaz-Balart (R-Fla.) regarding rumours the Cuban government might be willing to exchange an American contractor it is holding in exchange for members of the Cuban Five. The letter: Dear Congressman Díaz-Balart: Thank you for […]

11/06/2010
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René and the Russian spies

René González Sehwerert told me he “wasn’t surprised at all” when the United States government reached a swift deal this summer to swap 10 freshly captured Russian spies for four Russians who’d been convicted of passing their country’s state secrets to the U.S. Pass Go. Get out of Jail Free. Go home. Sing patriotic songs […]

08/13/2010
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More details emerge of Hernandez's time in the 'hole'

Gerardo31 “[Gerardo] Hernández’s sister Isabel first learned that he had been put in the ‘hole’ … when she went for a visit at the U.S. maximum security prison in Victorville, California, July 24. She was only allowed to talk to him by phone, separated by a thick glass partition, while he was kept handcuffed… “Hernández […]

08/07/2010
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Hernandez to file new motion

Gerardo Hernandez Lawyers for Gerardo Hernandez, one of the Cubans serving time in American prisons in connection with the Cuban Five affair, will return to court in June 2010—nine years after his original conviction—to present a writ of habeas corpus, asking the judge in the case to reconsider his sentence. Three other members of the […]

05/15/2010
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Guerrero transferred

Antonio Guerrero "Free the Cuban Five" reports that Antonio Guerrero, who was serving a life+10-year sentence in connection with the Cuban Five spy case, has been moved from his maximum security institution in Florence, CO, to a medium security jail in the same Colorado city. In October, a court in Miami reduced his sentence to […]