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Jailed Cuban agent to be deported from U.S. after release
Source: Reuters
Jailed Cuban agent to be deported from U.S. after release
BY ZACHARY FAGENSON
MIAMI Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:02am EST
(Reuters) - A Cuban intelligence agent jailed for more than 15 years for spying on Cuban-American exiles living in Miami will be deported immediately following his release from an Arizona prison on Thursday, his attorney said.
Fernando Gonzalez, 50, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1998 along with four other Cuban agents and they were all convicted in 2001 of 26 counts of spying on behalf of Fidel Castro's government.
The case of the "Cuban Five" is widely considered an impediment to improving tense relations between the United States and Cuba, separated by only 90 miles of sea.
"Every step has been taken to remove any procedural delays and Fernando looks forward to returning to his family," Gonzalez's attorney Richard Klugh said in an email.
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BY ZACHARY FAGENSON
MIAMI Thu Feb 27, 2014 7:02am EST
(Reuters) - A Cuban intelligence agent jailed for more than 15 years for spying on Cuban-American exiles living in Miami will be deported immediately following his release from an Arizona prison on Thursday, his attorney said.
Fernando Gonzalez, 50, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 1998 along with four other Cuban agents and they were all convicted in 2001 of 26 counts of spying on behalf of Fidel Castro's government.
The case of the "Cuban Five" is widely considered an impediment to improving tense relations between the United States and Cuba, separated by only 90 miles of sea.
"Every step has been taken to remove any procedural delays and Fernando looks forward to returning to his family," Gonzalez's attorney Richard Klugh said in an email.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/27/us-cuba-usa-agent-idUSBREA1Q0WW20140227
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