Uruguayan President Jose Mujica today discussed plans for his country to accept multiple detainees from Guantanamo Bay, saying his offer to do so included a request for the US to release detained Cuban spies.
Mujica said the talk on the Gitmo detainees was “far from over,” and added that the detentions of the Cuban prisoners was also “shameful” and should be resolved at the same time.
The White House responded with a statement saying they consider Mujica a “valuable partner,” and insisted they are “not aware” of the request for the Cubans, even though it was made very publicly.
Other US officials confirmed Uruguay and other nations had been approached about Gitmo detainees, though they similarly refused to discuss any specific details.
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They weren't spies, they were counter terrorism investigators – United States and Saudi Arabia, the largest state funders of terrorism in the world?
LIKEWISE, I agree with backblow: ['Uruguayan President Jose Mujica today said his offer to do so included a request for the US to release detained Cuban spies'] Except those mentioned are not and were not spies…. What they were is investigators of terrorism against Cuba by U.S. based, hosted (&&& sponsored..???) "exile groups" Not spies at all if these are the prisoners just more lies and spin from one of the most corrupt countries in human history…!!!.
Wikipedia:
LIKEWISE, I agree with backblow: ['Uruguayan President Jose Mujica today said his offer to do so included a request for the US to release detained Cuban spies'] Except those mentioned are not and were not spies…. What they were is investigators of terrorism against Cuba by U.S. based, hosted (&&& sponsored..???) "exile groups" Not spies at all if these are the prisoners just more lies and spin from one of the most corrupt countries in human history…!!!.
Wikipedia: "The Cuban Five, also known as the Miami Five[1] (Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, and René González) are five Cuban intelligence officers convicted in Miami of conspiracy to commit espionage, conspiracy to commit murder, acting as an agent of a foreign government, and other illegal activities in the United States. The Five were in the United States to observe and infiltrate the United States Southern Command and the Cuban-American groups Alpha 66, the F4 Commandos, the Cuban American National Foundation, and Brothers to the Rescue.[2][3] They were part of "La Red Avispa", or the Wasp Network.
The Cuban government acknowledged, after denying the fact for nearly three years, that the five men were intelligence agents. It says they were spying on Miami's Cuban exile community, not the US government.[4] Cuba contends that the men were sent to South Florida in the wake of several terrorist bombings in Havana masterminded by anti-communist militant Luis Posada Carriles, a former Central Intelligence Agency operative.[4][5]
The Five appealed their convictions and the alleged lack of fairness in their trial has received substantial international criticism.[6] A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta overturned their convictions in 2005, citing the "prejudices" of Miami’s anti-Castro Cubans, but the full court later reversed the five's bid for a new trial and reinstated the original convictions.[4] In June 2009 the United States Supreme Court declined to review the case.[7] In Cuba, the Five are viewed by the government as national heroes and portrayed as having sacrificed their liberty in the defense of their country.[8]
LIKEWISE, I agree with backblow: ['Uruguayan President Jose Mujica today said his offer to do so included a request for the US to release detained Cuban spies'] Except those mentioned are not and were not spies…. What they were is investigators of terrorism against Cuba by U.S. based, hosted (&&& sponsored..???) "exile groups" Not spies at all if these are the "Cuban Five" prisoners..!! Just more lies and spin from one of the most corrupt countries in human history…!!!.
Wikipedia: "The Cuban Five, also known as the Miami Five[1] (Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, Ramón Labañino, Fernando González, and René González) are five Cuban intelligence officers convicted in Miami of conspiracy to commit espionage, conspiracy to commit murder, acting as an agent of a foreign government, and other illegal activities in the United States. The Five were in the United States to observe and infiltrate the United States Southern Command and the Cuban-American groups Alpha 66, the F4 Commandos, the Cuban American National Foundation, and Brothers to the Rescue.[2][3] They were part of "La Red Avispa", or the Wasp Network.
The Cuban government acknowledged, after denying the fact for nearly three years, that the five men were intelligence agents. It says they were spying on Miami's Cuban exile community, not the US government.[4] Cuba contends that the men were sent to South Florida in the wake of several terrorist bombings in Havana masterminded by anti-communist militant Luis Posada Carriles, a former Central Intelligence Agency operative.[4][5]
The Five appealed their convictions and the alleged lack of fairness in their trial has received substantial international criticism.[6] A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta overturned their convictions in 2005, citing the "prejudices" of Miami’s anti-Castro Cubans, but the full court later reversed the five's bid for a new trial and reinstated the original convictions.[4] In June 2009 the United States Supreme Court declined to review the case.[7] In Cuba, the Five are viewed by the government as national heroes and portrayed as having sacrificed their liberty in the defense of their country.[8]