Posted on 12/18/2014 9:38:59 AM PST by Jim Robinson
MIAMI — They were known as the Cuban Five, members of a spy ring that descended on South Florida in the 1990s and infiltrated exile groups and military installations.
They, along with other members of the ring, tried to make themselves indispensable to the exile groups whose secrets they stole. One of the operatives worked at the Naval Air Station in Key West, while another worked undercover in Tampa.
“They were very good,” said Ramón Saúl Sánchez, the founder of the Movimiento Democracia, one of the exile organizations that was infiltrated. “When you trust somebody who you honestly believe is struggling for the good of your people, and suddenly you see that person was actually an agent of the oppressor against your struggle, of course you feel betrayed.”
Another operative, who managed to avoid being one of the Cuban Five by fleeing back to Cuba, had even married a local woman from his church.
Once their cover was blown in 1998 and federal agents broke apart the ring, several members pleaded guilty to various charges, but the Cuban Five went to trial instead. They were convicted in 2001 and sentenced to long prison terms.
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They should have been shot.
An outrage.
This Obama guy is reckless. How many criminals is he letting go. What’s worse, he’s broken a long standing practice that we don’t negitiate with terrorists.
Okay next he will free Charles Manson, BTK, and all those serial killers that are now in prison.
Obama national defense(less)
Now, to get those sanctions against Israel in place!
Keeping those spys prisoners for approx: 11years in FL for approx. $17K per year per man, comes to well over approx: 2Million$$$...what did the state or our country gain by incarcerating them?
I agree. They should’ve faced a firing squad years ago.
None dare call it treason.
oh wait...I will.
It is Treason.
This one escaped me. I expected Obama to release them, just didn’t know when he was going to do it. Customarily, spies are only released when a trade deal is made for people we want to get out, but no doubt we got nothing from this release .
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