Judge Joan Lenard didn’t pay heed to the suggestion by the government and attorneys about a reduction to 20 years of the previous life sentence plus 10 years given to Antonio Guerrero, Alicia Jrapko, member of the International Committee for the Freedom of the Five, told Prensa Latina news agency.

Jrapko, who attended this Tuesday the re-sentencing hearing, held in Miami, explained that the government acknowledged that the Cuban Five case caused diverse reactions all over the world, where many voices demand their release.

Guerrero's hearing precedes those of Fernando Gonzalez and Ramón Labañino, which were postponed after the judge issued an order in response to a request by the defense.

The three antiterrorists were scheduled for re-sentencing after the  11th Circuit of Atlanta’s Court of Appeals overturned the previous sentences for having considered them wrong and resulting from a murky trial.

Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino and Fernando Gonzalez, along  Gerardo Hernandez and René Gonzalez, have been serving sentences that range from 15 years to double life term,  for reporting to their country on terrorist actions planned by ultra-right and anti-Cuba groups based in the US state of Florida. Those sentences were also imposed by Judge Lenard in 2001.