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Re-Sentencing Date Set
for Cuban Antiterrorists
HAVANA,
Cuba, Oct 28 (acn) The U.S. District Court for the Southern District
of Florida
announced on Tuesday the new date of the re-sentencing hearings for
Fernando González and
Ramón Labañino, two of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters who
remain unjustly imprisoned in
the United States.
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The date for the re-sentencing of Fernando and
Ramon – who were arrested in 1998 along with Gerardo Hernandez,
Antonio Guerrero and Rene Gonzalez for monitoring right wing
groups in South Florida that were planning and carrying out
terrorist actions against Cuba – was set for next December 8th
in Miami.In 2008, the Atlanta Court of
Appeals annulled the sentences of Antonio Guerrero (life plus 10
years), Ramón (life plus 18 years) and Fernando (19 years)
because they were considered excessive and contrary to the
federal rules.
The re-sentencing hearing for Antonio took
place on October 13, where the Court imposed a sentence of 21
years and 10 months.
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