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US Historian Calls Imprisonment of Cuban Anti-terrorists as Disgrace

Havana, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) U.S. historian and analyst James Cockcroft says he considers it a disgrace for the legal system of his country that four of five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters arrested on September 12, 1998 in Miami are still in prison.

In exclusive statements to Prensa Latina via email, Cockcroft called for the immediate unconditional release of Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, and Fernando Gonzalez.

Rene Gonzalez was released from prison in 2011 after completing his sentence, and commenting on this, Cockcroft said, "15 years in captivity is shameful, 15 years, enough already."...
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