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May 6, 2013

U.S. Says Paroled Member of "Cuban 5" Can Remain in Cuba 
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A federal judge has ruled a paroled Cuban American previously jailed for
spying can remain in Cuba. René González is one of a group known as
the "Cuban Five" convicted in 2001 for espionage in southern Florida.
The five say they were not spying on the United States, but trying to
monitor violent right-wing Cuban exile groups responsible for attacks
inside Cuba. González was released on parole in 2011 and recently
returned to Cuba to attend his father's funeral. On Friday, a judge
ruled he can remain there if he renounces his U.S. citizenship. The
other four Cuban Five members remain behind bars.

 

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