Cuban Five Cause Promoted in Mexico

Mexico City, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) Aleida Guevara, daughter of guerrilla fighter Ernesto Che Guevara is currently promoting a campaign here to unveil the truth about the five Cuban youths serving terms in the US for fighting terrorism.

The irregularities Fernando Gonzalez, Rene Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino and Antonio Guerrero have faced since September 1998 will be expounded in San Luis de Potosi, located 250 miles north of Mexico City, on Friday.

Aleida Guevara arrived in Mexico on Wednesday, at the invitation of the Mexican Movement of Solidarity with Cuba (MMSC), to visit 13 local states.

During an emotive exchange with political and social organizations, Guevara asserted that the international solidarity"s strength would contribute to return The Five, as they are internationally known, to their homeland.

In a phone conversation with Prensa Latina, Barbara Iglesias, official at the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, who is accompanying Guevara, said that they met with deputies of the Revolucion Democratica Party and MMSC members in the state of Guanajuato.

They also participated in conferences at the Guanajuato University and the Leon Ibero American University.

Guevara asserted that Washington was trying to build a wall of silence to prevent people and nations from being aware of the many violations the five Cuban compatriots have suffered.

The Five defense attorneys have proven conditions were unfavourable to guarantee a fair and unbiased trial in Miami, she contended.

While an Atlanta court is considering the appeal lodged by their defense attorneys, the prosecutor’s office is looking for further incriminating evidence, Guevara explained.

On September 12, the Five Cuban prisoners reached six years in US jails, where they have been placed without motives in punishment cells for 19 months, she concluded.