The Cuban Five

Witness History: Archive 2014 - A podcast by BBC World Service

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In September 1998 five Cuban spies were arrested in Miami by the FBI. After a controversial trial, they were given lengthy jail sentences. Three of them are still in American prisons. Witness speaks to one of the Cubans, Rene Gonzalez, who was released in 2011.(Photo: Portraits of the Cuban Five. Credit: Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images)