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FROM
CUBA
Cubans who tried to sep haven in the Mexican
Embassy sentenced
HAVANA, Cuba, April 29 - (Richard Roselló
/ www.cubanet.org) - Twenty-three Cubans
who sought asylum in the Mexican Embassy
have received prison sentences ranging from
tour to 18 years.
Eighteen of the Cubans penetrated embassy
grounds February 27, 2002, in a commandeered
bus that smashed through the entrance, four
scaled the fence and one walked through
the damaged gate.
The sentences were made public by Elizardo
Sánchez Santa Cruz,, president of
the dissident Cuban Commission on Human
Rights and National Reconciliation. He termed
the sentences harsh.
The would-be asylum seekers were tried
in January, but were only advised recently
of the sentences meted out.
Paramilitary forces removed the 23 from
the embassy grounds before they were able
to formally ask for asylum.
Embassy officials had asked Cuban authorities
to allow the 23 to return to their homes
and not face trials.
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