Sun-Sentinel, June
9, 2001
Gerardo Hernandez: Cuban intelligence captain who lived under the alias
Manuel Viramontez in a North Miami Beach apartment bugged by the FBI. Reputed
ringleader since 1994. Middleman for most of the coded message traffic passing
between Cuba and its Miami-based Wasp Network. Computer diskettes seized in his
apartment became the basis for prosecution. Faces life term.
Ramon Labanino: Cuban intelligence major who used the alias Luis Medina.
Lived in an apartment overlooking Tampa's MacDill Air Force Base before subbing
for Hernandez when he went home to Cuba on leave. Supervised a husband-and-wife
team assigned to penetrate U.S. Southern Command in Miami. Featured in an FBI
videotape exchanging folders in a Wendy's restroom with a Cuban U.N. diplomat.
Faces life term.
Fernando Gonzalez: Cuban intelligence officer who used the alias Ruben
Campa. Used agents' code names in conversations with Hernandez. Subbed for
Hernandez in his absence. Brought new communications codes to ring from Cuba.
Had a mission in San Francisco in 1988. Faces 10-year prison term.
Antonio Guerrero: Miami-born U.S. citizen who grew up in Cuba and studied
engineering in the Soviet Union. Worked menial jobs at Boca Chica Naval Air
Station in Key West for 5½ years. Reported on military flights, aircraft,
base remodeling and changes of command. Obtained permission from Cuban handlers
to move in with his girlfriend. Faces life term.
Rene Gonzalez: U.S. citizen who grew up in Cuba. As a pilot, infiltrated
Brothers to the Rescue and five other exile groups. Wrote reports laced with
sarcasm about exile leaders. FBI informant on a drug-smuggling exile active in
an anti-Castro paramilitary group. Asked Cuban-American members of Congress for
help getting his wife into the United States from Cuba. Faces 10-year prison
term.
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