December 7, 2000 • Combined dispatches and staff reports. The Washington Times

MIAMI — Five men accused of spying for Cuba went on trial yesterday, with a prosecutor charging they served as Fidel Castro's eyes and ears in Florida for years.

The defendants — three Cuban intelligence officers and two U.S. citizens — used coded computer disks, high-frequency radio transmissions and electronic phone messages to infiltrate U.S. military bases and Cuban exile groups, Assistant U.S. Attorney David Buckner told the federal jury in his opening statement.

Priorities for the spy ring included getting access to the U.S. Southern Command Headquarters after it moved to Miami from Panama in 1996 and discrediting the Cuban-exile group Brothers to the Rescue, Mr. Buckner said.

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