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Cuban Anti-Terrorist Fighters Jailed in US Are Innocent, Lawyer Say

Havana, Jan 14 (Prensa Latina) US lawyer Leonard Weinglass assured that the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters imprisoned in US never attempted against US national territory, and their only purpose was to infiltrate terrorists from the US national territory.

The US lawyer represents Antonio Guerrero, one of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters condemned to penal sentences up to double life prison by a jury in Miami, Florida, a city Weinglass considered inappropriate for such a trial.

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