The Cuban Five, also known as the Miami Five, are five Cuban intelligence officers who were arrested in September 1998 and later convicted in Miami, Florida, of conspiracy to commit espionage, conspir
A poster in front of Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, calling for the release of the Cuban Five in 2007
Sign supporting the "Cuban Five" in Varadero, Cuba
Sign on a street in Varadero, Cuba
Alan Phillip Gross is a former United States government contractor employed by the United States Agency for International Development.
Alan Gross talking on the phone with President Barack Obama, 2014
Alan Gross with his wife Judy, attorney Scott Gilbert, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz. watch television on board a U.S. government plane headed back to the U.S. as the news breaks of his release, Dec. 17, 2014.