Cuban Five
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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 Gross
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Alan Phillip Gross is a former United States government contractor employed by the United States Agency for International Development.
Cuban Five
…officer, identified by a senior American as Rolando Sarraff Trujillo. The exchange of prisoners coincided with Cuba's release of American contractor Alan Phillip Gross, although the governments characterized the release of Gross as being unrelated to the prisoner exchange. The release of the Cuban Five was broadly…
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.