The Cuban Five

The Cuban Five were a group of five Cuban intelligence agents who operated in the United States during the late 1990s, infiltrating anti-Castro groups to gather information on plans against Cuba. They were arrested in 1998 and sentenced to long prison terms in the U.S., with Cuba and many international supporters arguing they were unjustly convicted for espionage, not violence. The case became a point of contention, highlighting issues of U.S.-Cuba relations, intelligence practices, and justice, leading to widespread calls for their release and debates about legal and diplomatic processes.