September 12 marks the tenth anniversary of the arrest of Gerardo Hernández, René González, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino and Fernando González.
The Cuban Five are five Cuban men who are in U.S. prison, serving four life sentences and 75 years collectively, after being wrongly convicted in U.S. federal court in Miami, on June 8, 2001.  They were falsely accused by the U.S. government of committing espionage conspiracy against the United States, and other related charges. The Five’s actions were never directed at the U.S. government.  They never harmed anyone nor ever possessed nor used any weapons while in the United States. Their mission was to stop terrorism.
For more than 40 years, anti-Cuba terrorist organisations based in Miami have engaged in countless terrorist activities against Cuba, and against anyone who advocates a normalisation of relations between the U.S. and Cuba. More than 3,000 Cubans have died as a result of these terrorists’ attacks.
Following an accord on terrorism with the US, Cuba made the decision to send the Five to Miami to monitor the terrorists. They Cuban Five infiltrated the terrorist organisations in Miami to inform Cuba of imminent attacks.
Evidence was presented by Cuba to the FBI, but instead of arresting the terrorists, the FBI arrested the Cuban Five ANTI-terrorists on September 12, 1998.   They remain in prison despite a successful appeal.