Last June 8, five fellow countrymen who in the very entrails of the monster risked their lives daily to discover and inform on the terrorist plans hatched against our people by the Cuban American Mafiosi under the tolerant eye, and with the complicity, of the U.S. authorities, were declared guilty of infamous and false charges in a Miami court of law.

A rigged, prejudiced and misinformed jury, working under tremendous pressure brought on them by the authorities, the media and the poisoned and stinking atmosphere of Miami, have declared them guilty of grossly manipulated and deceitful charges which were never proved but for which they could be sentenced to remain for the rest of their lives in hostile, ruthless and subhuman jails in the United States of America.

All sorts of outrages and humiliations have been practiced against them, including punishment in solitary confinement cells for long periods of time; three of them have spent up to 17 months there deprived of all contact with their immediate families.

Given the nature of their heroic mission, it was necessary to wait for the development of the long and sinister process from their detention until the unfair decision passed by the jury, before we could begin to expose and denounce the shameful conduct of the Miami law enforcement and judicial authorities. After almost three years of anonymous and exemplary heroism, the time has come to display the whole truth.

Based on a moving message addressed to the American people and signed by our five fellow countrymen, today the true history will begin to come up in successive televised round tables.  Our people will be given every possible detail on the subject that do not affect the indispensable need to preserve methods, tactics and information sources that should be protected.

Our countrymen, who have become the victims of such an atrocious injustice while discharging a sacred duty with their nation, are not ignorant or unprincipled people but rather well-educated men with deep moral and patriotic convictions.  They are: René González Sehwerert,  a flight instructor and a specialist in aviation technology; Ramón Labañino Salazar, a Major in Economy, graduated suma cum laude at the Havana University; Fernando Gonzalez Llort, a Major in International Relations from the “Raúl Roa García” Higher Education Institute; Antonio Guerrero Rodríguez, a civil engineer specialized in the construction of airways and Gerrardo Hernández Nordelo, also a Major in International Relations graduated from the “Raúl Roa García” Higher Education Institute.