René González is in Cuba / Llegó René a la Patria

René González, one of the five anti-terrorist Cuban fighters unfairly given harsh prison sentences in the United States, arrived to Cuba on Friday on a family, private visit in the wake of authorization by a US judge to visit his gravely ill brother.

 

According to information released by the TV news program, René arrived minutes alter midday.

On February 24, René had filed through his lawyer an emergency motion before the South Florida District Court, requesting an authorization to visit his brother, seriously ill in Cuba.

Nearly a month later, on March 19, Judge Joan Lenard, who have been handling the case of The Cuban Five since the start of their proceedings, authorized the trip for 15 days under certain conditions, including obtaining all US government travel permits needed.

She also set as a prerequisite failing a detailed travel schedule, his location in Cuba and information of contact in the country, as well as a systematic phone contact with his probation officer.

The judge also made clear that all conditions of Rene's supervised release remain unchanged and he has to go back to the United States as soon as the two weeks pass from the date of his trip.

After having suffered 13 years of unfair prison, René is under a supervised release regime for another three years during which he has to remain in the United States, which constitutes an additional sanction.

The decision of authorizing his trip is fully in line with conditions established for his supervised release, which allow him to travel to Cuba after an approval by the probation officer or the judge.

Even the US Government, which has opposed all motions filed by René to be allowed a permanent return to Cuba and his temporary visit to his brother, admitted that conditions of his supervised release do not prevent him from visiting our country.

In this regard, as of March 7, 2011, the Attorney General's Office argued that the terms of Rene's supervised release do not prevent him from traveling to Cuba during that period. "Nothing will prevent him from requesting his probation officer (or the court, if he was denied that by the former) a permit to travel to Cuba to visit his wife, his old parents or other relatives."

In the motion filed by his lawyer, Rene said he would comply with the terms established for the visit and return to the United States.

Despite the terms imposed, our people, with deep respect, welcomes home our beloved René, and do not stop fighting for his final, permanent return home along with his four close brothers, says the press release.

René González, along with his comrades Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando González, was detained in 1998 in the United States for monitoring Miami-based violent groups operating against Cuba.

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Llegó René a la Patria

Minutos después del mediodía de este viernes, arribó a la Patria, en visita privada y familiar, el Héroe de la República de Cuba, René González Sehwerert, uno de los Cinco luchadores antiterroristas cubanos condenados injustamente a cumplir largas sanciones de privación de libertad en cárceles norteamericanas.

Como es conocido, después de haber sufrido 13 años de injusta prisión, René se encuentra bajo un régimen de libertad supervisada, por otros tres años, durante los cuales deberá permanecer en los Estados Unidos, lo cual constituye una sanción adicional.

El 24 de febrero pasado, René había presentado, a través de su abogado, una moción de emergencia ante la Corte para el Distrito Sur de Florida, en la cual solicitó que se le autorizara a visitar a su hermano gravemente enfermo en Cuba.

Casi un mes después, el 19 de marzo, la jueza Joan Lenard, quien ha estado a cargo del caso de los Cinco desde el inicio de su proceso judicial, autorizó el viaje de René a Cuba por 15 días, bajo un grupo de condiciones: la obtención de todos los permisos necesarios para viajar a Cuba por parte del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos, la entrega del itinerario detallado del viaje, su localización en Cuba e información de contacto en el país, así como el mantenimiento de comunicación telefónica sistemática con su oficial probatorio. Asimismo, la Jueza dejó claro que todas las condiciones de la libertad supervisada de René permanecen invariables y tiene que regresar a los Estados Unidos en cuanto se cumplan dos semanas, a partir de la fecha del viaje.

La decisión de autorizar el viaje de René se corresponde plenamente con las condiciones establecidas para su libertad supervisada, las cuales permiten que viaje a Cuba, previa aprobación del oficial probatorio o de la jueza.

Incluso, el propio Gobierno de los Estados Unidos, que se ha opuesto a todas las mociones presentadas por René para que se le permita tanto su regreso definitivo a Cuba como la visita temporal a su hermano, reconoció que las condiciones de su libertad supervisada no le prohíben viajar a nuestro país. Al respecto, ya desde el 7 de marzo del 2011, la Fiscalía argumentó que "los términos de la libertad supervisada de René no le impiden viajar a Cuba durante ese período... Nada le impedirá solicitarle a su oficial probatorio (o a la corte, si le es negado por este) un permiso para viajar a Cuba a visitar a su esposa, sus padres ancianos u otros".

En la moción presentada por su abogado, René expresó que cumplirá con los términos establecidos para la visita y regresará a los Estados Unidos.

Pese a las condiciones impuestas, nuestro pueblo, con hondo respeto, le da la bienvenida a la Patria a nuestro querido René y no ceja en la lucha por su regreso definitivo junto a sus cuatro entrañables hermanos.

GRANMA