Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 March 2004
75 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Government has imprisoned five persons (details supplied) who were working to save Cuban and American lives from terrorist organisations which operate in Miami. [9411/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe case raised by the Deputy relates to five Cuban citizens convicted in the US in December 2001 on charges ranging from espionage to first degree murder, and whose appeal is now being heard. As I have previously informed the Deputy, the Government has no standing in this matter which is a bilateral consular question between the Cuban and US authorities.
