• Submitted by: manso
• Politics and Government
• 11 / 02 / 2010

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By PAUL HAVEN. The Associated Press.2010-11-01T18:35:27. HAVANA — Roman Catholic officials on Monday announced the names of three more Cuban prisoners who have accepted exile in Spain in return for freedom.

One of the men, Adrian Alvarez Arenciba, has been in jail since 1985 for espionage and other violations of state security. Another, Ramon Fidel Basulto Garcia, was convicted of hijacking in 1994. Both were serving 30-year sentences. The third man, Joel Torres Gonzalez, does not appear on the most widely used list of Cuban dissidents or political prisoners.

The church issued a statement saying all three will shortly be sent to Spain, along with their families.

Under an agreement hammered out with the church in July, President Raul Castro faces a Sunday deadline to free the last 13 of 52 remaining prisoners of conscience arrested in 2003. Thirty-nine have left for Spain so far — along with 11 people jailed separately, often for violent offenses.

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39953692/ns/world_news-americas/