Vol. 74/No. 21      May 31, 2010

Under pressure from an international campaign to free the five, three have had their sentences reduced. In October, Guerrero’s life sentence plus 10 years was reduced to 21 years and 10 months. In December, Labañino’s sentence was reduced from life plus 18 years to 30 years and Fernando González’s from 19 years to 17 years and 9 months. But the court has thus far refused to reconsider the sentences of Hernández, serving two life terms plus 15 years, or René González, sentenced to 15 years.

In early May, Guerrero was moved from a maximum security prison to a medium security facility within the same prison complex in Florence, Colorado. According to antiterroristas.cu, a Web site that promotes the campaign to free the five, the move is the result of the reduction in Guerrero’s sentence “as well as his exemplary behavior throughout 11 long years in prison, including not just an unblemished record of good conduct but also volunteering to teach classes to his fellow inmates.”