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Statement of Fernando González LLort. |
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Fernando
González
Birthday: August 18
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Write to him:
Rubén Campa
#58733-004
FCI Terre Haute
P.O. Box 33,
Terre Haute, IN 47808
U.S.A.
(NOTE: the
envelope should be addressed to "Rubén Campa," but address
the letter inside to Fernando) |
"... I simply want to
reiterate that at no time did I endanger the national security of the United
States, nor was this ever my intent, or that of my comrades."
Fernando González
Llort
was born in Havana on August 18, 1963. In 1981 he graduated with high honors
from high school in the Island of Youth. In 1987 he graduated magna cum
laude with a degree in International Political Relations under the Ministry
of Superior Education and received a Gold Diploma. While in school, González
had various leadership roles in the Federation of University Students (FEU).
He participated in the promotion of cultural events and in theater
festivals. From 1987 to 1989, González served as part of the
internationalist Cuban brigade that fought to preserve Angola's independence
against the invading South African apartheid regime. He was awarded a medal
of honor for bravery. González is married to Rosa Aurora Freijanes Coca. He
is sentenced to 19 years and is in F.C.I. Oxford, Wisconsin.
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Charged with:
a.
Conspiracy to commit crimes against the United
States: carries a maximum five-year term.
b.
Obtaining and using false identification:
carries a maximum five year term with an
additional five for illegal use of same.
c.
Conspiracy to act as an unregistered foreign
agent: carries a maximum 10-year term aggravated
by an additional charge for persuading Antonio
to become an unregistered foreign agent.
Why he is
Innocent
Without taking into
consideration any extenuating circumstances, the
maximum penalty was imposed on Fernando for
every infraction of which he was found guilty.
This shows the unmeasured and irrational nature
of the penalties. According to U.S. law a
maximum life sentence can be imposed in the
event the defendant is proved to be potentially
dangerous, aggressive or open to recidivism. At
no point did the judge, jury or Public
Prosecutor ever complain about the behavior of
the accused, nor was there any evidence to
suggest that he had not maintained high moral
and ethical conduct during the entire period he
lived in the USA. The issue of necessity was not
even considered to be an extenuating
circumstance.
As to the charge
a) Conspiracy to
commit crimes against the United States,
no proof exists to indicate any conspiracy to
commit a crime. In fact, Fernando had the
mission of monitoring the activities of
well-known terrorist, Orlando Bosch, who the
U.S. authorities themselves describe as a public
enemy and who is known to have collected money
to send explosives and arms to Cuba, thereby
violating the U.S. Neutrality Act.
With the charge of
b) Obtaining and
using false identification,
no proof was submitted of any intention to cause
harm to the United States and, as such, no crime
was committed with the use of the false
identification.
As far as
c) Conspiracy to
act as an unregistered foreign agent is
concerned, to be
convicted of this charge the accused had to have
demonstrated that he knew of this law
beforehand. Although generally speaking, lack of
knowledge about the law does not absolve a
citizen for not abiding by it, there are unusual
cases such as this where an accused has been
exonerated because the applicable statute was
not common knowledge.
19 Years
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