Reply #7: Cuban exiles get prison for stockpiling machine guns, grenade launcher in Broward

[Mika]

Cuban exiles get prison for stockpiling machine guns, grenade launcher in Broward
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-ccache15nov15,0,3954287.story?coll=sfla-news-broward

Prominent Cuban exile Santiago Alvarez was sentenced to nearly four years in prison Tuesday for his part in a conspiracy to stockpile weapons for possible use against Cuba.

A federal judge in Fort Lauderdale imposed Alvarez's 46-month sentence before a courtroom packed with relatives and supporters, closing a case that infuriated some Cuban exiles.

U.S. District Judge James Cohn sentenced Alvarez's employee and longtime friend, Osvaldo Mitat, to 37 months.

The men, both exiles and staunch opponents of Fidel Castro's communist government, pleaded guilty in September to illegally storing weapons, including six machine guns and a grenade launcher, in a Broward County apartment complex owned by Alvarez, 65.

Authorities found the weapons cache as Mitat, 64, transported it from the Lauderhill complex to another location. Prosecutors said the weapons were intended for attacks on Castro's government.

Not terra-ists. I repeat.. NOT terra-ists - freedom fighters. :eyes: