And two former Cuban intelligence officers convicted of spying in the US have been given reduced sentences. The pair’s sentences were vacated earlier this year after an appeals court ruled they were too severe. Ramon Labanino’s life term was reduced to thirty years, while Fernando Gonzalez has had one year taken off his initial nineteen-year bid. The two are part of the group known as the Cuban Five, who were convicted in 2001 for spying in southern Florida. The men say they weren’t spying on the US but trying to monitor violent right-wing Cuban exile groups responsible for attacks inside Cuba. The Cuban Five trial was the only judicial proceeding in US history condemned by the UN Human Rights Commission.