Letter from Cuba contained data on military sites [View All]

A followup on the woman with the letter in her bra who was detained in Cuba, original article from June 26, 2003 for reference follows.

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A Miami-Dade County woman accused of espionage in Cuba because of a letter a relative gave her to take to the United States finally has revealed its contents.

María Cardoso, who was detained in Cuba for nearly six months on suspicion of spying, said Tuesday that the letter contained information on the Cuban military.

Cardoso said that her brother, Omelio Angulo, wrote the letter to another brother, Enrique Angulo, who lives in southwest Miami-Dade. It contained information about Cuban military installations and included photos, according to Cardoso and Enrique Angulo.

Omelio Angulo's trial on espionage charges is set for today in Camaguey, Cuba, his relatives said. The charges against him stem from the letter, which Cuban state security officers found on Cardoso after they detained her at the Camaguey airport on April 8.

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Cuba holds Dade couple; family pleads for release

A family torn apart by Cuba's cryptic accusations of espionage is appealing to the media and the American government for help in freeing their imprisoned relatives on the island.

Three months ago, Maria Cardoso and her husband Arcel took their two daughters, Lizandra Fernandez, 15, and Ashley Cardoso, 7, on a two-week trip to Camagüey to visit relatives. By the end of their vacation, Maria and Arcel were in Cuban custody and their daughters were under house arrest in Camagüey.

The two girls were eventually sent back to Miami, where they are living with an uncle in Southwest Miami-Dade.

Cuba has accused their parents and an uncle of espionage, a charge linked to an anti-Castro letter that security agents found in Maria's bra as she tried to board her flight back to Miami in April.

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