MADRID, 16 Mar. The Catholic Church in Havana on Wednesday announced the release of nine other Cuban prisoners who will travel "soon" to Spain, but none of them belongs to a group of dissidents arrested during the Black Spring of 2003. Opponents to be released are Daviel Gaínza Leiva, Emilio Pérez Díaz, Juan Ramón Rivero Despaigne, Lázaro Alejandro García Farah, Luis Campos Corrales, Maikel Bocourt Pedroso, Orestes Paino Viera, Pavel Hernández Mansfarrol and Randy Cabrera Mayor.
With this group added 103 prisoners who have accepted the proposal to travel to Spain in exchange for his release, as has been stated the Archbishop of Havana in a statement. Gaínza Daviel Leiva was sentenced in April 2003 to 20 years in prison for the crime of terrorism. Lázaro Alejandro García Farah and Luis Campos Corrales serving a sentence of 25 years for piracy, issued in August 1994, according to the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN).
Paino Orestes Viera was sentenced in July 2008 to six years in prison on charges of contempt and assault. Juan Ramón Rivero Despaigne was sentenced in January 2009 to two years in prison for assault, while Mayor Randy Cabrera is serving 17 years in prison for attempted illegal departure from Cuba and evasion issued in August 1994. 
With this group added 103 prisoners who have accepted the proposal to travel to Spain in exchange for his release, as has been stated the Archbishop of Havana in a statement. Gaínza Daviel Leiva was sentenced in April 2003 to 20 years in prison for the crime of terrorism. Lázaro Alejandro García Farah and Luis Campos Corrales serving a sentence of 25 years for piracy, issued in August 1994, according to the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN).
Paino Orestes Viera was sentenced in July 2008 to six years in prison on charges of contempt and assault. Juan Ramón Rivero Despaigne was sentenced in January 2009 to two years in prison for assault, while Mayor Randy Cabrera is serving 17 years in prison for attempted illegal departure from Cuba and evasion issued in August 1994.
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