Salvadoran Convicted of Bombing a Cuban Hotel in 1997 Is Released.

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On Friday, the Cuban government released the Salvadoran Otto René Rodríguez Llerena after pointing out that he served his 30-year prison sentence for a series of bombings in Havana hotels in 1997. The plot of this series of attacks, aimed at driving tourists away from the island to weaken Fidel Castro’s then government, in power since the 1959 revolution, was narrated in the film “The Wasp Network” (2019), with the performance of Gael García and…

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HAVANA (AP) — A Salvadoran citizen convicted of terrorism for planting a bomb in a Cuban hotel in 1997 was released Friday after serving his sentence, the island's foreign ministry said.

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Otto René Rodríguez Llerena was the author of the explosion that only damaged the Meliá Cohiba hotel in 1997

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The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs today announced the release of the Salvadoran Otto René Rodríguez Llerena, sentenced to 30 years for a terrorist attack in 1997, after serving his sentence.

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A former Salvadoran soldier convicted in Cuba of bombing Havana hotels in the late 1990s has served his sentence and been released from prison.

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Communiqué of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba informs that the Salvadoran citizen Otto René Rodríguez Llerena, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his participation in a terrorist attack in a hotel in Cuba in 1997, has served his sentence and, in accordance with the laws of the country, has been released. It is necessary to remember that, while Cuba complies with its laws an…