Political prisoner released after 16 years in Castro gulag

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José Benito Menéndez del Valle

Cuban political prisoner José Benito Menéndez del Valle was released Jan. 23, after 16 years in the Castro gulag.

Menéndez was imprisoned after he was caught while trying to illegally enter the country.

He was released after completing what apparently was a 16-year sentence.

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