European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday August 23, 1991 cubans seize prison area hold 10 hostages 1alladega, Ala. Apr cuban inmates who came to the United states in the 1980 Marie boat lift and done to want to go Back look Over part of a  prison wednesday and May have As Many As 10 hostages authorities said. A seven prison staff members and three . Immigration and naturalization service workers were missing and apparently taken hostage said de Crosley a spokesman for the Talladega Federal correctional institution. The takeover occurred in a part of the prison housing 121 cuban detainees and 23 american inmates. Of the 121, 32 were scheduled to be sent Back to Cuba on thursday Crosley said. A they basically done to want to go Back to Cuba. That a the Bottom line Quot said Gary Leshaw an Atlanta lawyer who has represented cuban detainees. Leshaw spoke by Telephone to a hostage who said that a everybody was doing Fine and nobody was  Crosley declined to speculate on the cause of the rebellion. Officials also did not know How Many inmates were taking part in the uprising or How the staff members were taken hostage. One prison employee was slightly injured during the takeover and was released after being held for about two hours Crosley said. The employee was treated at a Hospital for bruises. Negotiators were communicating with the inmates who had made to specific demands other than wanting to speak to reporters Crosley said. An unidentified prisoner told can that inmates vowed a Freedom or death Quot and wanted to speak to the . High commission on refugees and to civil rights Leader Coretta Scott King widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King or. Leshaw said he spoke with an inmate at the prison who mentioned wanting to talk with Fernando cd Muy of the us a. Commission he said he then spoke with Chang Muy for the inmates but the . Official said there was a a limited amount the commission could  the inmate he spoke with did not mention King Leshaw said. Dozens of cuban detainees were sent to the prison about 40 Miles East of Birmingham after rioting at prisons in Oakdale la., and Atlanta 3vz years ago. Some were returned to Cuba but others remained. The riots erupted in november 1987 a first at Oakdale then two Days later at Atlanta a after the state department said that Cuba had agreed to take Back More than 2,500 of the 3,800 Mariel refugees imprisoned nationwide. At the height of that crisis More than 100 prison workers were held hostage. The takeovers which lasted eight Days at Oakdale and 11 at Atlanta ended Only after the government agreed to halt deportations while ins reviewed each Case. Deportations resumed in late 1988. Inmates involved in wednesday s uprising Haven to obtained keys that would allow them to escape to any other part of the prison Crosley said. There were no signs of weapons or assault teams outside the prison but Crosley said reinforcements were in route from nearby institutions. Two ambulances were outside the main building and unmarked cars blocked the main Road to the institution which houses 980 inmates in the main prison and 160 in an adjacent lower Security Camp. Most of the detainees came to the United states during the Mariel boat lift then subsequently committed crimes in the United states. Attorneys for the cubans said some also were designated As mentally ill or held because they admitted committing crimes in Cuba. Many have completed sentences for crimes committed in the United states but remain in prison indefinitely Ang pending deportation. % v tyms it j t it it 4 i a ? isl \ i.  arrive thursday at the Talladega Federal correctional institution after a rebellion by inmates. A $11 million Fine imposed on drug Case defendants from wire reports los Angeles a a Federal judge sentenced five men to a total of More than 2,000 years in prison and fined them nearly $11 million in one of the biggest cases of drug Money laundering in . History. . District judge William Keller ordered four of the men wednesday to serve sentences of 505 years each. The fifth defendant who the judge said was least culpable received a term of 27 years. In terms of the drug profits laundered a an estimated $315 million a Ana the planning involved a the scale of this. Operation was without parallel Quot Keller said in sentencing the defendants. The operation which involved downtown jewellers a facilitated the Sale in various parts of the country of extremely Large amounts of narcotics. This will not be tolerated Quot the judge said. All five men were convicted of conspiring to launder drug Money and each was found guilty of at least 25 other counts of Money laundering. Raul Vivas 39, of Buenos Aires Argentina was described As the Leader of the operation. He received a 505-year term and was fined $7.8 million. Nazareth Andonian and his brother Vahe Andoni an both of the los Angeles Community of la Crescenta also received 505-year terms and were fined $1.7 million each. Juan Carlos Seresin who helped supervise counting rooms where employees handled Small denomination Bills made in Street drug deals was also sentenced to 505 years but received Only a nominal Fine. Defendant Ruben Saini received the 27-year term. Drifter admits to murder Juneau Alaska a a drifter accused of six killings in four states pleaded guilty wednesday to killing a Miner in Alaska and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. John j. Fautenberry changed his plea in a bargain with prosecutors. In Exchange related charges of murder robbery and credit card fraud were dropped assistant District attorney Ron Sutcliffe said., Fautenberry 28, admitted he killed Jeff Diffee after befriending him in a Rural tavern. Diffee 39, was found stabbed to death in his Home March 16. The conclusion of the Case Means Fautenberry will Likely be extradited to Ohio within two weeks Sutcliffe said. Ohio is the Only state that has served Fautenberry with an extradition warrant. He is charged with murder robbery theft and credit card fraud in the slaying of an insurance executive who picked him up while he was hitchhiking. Fautenberry also faces murder charges in Oregon for three slayings and in new Jersey for the shooting death of a truck Driver. Lightning kills Miami coach South Miami Fla. Apr a lightning Bolt struck a Field during a High school football practice wednesday killing a coach and injuring three others. Robert Johnson 60, an assistant coach for South Miami High school died about four hours after the lightning Bolt hit at least two of the victims As they stood near the Field s Center. A a 15-year-old football player was in serious but stable condition at doctors Hospital said spokeswoman Lisa Rosen. The two other men both coaches apparently did not suffer a direct hit. They were a just slightly dazed and were admitted to Baptist Hospital for observation said spokeswoman Adrienne Sylver. Florida reports More lightning strikes than any other state. 1dahmer to face More charges in Milwaukee Milwaukee up District Al Lorney e. Michael Mccann said he would file additional homicide charges against Jeffrey Dahmer on thursday and the admitted serial killer s attorney said his client would waive a preliminary hearing Mccann said wednesday that he would add to the 12 homicide charges lodged against Dahmer 31, but he refused to say How Many additional counts would be filed. Attorney Gerald Boyle said that by waiving the hearing Dahmer would be bound Over for arraignment on the charges. The former chocolate factory worker remained in jail under a $5 million Cash Bond. Dahmer is under constant observation by guards and leaves his cell Only to meet with his attorneys and investigators. Dahmer has confessed to 17 slayings and included among his victims Are two 14-year-old boys. Except for one slaying in his Hometown of Bath township Ohio the murders were All allegedly committed in the Milwaukee area. Mccanns office wednesday had not said whether charges would be filed against the Golden Gate funeral Home in Milwaukee for the Way remains of one of Dahmer a victims were packed for shipment to a funeral Home in Michigan. Golden Gate officials who have refused to comment on the ease put the remains of Matt Turner 20, of Chicago into a Box marked As computer parts and took it to Milwaukee s Mitchell International Airport for shipment to Flint mich., where the victims relatives live said Jim Perla an investigator for the Milwaukee county medical examiners office. Drug sniffing dogs discovered the Box last week and the remains were returned to the medical examiner s office. Perla matted the Container inappropriate and said the Bones should have been put into a sealed Container. Wisconsin attorney general Janies Doyle said his investigation into the Dahmer Case would be finished by next wednesday. His office is looking into whether criminal charges should be file Ltd against three suspended police officers because of their Contact in May with Dahmer and one of his victims