European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday August 23, 1991 reinforcements arrive thursday at the Talladega Federal correctional institution after a rebellion by inmates. Cuban inmates in standoff threaten to kill hostages Talladega Ala. Apr dozens of armed cuban prisoners who seized at least 10 hostages to keep from being deported thursday threatened to kill their captives officials said. The hostages seized wednesday when the cubans overpowered guards moving them Between areas included three immigration workers said de Crosley spokesman for the Talladega Federal correctional institution. The rest were prison staff members. The siege occurred in a maximum Security part of the prison housing 121 cubans and 18 americans. The cubans consider the 18 to be hostages As Well according to Gary Leshaw a Legal Aid society lawyer who spoke with two of the hostage takers. Prison officials say they done to know the status of the 18 americans. The american prisoners were housed in a disciplinary area near the cubans. Crosley described the whole Cellblock As a a volatile hard corp group of  thirty two of the cubans had been scheduled for deportation thursday Crosley said. All were jailed after committing crimes in the United states. A they basically done to want to go Back to Cuba. Thais the Bottom line a said Leshaw who has represented some of the inmates in court. Crosley said the cubans told negotiators they would kill hostages if the phone lines were shut Down. He said they had weapons made in prison probably knives. Roger Scott the prison Warden said thursday that there has been no change in the stalemate a although Active discussions Are expected to continue Between staff negotiators and the cuban  he kept a tight lid on the substance of the talks and the hostage environment refusing to say even if food had been provided to those in the besieged unit. A we re very concerned that this be resolved peacefully without anyone getting Hurt a he said. An unidentified prisoner told can that the cubans wanted to talk to the . High commissioner on refugees and Coretta Scott King the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King or. The network also said they were vowing a Freedom or  Bennie Ivey a spokeswoman for the Martin Luther King or. Center for non violent social change said thursday that King a heard it on the news but she has not been contacted by  cuban Detainee Jorge Marques Medina told Al Nuevo Herald the Spanish language edition of the Miami Herald the prisoners were willing to die. Negotiations continued in person and by Telephone overnight Crosley said. The demands included open Telephone lines to talk to the news Media and food he said Leshaw said one hostage told him by phone that a everybody was doing Fine and nobody was  the inmates were among 125,000 cubans who came to the United states during the Mariel boat lift in 1980. Most were Ordinary citizens fleeing Fidel Castro a dictatorship but Castro is believed to have sent prisoners and mental patients As Well. It was not immediately known How Many of the 121 cubans were holding the hostages. The rest of the prison which holds 980 inmates in a main area and 160 More in an adjacent prison Camp was locked Down in the  than 100 cuban detainees were sent to the prison about 40 Miles East of Birmingham after rioting at prisons in Oakdale la., and Atlanta More than 32 years ago. Crosley said the hostages were seized As the cubans were being moved Between showers and the recreation area. Some inmates slipped their Handcuffs and overpowered guards he said.$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 and the planning involved a the scale of this. Operation was without parallel a 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  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  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  kills Miami coach South Miami Fla. A 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 Fields Center. 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  charge Dahmer in 3 More slayings Milwaukee a prosecutors charged Jeffrey l. Dahmer on thursday with three More dismemberment killings and he waived his right to Challenge evidence against him in the slayings of 15 people. The additional charges mean that Dahmer has now been formally charged in All but two of the 17 killings that authorities say he has admitted. Court commissioner Audrey Brooks presiding at thursdays hearing asked Dahmer if he understood that the charges against him carried 15 life terms plus 10 years each As a habitual criminal. A yes your Honor 1 do a Dahmer replied. Dahmer 31, said he understood he was waiving his right to a preliminary hearing that would give him the Chance to Challenge the evidence. His attorney Gerald Boyle said a there would be no need now for a preliminary hearing. 1 would learn nothing i done to already know. A in my opinion it would be a waste of time a he said. Police said Dahmer has admitted to killing and dismembering 17 males since 1978, including two 14-year-old boys. Body parts from 11 men were found by police when they were led to Dahmer a apartment july 22 by a handcuffed Man who told authorities that he had escaped Dahmer a grasp. At thursdays hearing Brooks agreed to continue Dahmer a bail at $5 million As recommended by District attorney e. Michael Mccann who noted that Dahmer a probation on an earlier sexual assault conviction has been revoked. Dahmer entered no plea. His arraignment was scheduled for sept. 10. In addition to innocent or guilty Dahmer could plead no contest or innocent by reason of mental disease or defect. The former Candy factory worker and army Veteran has been charged with 13 counts of first degree intentional homicide and two of first degree murder. Those two slayings occurred before a change in state Law redefined murder As intentional homicide. Of two remaining killings one was in Ohio and the other in Wisconsin. No charges have been filed in Ohio. In that Case pieces of Bone and other body parts found around a suburban Akron Ohio Home where Dahmer once lived Are still being Analysed