European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday january 13,1992 Miami ans face execution for infiltration of Cuba Mexico City a three Miami men who allegedly tried to invade Cuba and Start a rebellion against cuban president Fidel Castro were sentenced saturday to death by firing squad the cuban news Agency Prensa Latina reported. The Havana province prosecutors office was quoted As saying the supreme tribunal Early this week would review the sentence for Eduardo Diaz Betancourt 38, Daniel Candelario Santovenia 36, and Pedro de la Caridad Alvarez Pedroso 26. The mexican news Agency no Timex said they Are permanent residents in Miami. A statement sent via fax to the associated press in Miami said the men belonged to an anti Castro group previously unknown called Rescue. The group has threatened retaliation if they Are executed. Prensa Latina said the three men confessed that they had trained _ in Southern Florida for a terrorist Mission in Cuba and that it was done with the full knowledge of . Authorities. The three allegedly tried to bring in weapons and explosives and told authorities they had planned to bomb movie Heaters recreation areas sugar and Oil refineries and other economic targets. Their goal was to create a general panic and Start a rebellion against Castro the Agency said. Castro Defeated an invasion by .-sponsored cuban exiles in april 1961 at the Bay of pigs. Ever since he has been using the threat of another american invasion to rally the populace. He has stepped up those accusations in recent months in the face of a deteriorating Economy and increasing discontent at Home. A during the court hearing the accused. Recognized their absolute guilt and showed their remorse for the crime committed a Prensa Latina said. The men were arrested dec. 29 near Zucaro on the coast Northeast of Havana and charged with sabotage subversive propaganda and terrorism no Timex said. Cuban state radio said the men told authorities they sailed from Marathon in the Florida keys aboard a yacht then took a Motorboat to the cuban Shore. Family members of Alvarez Pedroso interviewed on Miami television station Wolg said they knew he was training with an anti Castro group in the Everglades but knew nothing about his trip to Cuba. A i personally done to think that he would go out and do from left Pedro de la Caridad Alvarez Pedroso Eduardo Diaz Betancourt and Daniel Candelario Santovenia were convicted. It on his own. Someone must have made him go a said his brother Alex Cuellar. The statement sent by fax dated Friday called the Quot first communique by Rescue said of the men Quot their sacrificial action shows that the War has begun in Cuba and outside of  the statement threatened to kill cuban officials and sabotage cuban interests abroad if the three infiltrators Are executed. To a broadcast saturday on a san to in Miami the sister of one of the condemned men said that Quot with Castro we had to expect the  the television station identified the woman As Amelia Cardenas and her brother As Daniel Santovenia Fernandez. Prensa Latina said the infiltration attempt followed the methods used in the past by the Cia and cuban exile groups to carry out terrorist attacks on Cuba. Alpha 66, a militant anti Castro group based in Miami which claims to have carried out acts of sabotage in Cuba said it knew nothing about the three alleged terrorists. State department spokeswoman Nancy Beck had no comment on the sentencing report but said it Isnit known whether the men Are . Citizens. She said cuban officials have not responded to . Requests for further information. Bonn announces defense cuts Bonn Germany a Germany will reduce its defense spending by More than a third Over the next 13 years Anil Cut much of its inventory of heavy military equipment the German defense chief announced saturday. Defense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg said the cuts reflected the Post cold War Era As Well As Germany a own budgetary constraints. Since it absorbed largely bankrupt former East Germany in 1990, Germany has been struggling to bring the East up to Western living standards and it needs budget cuts and tax increases to pay it. Following a meeting of German military leaders Stoltenberg said military spending for 1993 through 2005 was expected to total $78 billion a decrease of $29 billion. Most Likely to be affected will be plans for transport planes tanks heavy artillery ships and other hardware for the German air Force the defense minister said at a news conference in Bonn. Plans to spend $13.8 billion on new Battle tanks anti mine systems and upgrades on armoured helicopters were eliminated he said. Stoltenberg said that while the air Force would need a new Jet fighter after 2000, plans to go ahead with a sophisticated new european Jet fighter a called the Jigger 90 a were on hold. Stoltenberg said another $15 billion would be saved by closing military installations. World6 pakistanis stabbed in Frankfurt Airport attack from wire reports Frankfurt Germany a the Bustle of the Frankfurt International Airport turned violent during the weekend when approximately 20 men began brawling with knives Luggage and umbrellas police said. Six pakistanis waiting to Board a Pakistan International airlines flight were attacked late saturday by a group of 15 men and All six passengers suffered Stab wounds police said. One of the passengers was seriously injured with a slashed Throat according to Airport Security. Police said they believed the attackers also were pakistani. The Brawl broke out after the two groups exchanged words but police had no immediate information on what caused the dispute. Only one of the attackers was arrested and the others  s trial dismissed i Hannover Germany a the longest nazi prosecution in German Legal history was adjourned saturday because the defendant had grown too incompetent to continue the 13-year proceedings. A circuit court in Hannover decided to dismiss the Case against former is squad Leader Heinrich Niemeyer 70, on the advice of doctors. Niemeyer was accused of shooting jewish prisoners As the nazis fled the Auschwitz death Camp in Poland during the waning Days of world War ii. Niemeyer was sentenced to six years in prison in 1979, but the German supreme court subsequently took up the Case because of a procedural error and ordered a retrial. But extended defense mane vering prolonged the Case for another decade until it resumed last  taint milk Milan Italy a Blue chemicals were injected into milk Cartons in Milan supermarkets police reported saturday. An animal rights group claimed responsibility. T police said scientists were analysing the three containers of milk found in two Milan supermarkets. Tie results were not immediately available. The municipal milk company warned purchasers that some Cartons May have been tampered with in stores. A the self styled animal liberation front claimed in a leaflet circulated Friday and in a Call to an italian news Agency that the4 poisoning of the milk was intended to protest european Community directives ordering the Slaughter of 4,000 cows at italian  afoot London a two new York taxi Drivers were arrested at Heathrow Airport after customs officials discovered $11,000 stuffed Down their socks but a magistrate freed them on saturday. Customs officials asked Uxbridge magistrates court to confiscate the Money for three months while inquiries were made to discover whether it was intended to pay for drugs. _ _ but magistrates refused the application and told taxi Drivers Axtell barkers Woore and Patrick pad Dimo that they could have their Money Back. The taxi Drivers were stopped by British customs and excise officers at Heathrow on Friday while on a Stopover in route to Amsterdam. They said the Money was for an investment and they were taking Cash on advice from their Bank manager in new  court clears Way to extradite american Cagliari Sardinia a an italian court on saturday approved the extradition of an american wanted in Ohio and California in connection with a Mur Der for insurance scam authorities said. However the lawyer for John Barret Hawkins said he plans to Appeal. Therefore officials said the process could drag on for another three months or More. Hawkins was arrested last August at a resort on the italian Island of Sardinia after three years on the run. The former Model who was co owner of the Ohio based just sweats sportswear company is accused of conspiring with a Glendale calif., doctor to kill a North Hollywood bookkeeper pass him off for another Man and collect $1.5 million in insurance. Hawkins told reporters that he did not want to be extradited to California because a a there a the electric chair a the italian news Agency Ansa reported. He denied committing any crime. Hawkins a lanky 28-year-old with Chin length curly Brown hair appeared Calm As the verdict by the three judge court was read. Afterwards he lifted his arms bound by Handcuffs Over the head of his sardinian Girlfriend. He gave her a Long hug. Italian television showed him blinking Back tears As he was led away by police. Hawkins lawyer Bernardo Aste said he would Appeal to Italy a highest court the Corte i Cassa Zione. �?o1 believe the United states has not sufficiently guaranteed my client that he will not be tried under the threat of capital punishment a Aste said in a Telephone interview. Under a .-italian treaty a suspect cannot be extradited to the United states unless there Are guarantees the death penalty will not be applied. Giovanna Pirisino an official at the Cagliari court said the defense attorney has three months to prepare his Case. Hawkins will remain at the Buo Cammi no maximum Security prison in Cagliari. If the supreme court upholds the decision by the Cagliari court the Case moves to the italian Justice minister. He must sign any extradition warrant