European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 b 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. Quot during the court hearing the accused. Recognized their absolute guilt Ana 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 a first communique do by Rescue said of the men a 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. In a broadcast saturday on a san to in Miami the sister of one of the condemned men said that a 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 apr Germany will reduce its defense spending by More than a third Over the next 13 years and 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 s 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 Jager 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 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  lifts censorship Kuwait a the kuwaiti government evidently under mounting pressure from opposition groups sunday lifted press censorship. The Emir of Kuwait Sheik Jabir Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah imposed censorship in 1986 when he dissolved the elected parliament citing external and internal plots to undermine the Oil Rich emirates Security at a time when the Iraq Iran War was raging nearby. Opposition groups As Well As intellectuals and Many sectors of kuwaiti society had demanded an end to the censorship after International military forces removed iraqi troops from the country in february 1991. But the government rejected their demands saying censorship still was necessary to maintain National Security and stability in the aftermath of the persian Gulf War. Japan admits prostitution Tokyo a foreign minister Michio Watanabe has acknowledged the former japanese Imperial army was involved in the forced prostitution of women from Korea and other asian nations during world War ii. A i cannot help acknowledging the involvement of the Imperial army in the forced prostitution a Watanabe said in a nationally televised program saturday night in the first official acknowledgement of the defunct military a role involving a Comfort  Watanabe also indicated the possibility of an apology by prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa during his visit to Seoul South Korea on Jan 16-19.italian court clears Way to extradite american Cagliari Sardinia apr 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. A i believe the United slates has not sufficiently guaranteed my client that he will not be tried under the threat of capital punishment Quot 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