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Jun 15, 2012

Cuba Wants to Exchange Alan Gross for Cuban Five, Bill Richardson Says

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The Cuban government wants to swap imprisoned U.S. contractor Alan Gross for five Cuban spies jailed in the United States, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says.

Richardson traveled to Cuba in September hoping to broker a deal with the Castro government to release Gross, who has lost several pounds and developed a growth under his right shoulder blade since Cuban authorities locked him up two years ago, according to his lawyer.

But Richardson returned empty-handed, saying the Castro government wants to strike a deal that would exchange Gross for five intelligence agents convicted of espionage.

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