$94.6 million awarded in Cuban man's death
Posted on Sun, May. 11, 2008
The Associated Press
MIAMI --
A judge has awarded $94.6 million in damages to the family of a former senior Havana police official whose relatives claimed in a lawsuit that he was murdered by Cuban government agents.
Circuit Judge Robert N. Scola Jr.'s order Thursday came in the case of Aldo Vera Sr., who died in Puerto Rico in 1976. He was a founding member of an anti-Fidel Castro group.
A 1996 U.S. law allows victims of terrorist groups or countries like Cuba that are designated as state sponsors of terrorism to sue for damages.
Families who have successfully sued Cuba try to recover awards from Cuban assets frozen in U.S. bank accounts.
A jury awarded nearly $253 million last month to the children of Rafael del Pino Siero - a former friend of Castro who died in jail.
Information from: The Miami Herald, http://www.herald.com
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