US Senators Visit Cuba to Meet with Alan Gross
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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Two U.S. Senators traveled to Cuba to meet with jailed U.S. contractor Alan Gross in the latest effort to try and win his release from prison.
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Tom Udall, D-N.M., met with Gross in Havana on Tuesday, officials told ABC News.
Gross has been held in prison for nearly four years, as part of a 15-year sentence for allegedly bringing communications equipment into Cuba while he worked at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Several American lawmakers have visited Cuba in recent years in hopes of trying to win Gross’ release.
However, the visit from Flake and Udall is the first since at least July, coming on the heels of the fifth-anniversary of his captivity.
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