Lorenzo Enrique Copello Castillo, Barbaro Leodan Sevilla...

Lorenzo Enrique Copello Castillo, Barbaro Leodan Sevilla GarcIa and Jorge Luis Martinez Isaac, three men convicted of terrorism for hijacking of a passenger ferry in Cuba were executed. The three had been prosecuted for "very grave acts of terrorism" on 8 April and given several days to appeal against the sentences, a government statement said.
Cuba's Supreme Tribunal and the governing Council of State both upheld the death sentences, and "at dawn today the sanctions were applied", said the statement, read on state television. Four others received life sentences, and another four were sentenced to between two and 30 years.
The hijackers commandeered a ferry carrying approximately 50 people on 2 April and demanded that it be taken to the United States.
Authorities later stormed the boat and rescued the hostages. No one was hurt.
The Council of State, which is headed by President Fidel Castro, studied the appeal over several hours, taking into account the seriousness of the penalty recommended, said the statement.
The council also considered the "potential dangers that were implied not only for the lives of numerous innocent people but also for the nation's security".
The council decided that "the decisions of both courts were absolutely just and in accordance with law and it ratified the sentences".
The hijackers, reportedly armed with at least one pistol and several knives, seized the ferry in Havana Bay and ordered the captain to sail to the US.
The ferry ran out of fuel in the Florida Straits and, after much negotiation with Cuban coast guard officers, the hijackers agreed to let the vessel be towed back to Cuba for refuelling.