On April 17, Fidel Castro promised to consider sparing...

On April 17, Fidel Castro promised to consider sparing the lives of the two Salvadorans sentenced to death for terrorism in Cuba. The President of El Salvador Armando Calderon Sol said he asked Castro for clemency on behalf of the men's families and "in the name of the Salvadoran people." "We have asked for a guarantee of due process," he said. Calderon Sol noted that the men's cases were now before Cuba's Supreme Tribunal and later could be referred to the Council of State, over which Castro presides. Castro said he would "study the case with much responsibility and objectivity to give the final sentence, if it reaches the Council of State." The leaders met during the summit of the Association of Caribbean States in Santo Domingo.