Reprinted from Caribbean Net News
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Woman accused of spying for Cuba released
06-23-2006

MIAMI, USA (UPI): Elsa Alvarez, who was arrested in January for allegedly spying for Cuba, has been released on $400,000 bond from a Miami Federal Detention Center.

U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore said the government hasn't presented enough evidence that Alvarez was passing intelligence to Cuban officials, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports.

She and her husband, Carlos -- a professor at Florida International University -- were arrested Jan. 6 and ordered held without bond.

Carlos Alvarez is still being held.

Jane Moscowitz, Elsa Alvarez' attorney, said she is at home resting from a chronic pain disorder and spending time with family.

Elsa Alvarez has five children and stepchildren in the United States and takes care of her elderly parents in Miami -- which Moore said proves she isn't a flight risk.