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DENIALS OF FAMILY VISITS

13 CALIFORNIA MAYORS SENT A LETTER TO US ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES

Monday, September 10, 2007

U.S. Attorney General
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530-0001
(202) 353-1555

Dear Mr. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales:

We respectfully request that you grant temporary visitation visas to entry into the United States to the following persons who are Cuban citizens and live in Cuba , in order to be able to visit their husbands, currently incarcerated in U.S. prisons:

Adriana Perez O’Connor, wife of Gerardo Hernandez, reg. #58739-004, who is currently in USP Victorville, California.

Olga Salanueva Arango, wife of Rene Gonzalez, reg. #58738-004, who is currently in FCI Marianna , Florida .

The two women should be able to visit their husbands on humanitarian grounds. People in California and in the United States , as well as around the world, are aware of their situation. Their case is under appeal, and there is no justifiable reason to deny these families the right to visitation. Gerardo Hernandez has not seen his wife in 9 years and Rene Gonzalez has not seen his in 7 years.

We hope you will review this matter favorably and grant entry visas into the United States

Sincerely,

Robert Liebre, Alcalde, Albany
Tom Bates, Alcalde, Berkeley
Mary Craton, Alcaldesa, Canyon Lake
Larry Bragman, Alcalde, Fairfax
Elba Guerrero, Alcaldesa, Huntington Park
Felipe Aguirre, Alcalde, Maywood
Bill Bogaard, Alcalde, Pasadena
Maricela Morales, Alcaldesa, Port Hueneme
Gayle McLaughlin, Alcaldesa, Richmond
Dennis Donohue, Alcalde, Salinas
Emily Reilly, Alcaldesa, Santa Cruz
Sam Pierce, Alcalde, Sebastopol
Woddy Fridae, Alcalde, Winters

Cc:     
Secretaria de Estado Condoleezza Rice
Paul D. Clement, próximo Fiscal General Interino
Senadora por California Dianne Feinstein
Senadora por California Barbara Boxer
Presidenta de la Cámara Baja del Congreso, Congresista Nancy Pelosi