The six men, Osmany Brito Cartaya; Alberto Díaz Pérez; Julio Morales Montero; Morlaix Nodal Pozo; Reidel Rodríguez Reyes; Héctor Santana Vega, had their final appeal rejected on 6 January by Cuba’s highest court, the Council of State (Consejo de Estado), presided over by Fidel Castro. They could now be executed at any time.
