Wikileaks pins accused spy Rolando ‘Roly’ Sarraff Trujillo as Cuban political prisoner

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Rolando "Roly" Sarraff Trujillo was arrested on espionage charges in Cuba in 1995.

Sarraff, now 51, worked as a cryptographer in Cuba's Directorate of Intelligence. About a decade after he was accused of helping the CIA crack the Cuban intelligence codes, his name came up on a document Wikileaks released in 2008 where the U.S. identified him as a political prisoner.

Sarraff was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He had a journalism degree from La Universidad de La Habana and enjoyed painting and writing poetry. His family said he was the subject of random interrogations, and shared a letter he wrote in 2012.

"My spirit is still strong, full of hope, and my honor intact," the letter said in Spanish. "I confront this brutality and severe punishment with the utmost dignity, but without losing my tenderness, the sense of justice and my limited capacity to offer love."

President Barack Obama's administration claimed Wednesday that Cuba released 53 political prisoners, but The White House did not identify any of them, and while releasing three Cuban spies said the release of Alan Gross was a humanitarian gesture.

His family in Cuba hopes Sarraff could be one of the 53 releases.

Sarraff's sisters live in Spain. Katia Sarraff Trujillo, who lives in Palma de Mallorca since 1998, and Vilma Sarraff Trujillo, have been providing updates on their brother on a blog in Spanish.

Their Thursday post was titled "48 hours missing." They told reporters Friday that their parents, Odessa Trujillo and Rolando Sarraff, were afraid that something had happened to their son and blamed the Cuban government for the lack of information.

"We are alarmed at the unjustifiable secrecy and lack of humanity," the family blog post said.

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Wikileaks pins accused spy Rolando 'Roly' Sarraff Trujillo as Cuban political prisoner