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Investigative correspondent for yahoo! news. he talked with gerardo hernandez, the cuban five's leader. >> nice to have you here. >> president obama said the deal with cuba was a spy-for-spy swap. michael gross was sort of an awesome bonus. how should americans look at this? >> well, what the u.s. and cuban officials are saying is the release of alan gross was done on human grounds. the spy-for-spy swap was the release of the last three remaining members of the cuban 5 for the u.s. espionage agent who has been held in a cuban prison for nearly 20 years now. that was the spy-for-spy swap. the u...

United states and all around the world. >> oous aide worker alan gross is back in the u.s. after spending the past five years in a cuban prison. he was jailed for allegedly trying to bring the internet to cuban dissidents. his release is part of a plan by the u.s. and cuba to slowly begin to normalize relations after 50 years of cold war tensions. >> the u.s. released three cubans, part of a group originally known as the cuban five. they were arrested in miami in 1998. convicted in 2001 for spying for cuba, an unnamed u.s. intelligence agent was also freed by havana. >> and the u.s. is now poi...

U.s. intelligence agent was exchanged for three convicted cuban spies. they were part of a larger group called the cuban five who were convicted of espionage back in 2001 for gathering intelligence in miami. two other members had previously been released. the group's leader, hernandez seen on the right of your screen was found guilty of providing info that helped them shoot down two planes. the daughter of an american who died in that attack called hernandez's release a slap in the face. now, just a few hours ago the three released cuban spy as rived in havana. take a look at footage into ...

So-called cuban five. part of the 1990s era spy ring infiltrated military installations in south florida. one of the men, was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder in the downing of the planes from the group brothers of the rescue. >> mr. gross is no no way in this equal to those who have blood on their hands. >> in south florida, where so many cuban-americans now live, a mix on the deal. listen. >> the last six years, this administration has been necessigotiating with cuba. everything in exchange for nothing. >> unlike many in my community and i believe and many in my community believe tha...

Internet there which has largely been blocked. i went on one of the early exchange visits under the obama administration in 2011 to cuba, and at the time, some trade in food was allowed. i went to an exposition in havana. american food companies there, they were champing on the bit to come in. you can imagine a similar influx when some of the trade restrictions are lifted. >> jim sciutto reporting, thanks so much. while the gross family is thanking the obama administration this morning, other families are outraged. the cuban five, that cuban spy ring was convicted of murder. in 1996 they sho...