Woman Used by Spy Awarded $20 Million
A woman who sued Cuba after she unwittingly married an alleged Cuban spy was awarded $20 million in punitive damages.
Invoking a federal anti-terrorism law, Judge Alan Postman in Miami ordered the amount paid to Ana Margarita Martinez in addition to the $7.1 million in compensatory damages he awarded her earlier this month.
Martinez, 40, will try to collect the money from Cuban assets frozen in the United States.
Martinez claimed she had been used as a political pawn by Juan Pablo Roque, a former Cuban Air Force major who staged a defection in 1992.
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