The New York Times
July 3, 1958, 4

2 Rebels Sentenced By Santiago Court

Special to the New York Times

 Havana, July 2 - In Santiago de Cuba, capital of Oriente Province, the Urgency Court sentenced Javier Pazos and Armando Hart today to five months of imprisonment for collaborating with the Castro rebels. Javier is the son of Felipe Pazos, a former president of the National Bank of Cuba during the Carlos Prio administration. Señor Hart is the son of a former magistrate of the Havana Court of Appeals. The younger Pazos was immediatly released since he has already served the five months in the prison at Santiago.
 Señor hart was held since charges are still pending against him in Havana where he escaped from Principe Fortress jail many months ago. The Father of Señor Hart, Judge Enrique Hart, was recently was recently released from the bench by the Cuban Supreme Court.
 Seventeen rebels were killed in an encounter with government troops in the Escambray Mountains of Las Villas Province, according to a statement of Camp Colombia army headquarters here.