By CATHERINE WILSON
 Associated Press Writer

 MIAMI -- (AP) -- An Orlando couple told a judge Wednesday that they did not have enough money to hire attorneys to fight charges that they were Cuban secret agents assigned to infiltrate a military base and spy on exiles.

 George and Marisol Gari were indicted last week as members of the Wasp Network, two months after the conviction of its leader and four other agents. Bond hearings were set for them Friday.

 After taking an oath to explain his finances to obtain a court-appointed attorney, George Gari, 40, said he was earning $9 an hour working for Firestone, had $900 in a retirement fund and was making payments on a Honda Elantra.

 His 42-year-old wife said she was paid $7.25 an hour for work at an Exxon gas station.

 U.S. Magistrate Judge Ted Bandstra decided both were entitled to government-paid attorneys, like the five men convicted after a six-month trial. Five other members of the ring pleaded guilty as well.

 Prosecutors charge the pair were trained for several years in weapons, explosives, encryption and surveillance before moving to the Miami area about 10 years ago,
 officials said.

 The parents of two young children are accused of spying under the code names Luis and Margot from 1991 to 1998. If convicted, they would face up to 10 years in prison.

 Marisol Gari allegedly used a former job at the U.S. Postal Service's Miami International Airport distribution center to get mail going to and from targeted
 Cuban-Americans.

 George Gari, a former Lockheed Martin equipment tester, was ordered to apply for work at the U.S. Southern Command headquarters in Miami in an unsuccessful
 infiltration attempt, agents said.

 They moved to Orlando about a year ago.

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