The World - News from March 27, 1985
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A Cuban officer with extensive experience in Africa, Lt. Col. Joaquin Mourino Perez, has defected in Spain and is now providing information to the CIA about Cuban activities on that continent, U.S. officials said in Washington. Mourino defected Jan. 24 after he arrived in Spain as part of a Cuban commercial delegation and has been granted asylum in the United States, the officials said. A CIA spokeswoman declined to provide details of the defection.
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