Ex-Wife of Cuban Spy Wins Plane in Auction

The duped ex-wife of a Cuban spy was supposed to receive the proceeds from the auction of a Cuban government plane as partial payment for a judgment she won against the Havana government.

But the woman herself was the winning $7,000 bidder in Key West for the Soviet-made Antonov-2 Colt biplane, flown to Florida by a Cuban national airline pilot who defected.

So Ana Margarita Martinez now owns the aging mustard-colored plane that sports a Cuban flag on its tail. She will not have to write a check for the $7,000 because the $27.1-million judgment she won is essentially a credit, her attorney said.