The Case of Alan Gross Professor, Center for Hemispheric and United States Studies, University of Havana. Published: May 6, 2011 The arrest of an American citizen in Cuba, accused of arming anti-government forces, has sparked new U.S.-Cuban tensions. But Cuba has yet to release the evidence against Alan Gross. Alan Gross came to Cuba under a program financed by the U.S. government intent on regime change. He was arrested because he clearly violated Cuban law. The Americans have tried to cover their tracks through different means, but it is clear that he was distributing high-technology equipment to people he thought were actively opposing the government. No government can accept that kind of subversive activity, a direct violation of its sovereign laws. It is simply not true that Alan Gross was here working with the Cuban-Jewish community. At the Jewish Community Centre in Havana, they say they have never met him. The Cuban government has not yet published the evidence they have against Alan Gross, something that would help make clear who he was working for and strengthen the case against him. I am ready to accept that perhaps he should not be held for so long in jail and that the severity of his sentencing should be open to discussion, but he was caught red-handed breaking Cuban law. It's the same standard in the United States. Recently, five young Cuban people were arrested and charged unjustly -- having been tried in Miami where they couldn't have had a fair trial