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HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba executed three hijackers on Friday who commandeered a Havana ferry last week in hopes of reaching the United States, the government said in a statement.


An official statement said the hijackers had been tried and convicted and their appeals rejected by the Supreme Court and Council of State. They were put to death on Friday morning.

The statement did not give the form of execution but Cuba generally uses a firing squad.

Four other hijackers were sentenced to life in prison, one to 30 years, and three women to prison terms ranging from two to five years, the government statement said.

The ferry, with 50 passengers aboard, was hijacked by a band of armed man on April 2, but ran out of fuel on the way, and was towed back to Cuba where the group was captured and hostages freed unharmed. Only one of the hijackers had a gun, while the rest were armed with knives.

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Is human rights still interesting to the Left, given their fixation on war?