Carmen Nordelo Tejera, mother of Gerardo Hernandez, one of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters that has been unfairly imprisoned in the United States for 11 years, died Monday in this capital at the age of 76, after a long illness.

According to a note read at the Cuban prime-time television news show, Nordelo Tejera was born on February 15, 1933, in Canary Islands. She emigrated to Havana at the age of 17, due to economic reasons.

As a housewife, the mother of Gerardo supported her husband's revolutionary activities, and supported academic and social development of her three sons.

Nordelo Tejera had a prominent role in the Cuban people's battle for truth and justice for the Cuban Five.

Gerardo, as well as Fernando Gonzalez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, and Rene Gonzalez were detained on September 12, 1998, when monitoring terrorist actions by anti-Cuban groups settled in Florida, south of the United States.

Despite their declared innocence and the demand by the international community for their release, the Cuban Five are currently serving harsh sentences ranging from 15 years to double life imprisonment.