thriller. undercover agent the intervention of a u.s. senator, and covert flights from the u.s. to cuba. hernandez was the ring leader of the cuban five. a group of cuban undercover agents convicted in 2001 of running a spy ring in south florida. the charges included helping shoot down two cessna airplanes that killed four cuban-americans working against the castro regime. in 2012 he spoke to nbc news in an exclusive jailhouse interview. his wife defended him to nbc as well. translator: he is an extremely noble person. he s sincere. he s honest. last year when senator patrick leahy visited cuba to check on alan gross. he tracked the senator down with an urgent and unusual plea. she didn t know if she would see her husband out of prison. she loved him very much. she wanted his child.
talks with the regime. we learned the u.s. quietly helped one of the spies months ago with an intimate request. one u.s. senator particular went out of his way to help hernandez imprisoned in california impregnate his wife in cuba. now hernandez has been released and she s due in two weeks. the story is raising eye brows. kate snow has more. reporter: hernandez was beaming after reuniting with his wife add began that. his hand on her very pregnant belly. yes, pregnant with hernandez s child and the help of the u.s. and cuban governments. how it came about has the makings of a cold war spy thriller. hernandez was the ring leader of the cuban five, a group of cuban undercover agents convicted in 2009 of running a spy ring in south florida. it included helping shoot down