People Immediately Noticed ‘Revolting’ Image Caught in Background of Photo Featuring American Freed From Cuba

U.S. contractor Alan Gross was released by the Cuban government on Wednesday after roughly five years in captivity as part of President Barack Obama’s major, unilateral deal with Cuba.

Critics of the deal were quick to notice something “ironic” in a photo of Gross that was circulating across the Internet on Wednesday.

Alan Gross, w atty Scott Gilbert & spokeswoman Jill Zuckman, prepping remarks to deliver after arriving in US...#Cuba pic.twitter.com/8Od6G54jc6

— Stephen Crowley (@Stcrow) December 17, 2014

It’s not the view from his attorney’s office that’s catching people’s attention — it’s the photo of notorious and murderous Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.

As Twitchy noted, several Twitter users expressed disgust at photo:

So Alan Gross' attorneys at Gilbert's have a picture hanging of one of the most brutal oppressor, and murderer of all-time Che Guevara..nice

— Armando Alvarez (@ArmandoAlvarez) December 17, 2014

Poor guy gets to his lawyer's office and has to look at yet another Che glamour shot MT @Stcrow: Alan Gross, w atty pic.twitter.com/ThZMnkCaJP

— Andrew Grossman (@A_Grossman)

December 17, 2014

@hostagehoosier Revolting.

— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) December 17, 2014

@Stcrow @ron_fournier Ironic that there's a picture of Che in the background.

— Joe Lieber (@joelieber) December 17, 2014

In the Cuba deal, The U.S. agreed to free three jailed Cuban agents in exchange for Gross and an unnamed U.S. intelligence agent. The Obama administration also vowed to ease economic and travel restrictions.

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