MIAMI, United States. – The reporter and activist Ángel Cuza, collaborator of CubaNetwas released in the afternoon-night of this Tuesday under a bail of 20,000 pesos.
After being released, Cuza contacted CubaNet and indicated that he did not know if the process against him would continue with a trial or a fine.
The activist and reporter was arrested last Thursday along with two other people while queuing to buy chicken in a store in Old Havana. Cuza was accused of the alleged crime of public disorder, as confirmed by himself.
Regarding the events for which he was arrested, he recounted: “Nothing happened because we did nothing. We only went to the store to buy chicken, we even stood in line and when we went to deliver the cards a woman came with the manager of the O’Reilly and Villegas store and [ambos] They entered with the cards.
“Shortly after we see that the patrols come, two, and supposedly they told the patrolmen that we were using sticks and stones and disrupting order in the store. There was never an alteration because we were sitting all the time and there are enough witnesses that there was nothing, ”he explained.
This Wednesday, Cuza must appear before the Police. The activist will try to recover his mobile phone, busy after his arrest.
It is not the first time that the regime detains Cuza. On May 6, after broadcasting the Saratoga hotel explosion live, he was arrested and transferred to Villa Maristathe headquarters of State Security.
On that occasion, the young man was accused of the alleged crime of sedition. According to the officers who attended him, his words during a live broadcast were classified as an insult to the Cuban State. The agents, however, specified that it was not the Saratoga transmission, but a previous one.
Also, the reporter was arrested last April 27 and transferred to the same Villa Marista prison the following day. On that occasion, State Security (SE) denied information to his family about the alleged crimes he was accused of and the criminal proceedings opened against him.
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