Havana, Cuba.- East Friday April 28, Maria Celia Aguilera Garcia was summoned by agents of the National Revolutionary Police, according to what she herself denounced to CubaNet via telephone.
María Celia, 50 years old and a neighbor of the Santa Amalia neighborhood, is the mother of the protester of the eleven of July Luis Armando Cruz Aguilera, who is incarcerated in the most rigorous prison Combinado del Este.
According to what is written in the summons, Aguilera García must appear on Thursday, May 4 at 10 in the morning before the officer who calls himself “Robe” in the PNR unit of the Capri neighborhood, located in the Arroyo Naranjo municipality. .
When asking the purpose of the summons, the agents only replied that it was “to talk.” However, the woman assured, she let the uniformed officers know that she has no intention of going to the meeting, because first of all her grandchildren are in her care, and on the other hand she is busy preparing for the visit of the political prisoner, which coincides that same week. If you refuse to attend, the The paper clarifies that “if you do not appear without just cause, you will be fined up to 2,000 pesos, or you will be charged.”to for a crime of Disobedience”.
According to María Celia Aguilera’s opinion, such harassment would be motivated by her continuous protests against the attacks and mistreatment that her son Luis Armando Cruz Aguilera is suffering in prison, which she has denounced through different international media such as Radio Marti.
secMaria has yet declared, the protester was pushed and possibly beaten by the military. ANDhe reacted Screaming: “homeland and life”, “down with Díaz-Canel”, “down with communism”, etc. As punishment, the repressors locked him up in solitary confinement. Aguilera García clarified that he will know more details once he can meet with his son on the day of the visit, scheduled for Wednesday, May 3.
The protester’s mother added that when he began to shout, other imprisoned protesters joined him (mainly from La Güinera). Because of this, the prison authorities also cataloged him as a leader, something that may be the cause of greater reprisals.
Luis Armando Cruz Aguilera was an instructor sergeant of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) and at the time of participating in the peaceful demonstrations on July 11, 2021, he was serving as platoon leader in unit 2642 in Havana. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the alleged crime of sedition.
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