MIAMI, United States. — The reporter and contributor to CubaNetÁngel Cuza, was arrested this Thursday morning by State Security agents when he was preparing to witness the trial of Wilber Acevedo Cobas, a protester on July 11, 2021 (11J).
“I was arrested around 11 in the morning when I went to make an appearance at the Popular Municipal Court of Playa, where Wilber Acevedo Cobas was going to be tried, protesters of July 11 who was accused of the crime of resistance,” he declared. Cuza to this newspaper.
The reporter was detained by State Security agents at the intersection of 5th avenue and 94, and was transferred to a police unit in the municipality of Marianao. Agents Yoel Osmany Argüelles, better known as Denis, and Ariel Arnau Grillet, alias Luisito, participated in the operation.
“They held me for approximately three and a half hours, the time the trial lasted, and then they brought me to my house,” Cuza explained.
Ángel Cuza has been detained on several occasions and has also been the victim of political persecution due to his work disseminating the reality that Cubans live through social networks and other platforms.
On May 6, 2022, the reporter he was arrested and transferred to Villa MaristaState Security headquarters, after broadcasting the Saratoga hotel explosion live.
In December of last year, Cuza He was arrested along with two other people. while waiting in line to buy chicken at a store in Old Havana. On that occasion he was accused of the alleged crime of public disorder and they demanded a bail of 20,000 pesos.
In March 2023, the reporter denounced police surveillance around her home with the aim of preventing her from going out and, presumably, preventing her from participating in a demonstration for International Women’s Day.
