SLP, Mexico.- Ismael González Sánchez, head of the Municipal Prosecutor’s Office of Ciro Redondo, in Ciego de Ávila, launched threats against Cubans in an appearance this Thursday in Avilena Television following the peaceful protests that occurred in that province, where citizens demanded their basic rights after spending more than 24 hours without electricity.
The prosecutor, who admitted that the demonstrations in Ciego de Ávila had the participation of around 50 people, said that in the first instance, they were confronted by rapid response groups.
“From the knowledge of these events, they were initially confronted by the rapid response group, which is made up of the members of the different bodies and other organizations,” he said in a threatening tone in the Informative Magazine of Avilena Television.
In his opinion, and alluding to the speed with which these repressive brigades act, he stated that “they arrived there, to the place, to respond to the population about the situation that we were experiencing in the country and from there to be able to adopt and resolve the concerns of the population.”
The prosecutor revealed that within the framework of the protests, five people were arrested who, according to him, were “secured with the precautionary measure of provisional detention in their entirety.”
Justifying the facts that led to the initiation of criminal proceedings against the Cubans, he referred to the fact that the protesters were “occupying the entire road and impeding the transit of vehicles and pedestrians and were accompanied by minors.”
These people were described by the repressor as “inciters” and “authors of the attacks that also occurred at the scene.”
The head of the Department of Family Protection, also present at the hearing, said that involving minors in these events “also constitutes an aggravating circumstance.”
Although the prosecutor argued that the detainees were “guaranteed” their entire process, “including their right to legal representation,” the arrests occurred arbitrarily against Cubans who were simply demanding their rights.
The NGO Justicia 11J reported the arrest of Yordanka López, Diosbany Almaguer and Adiane Hernández, in El Eucalipto (Ciro Redondo, Ciego de Ávila), on November 7.
These Cubans claimed not to have participated in the protest, but to have only been observers, but they were captured by officials’ cameras and detained the next day.
The Attorney General’s Office Cubaunder the control of the Castro regime, acknowledged that they detained several protesters during the protests over the recent blackouts and the crisis that worsened after the passage of hurricanes Oscar and Rafael, which affected the west and east of the Island in a period of less than month.
The entity reported that, in Havana, Mayabeque and Ciego de Ávila, “criminal proceedings are being processed for crimes of attack, public disorder and damage.” The text omitted the number of defendants, as well as the occurrence of arrests in other locations in the country, such as the case of Villa Clara.
