The authorities refused to transfer the funeral to the political prisoner to allow him, as established by law, say goodbye to his mother.
Havana, Cuba. – This Monday he died in Havana Esther Baró Carrillo, mother of Panter Rodríguez Baró, one of the members of clandestines, the group that at the beginning of 2020 threw blood on several busts by José Martí in Havana.
The information was transmitted to Cubanet for a close relative who requested anonymity for fear of reprisals. According to the source, Baró Carrillo died due to respiratory arrest after having been hospitalized for pneumonia.
“We have left her prepared waiting for her granddaughter of Spain to arrive. The funeral must be Wednesday morning,” he explained.
The source also explained that an officer of the National Prison Directorate, with whom the family communicated via telephone, said that the young political prisoner would not be transferred to the funeral home to allow him, as established by law, say goodbye to his mother.
“That he satisfies with a call,” says the relative who was the military’s response.
The source also explained that Rodríguez Baró He was transferred From the prison of the East Combined, in Havana, to the Bladato prison, in Santiago de Cuba, more than 860 kilometers away. The relocation happened by Pant’s refusal to abide by the penitentiary regulations and “for standing firm in its principles.”
“Her mother could not visit him because of the excessive distance, in addition to that she was a very sick person. Panto is devastated, more knowing that they will not allow her to hug her for the last time,” he added.
After being prosecuted for the crimes of “defamation of institutions and organizations and of the heroes and martyrs” and “damage to goods of cultural heritage”, in January 2021, Rodríguez Baró was sentenced to 15 years of deprivation of liberty. In the same process Yoel Prieto Tamayo, nine years in prison; and Jorge Ernesto Pérez García, one year old.
In September 2020, Esther Baró Carrillo declared to Cubanet That his son was in the prison of the East Combin, in Havana, in Special Area 47, popularly known as the “death corridor.”
“My son has never had problems with anyone. My son’s problems have been with the police because they are not silent,” he said.
Similarly, he demanded justice and added that state security wanted to “end” your child. “He does not believe in this system, it is not forced to do so, but it seems that he has to be forced. I know that my son committed a crime, that he did not have to throw the blood to Martí, but my son did not kill Martí,” he said.
