“It was one of the emblematic figures of an armed resistance to Castro-Communism,” said Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat.
Miami, United States. – The former leader of the anti -Castro Organization Omega 7, Eduardo Arocena, died on Wednesday morning in Miami, confirmed to Cubanet The veteran of the Cuban exile Luis Crespo, after numerous Internet users alluded to the news on Facebook.
On Arocena, the leader of the Cuban Democratic Board of Directors, Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, told Cubanet: “It was one of the emblematic figures of an armed resistance to the Castro-Communism that refused to accept the agreement between the superpowers that caged Cuba in slavery and oppression. I am not here to judge it, but to recognize their struggle for our nation. The son of a slave people lives by him, silent and dies.”
Arocena had regained freedom in 2021, after 39 years in prison in the United States. Then, his daughter Lorna Arocena reported on Facebook –As reported Cubanet then-: “I have waited 39 years of my 48 years on Earth for this moment. My father is at home. He beat the system.”
Lorna Arocena added: “He is fragile and does not enjoy good health, but he is with us and, as I promised, I went to look for him and took him home. There is much to do, but I want to thank all the people who have loved him and prayed for him all these years.” And he concluded: “He was given a compassionate liberation. I can’t express how happy I am that my father Eduardo Arocena is free! The time we will devote us will dedicate it to tender and loving moments. He was always a great father. He is and will always be my hero.”
Content in 1984 two perpetual chains for terrorism, intimidating acts and murder against people and entities linked to the Cuban regime, Arocena was indicated by the FBI as responsible for at least two murders and more than 30 explosions in New York, New Jersey and Florid Cuban diplomat against the UN.
According to the background collected by EFEArocena was born in Caibarién and was exiled in 1965 in the United States, where Omega 7 founded. After his release, the director of the Cuban Historical Memory Institute against Totalitarianism, Pedro Corzo, told Efe: “It is a fair and appropriate decision. He is a man who has been in prison for many years and should have been released years ago.” He also said: “He came out in very bad health conditions. He was separated from his family for almost 40 years, fulfilling very far sentence.”
Cubanet He reported in 2021 that his last years in prison served them in a prison for sick inmates in Minnesota. The actions attributed to Omega 7 included attacks against the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts, the diplomatic missions of Cuba and the former USSR in the UN, and companies of companies with business with the Cuban regime.
