A great concern reigned this Thursday between the familiars of the 15 protesters on July 12 in La Güinera regarding the sentences of 12 to 30 years requested by the Prosecutor’s Office for a crime of sedition. According to the mothers interviewed by 14ymedio, the Havana court where the trial was held between December 14 and 16 has verbally ratified the prosecution’s requests, without delivering any document. On the other hand, legal sources assure that the sentences have not been communicated yet.
In an attempt to clarify the confusing situation created by the lack of transparency of the Justice, this medium has contacted the group Justicia 11J, which works on arrests for political reasons in Cuba and compiles with all possible rigor exhaustive information on the trials. This platform, which works closely with the Cubalex legal information center, is not aware that the court has delivered its judgments in the La Güinera case.
The same occurs with the lawyer Eloy Viera, who states that “what is legally established in these cases is that the sentences are not offered verbally but days later in writing.” “What we can assure so far is that the trials were held and the defendants await the document that legally determines the sanction they must comply with,” he said.
The excessive requests of the Prosecutor’s Office contrast with the impunity accorded so far to the Police Second Lieutenant Yoennis Pelegrín Hernández, who killed with a shot in the back that same July 12 Diubis Laurencio Tejeda when he participated in the demonstration in La Güinera. The authorities have opened an investigation more than two months ago and, although it was leaked that the agent would be tried for murder and injuries, no more has been known about the case.
The excessive requests of the Prosecutor’s Office contrast with the impunity accorded so far to Police Second Lieutenant Yoennis Pelegrín Hernández, who shot Diubis Laurencio Tejeda in the back that same July 12.
On the other hand, for Dayron Martín Rodríguez and Miguel Páez Estiven, both 25 years old, the Prosecutor’s Office requests a 30-year prison sentence. For José Luis Sánchez Tito, 22 years in prison, and 20 years for Alexander Guillermo Martínez Amoroso (25), Lázaro Zamora González (20), Frank Aldama Rodríguez (20) Alexis Sosa Ruiz (20), Dianyi Liriano Fuentes (20 ) and Orlando Carvajal Cabrera, just 19 years old.
In addition, the requested penalties are 18 years for Elier Padrón Romero, Marlon Brando Díaz Oliva and Jesús Enrique Vázquez Cabrera, 15 years for Brusnelvis Adrián Cabrera Gutiérrez and 12 years for Leoalys de la Caridad Valera Vázquez 12, who arrived handcuffed to court despite being seven months pregnant.
The relatives of the prisoners have denounced the lack of guarantees, as well as the fact that only one relative was allowed to enter for each defendant, while the police presence was very strong and visible.
The court was made up of soldiers from the National Directorate of Jails and Prisons in Vedado, in Plaza de la Revolución and, according to the families, the defendants were interrupted on numerous occasions when they testified, while their lawyers were very limited in their work.
According to the Justice 11J and Cubalex platform, there were 1,314 detainees by the 11J of which at least 696 remain in prisons while 570 have already been released and others are awaiting trial under a precautionary measure of home detention or freedom under bail.
According to the Justice 11J and Cubalex platform, there were 1,314 detainees by the 11J of which at least 696 remain in prisons while 570 have already been released
The first cases were summarily resolved, many times with fines, but those accused of more serious crimes, ongoing in recent weeks, are receiving penalties ranging from eight to 30 years. Some speculate that the Government will grant an amnesty to some of the 11J jailed in order to improve their image, and even some relatives have already requested it by letter to Miguel Díaz-Canel.
The document It was delivered this Monday to the Office of Attention to the Population, of the Council of State, and collects more than 150 signatures, including that of a group of friends who support the detainees. The text requests an amnesty, pardon or dismissal for the hundreds of political prisoners detained in those days of the summer and calls for Díaz-Canel “a gesture of height” that puts an end to the suffering of families when they are separated from their loved ones .
List of the 15 inmates of La Güinera, with the age of each one and the years in prison requested by the Prosecutor’s Office:
Dayron Martín Rodríguez (25 years / 30 in prison)
Miguel Páez Estiven (25 years / 30 in prison)
José Luis Sánchez Tito (20 years / 22 in prison)
Frank Aldama Rodríguez (20 years / 22 in prison)
Alexander Guillermo Martínez Amoroso (25 years / 20 in prison)
Lázaro Zamora González (20 years / 20 in prison)
Alexis Sosa Ruiz (25 years / 20 in prison)
Dianyi Liriano Fuentes (20 years / 20 in prison)
Orlando Carvajal Cabrera (19 years / 20 in prison)
Marlon Brando Díaz Oliva (20 years / 18 in prison)
Elier Padrón Romero (25 years / 15 in prison)
Jesús Enrique Vázquez Cabrera (20 years / 18 in prison)
Karen Vázquez Pérez (18 years / 15 in prison)
Brusnelvis Adrián Cabrera Gutiérrez (20 years / 15 in prison)
Leoalys de la Caridad Valera Vázquez (20 years / 12 in prison)
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