The conduct of the accused is classified as a crime of illicit economic activities in Article 308.1 of the current Penal Code.
LIMA, Peru – The Popular Municipal Court of Diez de Octubre, in Havana, sent two Cuban citizens to prison for the illegal sale of medicines “at abusive prices.”
As reported by the Popular Provincial Court (TPP) on social networksthe authority held an oral and public trial in cases 495 and 496 of 2025, handing down a sentence against Yoandrys Luis Blanco William and Miguel Alejandro Labañino Fernández.
“As a result of the evidentiary material used in the trial, it was proven that Luis Blanco and Miguel Alejandro, for some time, had been engaged in the illicit acquisition and marketing, with abusive prices, of a large quantity of medications,” the publication states.
The conduct of the accused is classified as a crime of illicit economic activities in Article 308.1 of the Penal Code in force on the Island.
Due to the above, the Court sanctioned Luis Blanco with ten months of deprivation of liberty, while Labañino received one year of deprivation of liberty.
As accessory sanctions, the deprivation of public rights and the confiscation of property occupied during the investigation were applied.
The decision can be appealed by the accused and the prosecutor, and will be resolved by the corresponding chamber of the Popular Provincial Court of Havana.
This case joins other recent trials also considered “exemplary” by the authorities of the Cuban regime around the Island.
Cuba: Eight years in prison for child abuse, 15 years for peaceful protest
While political prisoners on the Island suffer sentences of 15 or more years in prison, TPP in Havana recently sentenced two child abusers to 8 and 10 years in prison.
A recent informative note published by the TPP once again exposes the discordances of the judicial system on the Island, more dedicated to the service of a political party and its ruling caste than to the protection of citizens.
According to the entity’s statement, on September 29, the Popular Municipal Court of Arroyo Naranjo held the oral and public trial corresponding to case 84 of 2025 against the defendants Daima Rodríguez Núñez and Carlos Díaz González.
The individuals were prosecuted for the alleged crimes of “corruption of minors, other acts contrary to the comprehensive development of minors and sexual abuse.”
The evidence in the case showed that the defendant, the biological mother and legal guardian of four girls (10 years old, seven years old, four years old and one year old), did not take her daughters to school “for prolonged periods of time; she did not feed them adequately”; and did not take them to the doctor when they required specialized care.
“She frequently left the property where she lived and left her daughters alone for long periods of time, including at night and early morning,” the note states.
Daima and her partner Carlos forced the girls to wander the streets, at any time, to ask for food and money from neighbors and strangers. The defendants used the money they obtained to consume alcoholic beverages.
In addition, Carlos sexually abused the seven-year-old girl, an act that the mother allowed.
For all of the above, the Court imposed 8 years of deprivation of liberty on Daima Rodríguez Núñez and 10 years of deprivation of liberty on Carlos Díaz González. Both received accessory sanctions that prohibit them from leaving Cuba and the mother’s parental rights were suspended.
The sentences of both subjects, derived from a long list of aggravating circumstances, contrast with the severity of those applied to peaceful protesters on the Island.
Since the massive protests of July 11 and 12, 2021 (11J), the authorities of the Cuban regime have arrested hundreds of peaceful protesters and even passive witnesses, fabricating crimes that force them to suffer between four and up to 15 or more years of political prison.
