In less than a week the General Customs (Agr) has stopped two attempts to introduce equipment for connection to the system of Internet Starlink satellite, Service offered by the Spacex company, owned by the American billionaire Elon Musk.
The new operation too It happened at the José Martí International Airport in Havanaalthough this time it did not transcend the number of teams seized since the information released by William Pérez González, VICEIZEFE of the AG, through its profile in X.
#Fronterasegura| In your account in X the @vicyriegag reported about new Starlink satellite equipment detections in the #Aduanaaijmviolating the current regulations of the @Mincomcuba.
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.#Orgullosly adheres #Aduanadecuba pic.twitter.com/qb7ng7mztk– Customs of Cuba (@aduanacuba) April 16, 2025
The official indicated that with this new attempt He was “violating current legislation“, And confirmed that thanks to the performance of the customs agents, the” diversity of models and ways of trying to mock the controls, without declaring. “
The incident happens shortly after Pérez González, using the same route, said that the AGU had hindered the illicit entry of 20 Starlink satellite teams, which arrived on a flight from the United States.
Customs slows the entrance to Cuba of 20 teams to connect to Starlink
The most recent confiscation is part of the offensive decreed by the Cuban government against the introduction and use, without required authorization, of technologies that evade control that exercises the Telecommunications Company of Cuba S (Etecsa) about Internet access from the island.
This offensive has been accompanied by various warnings that the use of these equipment is a “violation” of current legislation, and that would lead to the taking of various measures against offenders.
A few days ago, the AGO reported on the confiscation of 85 Router teams, also at the main Cuban airport and without the necessary permits. On that occasion he caught attention, claiming that the quantity, “exposes intentions of illegality.”
#Aduanadecuba Detects the illicit entry of 85 Router teams through the Havana airport violating the current regulations and norms. These amounts reveal intentions of illegality, applying the measures provided for these cases.#Fronterasegura. pic.twitter.com/iwujcmev6l
– Wiliam Pérez González (@vicerizefeag) April 10, 2025
In addition, the measures planned for the confrontation of these cases had been applied, without providing details about them.
Starlink is a high -speed satellite Internet service and its low orbit infrastructure allows connection in remote areas without depending on land networks, such as those used Etecsa, the only company that provides that service in Cuba.
In recent times, advertisements from individuals have flourished in informal spaces that ensure that they have the ability to provide connections using this technology for prices that can reach 2000 dollars.
