Alejandro Gil was Minister of Economy in Cuba until February 2024, when he was dismissed for “serious errors committed” during his administration.
LIMA, Peru – The Attorney General’s Office in Cuba officially updated the sanctions and charges in the case of former Minister of Economy, Alejandro Gil, who was removed from office and imprisoned by the Castro regime more than a year ago.
In an informative note, published by the state newspaper Granmathe Prosecutor’s Office assures that it controlled the criminal investigation carried out by the Ministry of the Interior against Gil and other defendants.
During the actions, the statement notes, “due process was guaranteed” and “in all cases the accused were subject to custodial sanctions, in accordance with the acts committed.”
The Cuban regime advertisement In March 2024, the start of an investigation against the former Minister of Economy for “serious errors committed” during his administration.
Once the investigations have been concluded, the Prosecutor’s Office now asks Gil to be held accountable for the crimes of “espionage, acts detrimental to economic activity or contracting, embezzlement, bribery, falsification of public documents, tax evasion, influence peddling, money laundering, violation of the rules for the protection of classified documents, and theft and damage of documents or other objects in official custody.”
So far, the organs of the Cuban regime have not revealed the identity or number of those involved who were prosecuted along with the former minister, nor the dates for the trial of the case.
Since last year, Díaz-Canel promised severity in the punishment: “the higher the level of trust placed in a cadre, the greater the rigor and intransigence with which actions will be taken in the face of events of this nature,” he highlights in the aforementioned statement.
According to the text then, Gil resigned as a member of the Cuban Communist Party (PCC) and as a deputy to the National Assembly, after acknowledging the “serious accusations” against him.
Alejandro Gil was one of the main drivers of the current economic package that he did not see materialize, since his dismissal occurred in the first days of February, just when the regime was reversing the implementation of the new economic measures.
Although it is now confirmed that the former minister is linked to corruption processes, when he was removed from office, other government officials and spokespersons applauded his “consecration” to the task that was assigned to him.
“The relieved ministers do not leave, as in other countries, with a full portfolio. They are colleagues who finish a really hard and demanding task that has required effort and dedication,” official journalist Arleen Rodríguez had written in Cubadebatein defense of Gil after his dismissal.
