This is the former Lieutenant Colonel of the Minint Jorge Luis Vega García, who entered the US thanks to the humanitarian ‘parole’ program.
Miami, United States. – The former Lieutenant Colonel of the Ministry of Interior (Minint) of Cuba Jorge Luis Vega García was arrested on Tuesday in the United States, confirmed the Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE) to the medium Martí News.
The arrest, which happens weeks after complaints were made On its repressive history in Cuban prisons, it can also be confirmed in the official detainees location system Available on the ICE portal.
According to the information thrown by the search on that platform, Vega García is “in Custody of ICE” allegedly in Tampa, Florida.
The Cuban ex official, known as “Veguita” between political exprisioneros of the island, legally entered the US territory on January 20, 2024 by the Tampa International Airport, Florida, and welcomed the program of parole humanitarian.
As documented Martí NewsVega García directed the penitentiary centers of Agüica and Gutleta, both in the province of Matanzas, and his name appears linked to multiple testimonies of abuse. Political expressions identify him as “one of the most feared repressors of the Cuban prison system.
The medium collected the complaints of exprisioneros such as Benito Ortega Suárez, Pablo Pacheco Ávila, Blas Giraldo Reyes and Fidel Suárez Cruz, who accuse the ex -learning of being responsible for “physical and psychological torture, beating, prolonged confinements and reprisals against opponents imprisoned during the call 2003 black spring”
Vega García’s arrest also occurs after the Cuban American congressman Carlos Giménez sent a formal letter to the Secretary of National Security, Kristi Noem, requesting his deportation. In that letter, Giménez attached documentary evidence that links the extinguishing colonel with the repressive apparatus of the Cuban regime.
Besides, Martí News He confirmed the identity of the arrested through documents with verified signatures both in Cuba and in the United States. An ex -official of the Cuban prison system, Lainersy Ávila Castro, also corroborated its history as an active member of the Minint.
Since the case was announced, exile organizations and victims of Vega García have demanded that he undergo a deep investigation and a trial for the attributed crimes.
“[El ex teniente coronel] He was trained by Emilio Cruz, the greatest hitman of the prison in Agüica. It was cold, methodical, repressive. He commanded detachments with common prisoners to provoke us, steal our things and lock ourselves for any reason, ”said Benito Ortega Suárez to Martí News.
For his part, Pablo Pacheco Ávila, independent journalist and one of the members of the Group of 75 Invancing during black spring, he also recalled the case of a young inmate who, upon learning that he would be beaten by Vega García and Emilio Cruz, threw himself from a third floor in Agüica to avoid the beating.
“Veguita was the second chief of prison. They kept us in isolation, without seeing the sun for months. They took political prisoners to visit once every three months. That was pure torture,” Pacheco added.
Another expreasing, Fidel Suárez Cruz, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, denounced that he suffered physical aggressions that left permanent sequelae. “Veguita told me in the face: ‘You are never going out of here,” he recalled.
Blas Giraldo Reyes, also sentenced to 25 years in prison for political reasons, said that Vega’s repressive actions were not limited to inmates. “He made his life impossible for everyone to think differently,” he said.
Despite the volume of complaints, the ex -official managed parole humanitarian.
In the United States, Vega and his family requested residence under the Cuban adjustment law.
