three people from Florida They are detained and awaiting trial, accused of allegedly belonging to an armed network that took people from Cuba and had some held in a house in Hialeah (Miami-Dade), waiting for their relatives to pay 15,000 dollars.
A grand jury of Miami accused Didier Pérez Pérez, Lester Leyniel Soca Díaz and Yoandy Alonso last week for transporting Cuban citizens to the United States through Monroe County (extreme south of Florida) in exchange for money and for taking hostages, according to court documents from the case.
“The migrants they were threatened, even told that they would be left in the middle of the ocean if they did not pay their smuggling debts. The Police rescued the captured migrants and disrupted the foreign transportation network, accompanying a friend of a victim to the hostage exchange point, ”the documents point out.
Each is charged with 6 counts and faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum of 3 years probation, as well as $250,000 in fines, if convicted.
This Tuesday, Pérez is scheduled to appear at a hearing on the status of the case.
Two Miami men arrested when they tried to sail to Cuba to pick up people
According to the indictment, to which EFE had access, the events of which they are accused took place from August to early September of this year and “other people, both known and unknown” to the US Justice participated in them.
The court document mentions the existence of two victims, identified only as victim 1 and victim 2, who were detained and whose captors threatened to “injure” or “kill.”
The case is part of an investigation by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), whose primary mission is to identify and dismantle the highest priority drug traffickers, money launderers and other transnational criminal organizations. level that threaten American citizens.
The accusation establishes the confiscation of the boats, vehicles and planes that may have been used to commit the imputed crimes.
Properties that may be derived, directly or indirectly, from the commission of crimes and those used to commit them will also be confiscated.
