Havana/The Nativity cow and its Nacho breeding, which had been stolen from the family farm of the opponents of Ariel and Omara Ruiz Urquiola in Pinar del Río, were returned this Thursday. The animals, said the activists resident abroad, were stolen by the authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture with the help of a neighboring guajiro. Another cow and a donkey also disappeared in February and have not yet been returned to the family.
The stir in social networks for the theft of animals to the mother of the activists, who attends the Hell Finca in the municipality of Viñales, seems to be what motivated the return. According to public The farm page on Facebook, “the stark abuse against Isabel [la madre de los activistas]and the accumulation of abuses suffered by the Urquiola family, caused by the institutions folded to the repressive apparatus of the Cuban government, have mobilized public opinion and it was achieved that Nativity and his son Nacho are at home. ”
The text describes the “attacks” suffered by the family since November, when – agricultural officials threatened women with selling animals and destroying the house. “On February 21 they took Rita, a pregnant vaquita, already Guana, an old burrita”, who have not yet adds.
As for the most recent theft, Ariel Ruiz Urquiola explained on social networks that it was done “taking advantage of the night and breaking Cercas”
As for the most recent theft, Ariel Ruiz Urquiola explained on social networks that it was made “taking advantage of the night and breaking fences so that they appeared on the Dopico farm”, a peasant who, he says, is in Contubernio with Agriculture. “The Chivato did the expected thing, he called the hitman Carlos Fleitas,” a agriculture manager in the municipality, to take the animals that had allegedly entered their land.
On Wednesday afternoon, according to the farm on Facebook, Isabel Urquiola received a call from the agriculture leader informing that the farmer withdrew the complaint for the transfer of animals. “No one, or some of those affected, accept that these animals go down alone from the mountains and cross kilometers from Valle, all in one night,” said hell.
In a release Published on Thursday, the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights denounced the retention of animals by the authorities “without legal order or justification.” “Once again, the farm of this retired teacher and mother of activists Ariel and Omara Ruiz Urquiola has been the target of state harassment in Viñales,” he said.
“Once again, the farm of this retired teacher and mother of activists Ariel and Omara Ruiz Urquiola has been the target of state harassment in Viñales”
According to the platform, “it is not the first time that they break fences, they destroy structures or try to snatch the sustenance of this 80 -year -old woman. Isabel has faced alone years of abuse, without her children being able to return to the country. Repression not only seeks to strip her of her farm, but to break her spirit,” he added.
In a similar situation is the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), whose collaborators – which help in food delivery and assistance to dozens of vulnerable people – They have been harassing weeks for state security for his relationship with the opponent José Daniel Ferrer. As reported by the UNPACU leader, three other young collaborators of the organization, Silenaay Guevara López, Yailín Cala Laurencio and Kevin Alfredo Gámez González, were arrested on Wednesday.
He added, also “tried to stop and used violence” against a pregnant woman. “Other collaborators have not yet arrived, we fear that they can be detained,” he said.
The opponent has denounced harassment against its collaborators and neighbors, in addition to theft of food and the prohibition of buying food and supplies to serve those in need that come to their residence in Santiago de Cuba.
