Miami/Melody González Pedrazaformer Cuban judge known for his performance in the processes against protesters of July 11, 2021, finally arrived in Havana this Thursday, in the ninth flight of deportees from the United States so far from 2025, according to confirmed sources known to the case to 14ymedio.
As usual with each of these flights, which take place on the last Thursday of the month, the Ministry of Interior reported the number of migrants who arrived on the island, through the José Martí International Airport, but not of the identity of any of them. In this case, they are a total of 136, 11 women and 125 men, of which four were transferred to be investigated as “alleged commissioners of criminal acts before leaving the country. In their brief statement, they said that it is the thirtieth seventh operation of return of irregular migrants carried out this year from different countries of the region, with 1140 people, the majority (999) from the US.
The name of González Pedraza stopped appearing, he stopped appearing on Thursday of the records of the Richwood Immigrant Center, in Louisiana, where he was detained by the Customs Immigration and Control Service (ICE).
The expectation was great that the former judge was returned to Cuba since he lost the appeal to the deportation order issued against him on May 21, 2025
The expectation was great that the former judge was returned to Cuba since he lost the appeal to the deportation order issued against him on May 21, 2025. González’s own husband, William Hernández Carrazana, was also deported and was already at the crossroads, Villa Clara. It was expected, in fact, that the return of the former official occurred Last monthsomething that finally did not occur.
On the other hand, his brother, Ruber González Pedraza, was recently arrested in Florida by ICE and is located at the Krome detention center, with a deportation order. As published Martí Newsthe man had entered the United States in 2024 with parole humanitarian, like his sister and brother -in -law.
His stay in the country, however, points out Martí“He was committed after the media stir caused by the arrest of his sister Melody.”
According to the sources of the Cuban American newspaper, Ruber González Pedrazawho has until October 20 to appeal the decision of the authorities, maintained an “active profile” of collaborator of the official Cuban press, like many of the graduates, such as him, from the University of Computer Science (UCI), and even helped promote through his blog propaganda articles of Cubadebate. Before leaving the island, he worked in a bank, and eliminated the social networks that could relate it to the Cuban regime.
As for his sister, he exercised as a criminal judge in the Municipal Court of Crucijada, in Villa Clara, and became known after validating sentences against young people who participated in the protests of 2021. Although he publicly declared he has received pressures from his superiors in his judicial work, various human rights organizations responsible for having endorsed sentences issued under orders of state security.
The former judge traveled to the United States on May 30, 2024, but was arrested upon arrival and requested political asylum
The former judge traveled to the United States on May 30, 2024, but was arrested upon arrival and requested political asylum. He has since remained in ICE custody while his case was processed in Florida migratory cuts, until he lost the appeal to the May deportation order.
Deportation flights to Cuba have remained regularly in 2025, usually last Thursday of each month. Until the end of July seven flights with more than 830 repatriated in total had been counted. The July operation transported 118 people. In these transfers, ICE executes the removal orders issued by immigration judges, coordinating with the Cuban authorities the reception of the nationals.
In practice, flights are only officially confirmed after their landing in Havana.
