At least about 24 people died in custody of the Cuban state between last January and June 2025.
Lima, Peru – The Cubalex Legal Information Center denounced this Sunday the death of Abraham Carmenate Hervás, a young 25 -year -old inmate, who lost his life in the prison of Bonito, Santiago de Cuba, victim of institutional abandonment and medical negligence.
The independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta also offered details about this new death in custody of the Castro regime in Cuban prisons.
According to the reporter, Carmenate Hervás suffered from epilepsy and suffered frequent crises. On several occasions he was transferred to the Provincial Hospital, but they always returned to the prison, ignoring the deterioration of his health.
“Despite the repeated requests for extrapenal freedom filed by his family, the Medical Commission determined that he was` Apt ‘to continue in prison, “said Cubalex Through Facebook.
The young inmate suffered another epileptic crisis in the early hours of August 8. They administered a medicine and “left him lying on the floor, without attention or surveillance.” Hours later, he was found lifeless.
“Abraham died in a prison, under control of those who had to ensure him. His death exposes the crudeness of a system where indifference and negligence can Cost lives without the authorities paying accounts, ”underlines the Legal Information Center.
The death of Abraham Carmenate Hervás reinforces a pattern of deaths in custody denounced by civil society organizations, activists, media and relatives of the victims.
Last June it transpired that at least 24 people had died in custody of the Cuban State between January and June 2025, According to a report published this week by the Initiative for Research and the IncidenceHuman Rights Organization based in Mexico City, formerly known as Justice 11J.
Of the total deaths, eight occurred as a direct consequence of the deliberate denial of medical care, one of the most frequent forms of abuse denounced in the country’s prisons.
