Agents of the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) They would be allegedly responsible for the death of a young man arrested for transporting half a sack of milk powder in Baracoa.
The news, given by the non-governmental organization (NGO) Cubalex, indicated that the young man Elio Norkis Sanamé Durán He died on September 26 while in the custody of the uniformed officers.
Neighbor of the Joa district, Sanamé Durán “was detained by the police in the Puente de Miel area, Cabacú locality, when he was transporting half a bag of powdered milk,” according to the Cubalex report in X.
“They handcuffed him and took him to the PNR station where, with the handcuffs on, he was sprayed with gas in the face and beaten by several officers. Several sources in the area stated that Elio Norkis' screams could be heard from outside the station," the NGO stated.
Cubalex claimed to have confirmed the information independently with local sources.
According to what was reported by the sources consulted, Sanamé Durán “was transferred to the Octavio de la Concepción y de la Pedraja General Hospital, in Baracoa, where he died of a heart attack, according to the doctors' ruling.”
The NGO indicated that the independent journalist Yoel Acosta had shared photos of the body on his account Facebook and that there were injuries on the detainee's body.
“Elio Norkis, murdered by the Castro-Canel dictatorship in Baracoa. “Murderers, you will pay for them all,” the journalist said in his publication, addressing the municipal delegate of the MININT, Diesel Castro Pelegrín and the head of the municipal police in Baracoa, Elier Lopez.
“They repeat history again. Just as they killed Roldy Polo, they have murdered another Cuban. They already carry all these charges on their shoulders and I assure you they will pay for them,” Acosta lamented, referring to to the February 2022 assassination of Cuban musician and cultural promoter Roldy Polo Pérez.
45 years old and resident of Baracoa, Guantánamo, Polo Pérez died in the Vega Larga area after being shot twice by a police officer with his service weapon, as confirmed by family members. CyberCuba.
The man was celebrating his birthday when a PNR uniformed man, known to the victim, shot him twice with his pistol, and one of the bullets pierced his heart; according to the relative who preferred anonymity.
“On the afternoon of February 15, in the town of Vega Larga, in the Baracoa municipality, a PNR officer who was not on duty, He killed him with his service weapon. to citizen Roldy Polo Pérez, 45 years old,” a note from the Ministerio del Interior (MININT) published in Granma.
The official information added that “as part of the investigative actions it has been determined that both people were participating in a festive activity for the birthday of citizen Roldy, in the community where they both reside. “They had a heated argument over personal problems and, under the influence of drinking alcoholic beverages, they attacked each other.”
The MININT specified that the police officer was detained and that “the investigative process would be carried out in accordance with the provisions of current legal regulations” in Cuba.
Likewise, the MININT regretted the death of Polo Pérez, while considering "absurd to manipulate and invent versions that have nothing to do with reality, to try to affect the image of the PNR and opportunistically attack the Revolution through means." subversive enemies on social networks.”
At the time of publishing this note, the Cuban authorities have not reported the event.
At the end of that year, the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH) denounced in his social networks to Diesel Castro Pelegrín and Elier López as “authors and necessary collaborators in acts that constitute violations of human rights and/or cruel, inhuman and degrading acts.”
At the end of August, the Cuban official press reported that the authorities had decided substitute syrup for the milk they receive through the ration book for ages seven to thirteen.
The measure, which was made public for the first time in Guantánamo, ended up being national in scope, evidencing the worsening of the crisis in Cuba.
This Friday, another case of extreme violence raised alarm among the population in the eastern province of Guantánamo, when it became known the murder of another young man in the Baracoa municipality.
Marcos Alejandro Gámez Machado It was the name of this boy who, based on the photos published on different profiles on Facebook and his own, must have been around 20 years old.
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