Lazarus Alexander Perez August, arrested on October 8 in Nuevitas, province of Camagüey, by State Security officers, was accused of the crime of attack.
The young man, 21 years old, is the younger brother of the political prisonerJimmy Johnson arrested a month earlier. The authorities are trying to link both of them with the protests in mid-August in the municipality of Camagüey.
The news of Alejandro's accusation was communicated to the grandmother by telephone last Monday at 10:20 in the morning, by the State Security officer in Camagüey who answered the call, when the 72-year-old woman contacted them. to ask why his grandson was still detained there, 48 hours after his arrest.
Throughout that time, the boy was held incommunicado and without legal assistance. The family has not yet been able to see him.
In addition,CyberCuba confirmed that, in fact, the authorities intend to accuse him of committing violent acts on August 20 in Nuevitas, according to an official document delivered to the family on the day of the arrest where the results of the search of his home carried out on the same day of the arrest are recorded. detention.
Details that emerged hours later reveal the violence used against the young man at the time of his arrest. The family toldCyberCuba that, when the officers arrived, “they grabbed him, pushed him against the wall and immobilized him,” without the young man having put up any resistance. They also confiscated his phone.
In statements to this news site, the mother of both, Isabel Cristina Agosto Grimal, said that she does not understand the accusation against the youngest of her children, meanwhile, he is “a child who does not get involved in anything” and defended his innocence.
Pérez Agosto was in Military Service at the time of the demonstrations and was discharged just a few days ago.
On social networks, Alejandro's friends also do not believe the young man's imprisonment and consider it "a mistake", "an injustice."
“Hey, I didn't understand anything. Alejandro doesn't get involved with anyone, much less in political problems. “How long will the abuse”said Deyadialex Ramirez, while Luis Serret assures that the detainee “has not done anything to have that done to him.”
Roly Valdés described the boy as“tremendous kid and good that he is”, but the authorities“They work however they want.” My God, what a great thing! That is an injustice, that child is innocent!”, he sentenced.
In statements prior toCyberCuba,The mother said that the officers were looking for "stone throwers, clinques, Molotov cocktails, counterrevolutionary propaganda and anything that had to do with violent acts."
However, they found nothing.“The search was negative and they still took him into custody for State Security in Camagüey. “They are teaching themselves with the boys”, he then added.
According to the first section of article 142 of the current Penal Code, the crime of attack is incurred by “anyone who uses violence or intimidation against an authority, a public official, or their agents or auxiliaries, to prevent them from carrying out an act typical of their duties, or to demand that they execute it, or for revenge or reprisal for the exercise of these."
The sanctioning framework for this crime extends from 1 to 3 years of deprivation of liberty and includes acts of violence or intimidation against witnesses and family members of the aforementioned authorities.
According to the mother, they accuse him of something that he did not do to continue putting pressure on his brother who has been imprisoned since September 6 and who alreadyhe incriminated himself on national television.
The Nuevitas demonstrations on August 19, 20 and 21 have left more than twenty people arrested. Organizations such as the Cuban Human Rights Observatory, Cubalex and Justicia 11J have under-recorded the arrests and condemned the repression that has not yet ended.
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