Another young Cuban arrives at the Russian military base

This Monday a third Cuban was taken to the Russian military base where thetwo 19-year-olds who claim to have been deceived with false promises and they ended up in a war zone.

The news was revealed on social networks by Alexis Boentes - journalist fromTelemundo 51- citing the testimony of the two young people and accompanying his statement with a photo in which another young man is seen.

"In the early morning - Russian time - they began to transfer them for the second time to Ukraine. Since then, I have not had any further communication with them," Boentes concluded.

As the days go by, theinitial testimony of Andorf Antonio Velázquez García and Alex Rolando Vega Díazhas become significantly complicated, revealing a human trafficking plot that the Cuban government itself has had to admit.

In the last few hours, a Russian military officer with the rank of senior officer confirmed in statements on condition of anonymity to the Russian press thatThere are many Cubans who are on the front as part of international battalions that are fighting inthe Ukrainian war.

“When I was already behind the tape in the battalion, I was, to put it mildly, inshock: There were only Cubans and Serbs there. Not everyone speaks Russian well. It is not clear how to work with them"said the soldier in statements collected byThe Moscow Times.

The information was corroborated by a Spanish translator who works with Cuban emigration, who reiterated that there are many Cubans recruited by the Ministry of Defense.

The island's citizens are recruited for the war in Ukraine mainly through social media groups. In the group ofFacebook “Cubans in Moscow, most of the advertisements offering to go to war have been published by "Elena Shuvalova", who in her publications invites to sign a one-year contract with the Russian army and promises a salary of 204 thousand rubles, as well as a Russian passport for the hired soldier and his family.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) of Cuba issued this Monday aDeclaration in which he denied any link with sending young people to the war in Ukraine, although he admitted that the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) is trying to dismantle a human trafficking network for military recruitment purposes, which operates from Russia to incorporate Cuban citizens living there, and even some from Cuba.

The statement says that "attempts of this nature have already been neutralized and criminal proceedings have been initiated against people involved in these activities."

The statement did not make reference to whether it is holding talks with the Russian Government about the possible repatriation of Cubans who have been victims. of that human trafficking network.