The Cuban opposition Luis Alexis Peña Cobas He was arrested on March 19 in Najasa, Camagüey, on charges of robbery with force, as revealed by the independent media. CubaNet.
Peña Cobas was transferred to the third unit in the city of Camagüey, where he has remained in custody since that date. The authorities accuse him of having stolen three shotguns and one million pesos intended for the salaries of the workers of the municipality of the Business Group for the Protection of Flora and Fauna, under the control of the commander Guillermo García Frias.
The alleged theft occurred in the Sierra del Chorrillo nature reserve, a protected area in the municipality of Najasa that has a diverse collection of exotic animals and numerous species of birds.
In statements to the aforementioned media, Marianela Peña Cobas, sister of the detainee, denounced that the investigators of the case keep her "uninformed." Likewise, he alleged that the arrest took place during the night of the 19th and that he was taken away with the clothes he was wearing, handcuffed in front of his daughter, without allowing him to change.
Marianela also mentioned the existence of witnesses who confirmed Luis's alibi, stating that he was not working the day of the robbery and that he was at the church until 11 at night. In addition, he denounced the obsession of the head of the sector, surname Fall, towards his brother.
“The facts are attributed to people who really do not give a suspicious profile, but rather seem to have been chosen at random; among them the brother of Marisol Peña Cobas, the opposition front to this dictatorship", he denounced in his social networks José Luis Acosta Cortellán, Marisol's husband.
According to his version, Peña Cobas “was detained in front of his nine-year-old daughter and his wife, late at night and in a violent manner.” Acosta Cortellán also confirmed that in the robbery “weapons and more than a million pesos were stolen from the hunting preserve of Castro regime general Guillermo García Frías.”
“This is the procedure of the dictatorship: when they want to harm a citizen who does not feel sympathy for their crap ideology, they fabricate a crime however they want,” concluded the user, denouncing that “Peña Cobas is the victim of a crime.” which he did not commit.”
For her part, the detainee's sister reported that he suffers from an ulcer and is suffering due to lack of adequate food and medication. In his opinion, his brother's arrest is motivated by the surname he bears and his family's opposition to the regime. Marisol, her husband and her daughter They escaped from Cuba last June and offered statements from Mexico.
Najasa residents declared CubaNet that during the robbery "there was a blackout" and they made clear the contradictory versions that exist about how those responsible accessed the facilities, whether by forcing entry, or using the keys to the place.
The incident generated alarm in the town and economic consequences for the affected workers. The theft of weapons left residents with a feeling of insecurity and fear that the number of violent robberies could increase.
At the time of writing this note, the official media They do not include the facts reported by the Cuban civil society, nor has evidence of a political motivation behind them been found.
Detained during the historic protests of 11J, Peña Cobas spent 34 days sleeping on the floor and without seeing sunlight. Before, in November 2020, The police besieged his home in Camagüey, where she, her husband and another activist They quartered themselves in support of the San Isidro Movement (MSI).
Member of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), Peña Cobas has denounced the collapse of public services in Cuba, especially medical care and the shortage of rationed food provided by the State.
His person gained notoriety after the episode of repression suffered by his minor daughter at the hands of the State Security, whose officers even pulled her out of elementary school last April to interrogate her without the presence of her parents.
The Academic Freedom Observatory (OLA) denounced what happened, especially because the interrogation took place during school hours and with the complicity of the teachers and directors of the school where the minor was studying.
"In this case, the regime uses a minor as a punitive tool against her parents, protected by certain articles of the new Family Code," OLA warned.
For its part, in April 2021, the Cuban regime authorized the cock fights organized by the clubs of the García Frías Business Group, protected under the legislation on Animal Welfare, against the criteria of Cuban activists and animal rights activists.
With 96 years old last February, García Frias He appeared disoriented and with obvious signs of physical deterioration during the Torch March organized by the regime in January.
Known as the "commander of the ostriches", García Frías and his family They enjoy a very high standard of living, including his grandchildren, who participate in the business network built on the basis of corruption and perks by the patriarch and personal friend of the dictators Fidel and Raul Castro.
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