The US justice system acquitted the Cuban who on April 30, 2020 shot at the Cuban Embassy in Washington with an AK-47.
A judge of the Court for the District of Columbia declared innocent Alexander Alazo Baró of the four charges against him, alleging that he suffers from dementia.
The decision, issued on May 1, four years after the attack, is based on a joint report by the Prosecutor's Office and the defense of the accused that indicates that at the time of the events he was not in possession of his mental faculties. For her he declares him innocent.
Upon hearing the verdict, the Cuban government accused the United States of protecting terrorists and sending a dangerous message of impunity to those who carry out violent actions against diplomatic headquarters in Washington.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a declaration in which he showed his "deep concern" about the decision adopted by the judge.
"Alazo, a person of Cuban origin who has lived in the United States since 2010, fired 32 bullets from a magazine of an AK-47 semi-automatic rifle at the Cuban diplomatic headquarters in Washington, causing extensive material damage abroad. and interior of the building and endangered the lives of several people who were inside the building," the document states.
"Alazo himself confessed that he was going with the intention of hitting whatever was in front of him, including human beings if they had been in his line of fire. It was a terrorist act in the capital city of the United States against a permanent diplomatic headquarters," Add.
Cuba assures that when Alazo was detained his identity was already known partnership with the religious center Doral Jesus Worship Center, in Miami Dade, where people go "with recognized behavior in favor of aggression, hostility, violence and extremism against Cuba."
He also criticizes that The US government has charged the Cuban with four federal crimes but has not been unable to classify his action as a terrorist act.
In its statement, the Foreign Ministry assures that the United States politicized the attack against the embassy from the first moment, and that that is why the criminal process has been so "protracted" and "laden with opacity."
"The decision taken sends a dangerous message of impunity for those who propose to take violent actions against diplomatic headquarters in the city of Washington," the statement underlines.
Alazo Baró was arrested on April 30, 2020 at dawn after shooting several times with an assault rifle at the Cuban embassy in Washington DC, at 2600 and 16th Street NW, in the northwest of the city.
The shooting occurred around 2:10 am. The police responded when the first shots were heard and within minutes they arrested the suspect, who was identified as Alexander Alazo, 42, a resident of Aubrey, Texas.
The judicial process took four years to resolve his mental evaluation, which was the subject of lengthy consideration and legal maneuvers by the prosecution and defense.
In 2021, the prosecution extended a plea agreement, but the process was subordinated to a comprehensive opinion on his mental situation.
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