The Cuban regime revealed details about the arrest, in December 2023, of a Cuban resident in the United States who had entered the country illegally with firearms and ammunition by sea, following an alleged plan that they claim was funded by the United States government.
In December 2023, the Cuban government published in the Official Gazette of the Republic the list of individuals and entities that sponsor terrorism against Cuba; two days later, preliminary information was released regarding the neutralization of a new recruitment plan to carry out violent actions in our country, which was intended to be carried out by a Cuban citizen residing in the United States," reported the official newspaper Granma.
The note identifies the detainee as Ardenys García Álvarez, a Cuban who emigrated from the island since 2014.
According to the Ministry of the Interior (MININT), Ardenys would not work alone, but in Cuban territory, other people residing in the country would join him.
According to the version of the Cuban official press, the actions could not be carried out thanks to a quick intervention by the MININT, which "neutralized" it and "generated an investigative process focused on the facts and the individuals involved."
In this regard, this Monday, July 8th, "Cuban Television will offer a special program with the evidence that demonstrates the terrorist plans and actions, as well as their main perpetrators," they add.
The aforementioned list referred to in the official note designates 61 individuals and nearly 20 organizations, all Cuban residents abroad, who are reportedly under investigation for alleged acts of terrorism.
Those mentioned in this resolution, number 19/2023, "have been subjected to criminal investigations and are being sought by the Cuban authorities, based on their involvement in the promotion, planning, organization, financing, support, or commission of acts carried out in the national territory or in other countries, with the aim of acts of terrorism," they sentence.
The document pointed out that the MININT assures "having reasonable grounds and documented evidence to include these individuals and organizations on the National List of Terrorists, according to international and national regulations."
Among those included in this list, which according to Havana was delivered to Interpol and the United States government, are figures from the Cuban exile such as Ninoska Pérez Castellón; Ramón Saúl Sánchez Rizo; Santiago Álvarez Fernández Magriñá; Orlando Gutiérrez Boronat; social media influencers like Alexander Otaola; Ana Olema; Yamila Betancourt García (known as Yamila, Maceo's daughter); Eliecer Ávila; Liu Santiesteban; Manuel Milanés; Alain Lambert Sánchez (Cuban Paparazzi), or Jorge Ramón Batista Calero (Ultrack).
The response of these individuals included in the list varied in tones and styles, but they all agreed that the action taken by the regime will not change their intention to denounce the abuses of the Cuban government.
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