Nestor Damián Gámez González (Havana, June 26, 1987) has been imprisoned for 15 months in Santiaguito prison, Mexico, after suffering an assault, which went viral, in the Toluca Courts (State of Mexico), when he intended to ask a Family judge to allow him to see the son they have together.
The child has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, as explained to CiberCuba by the child's paternal grandfather, José Fernández Olivera (stepfather of Nestor Damián Gámez González), asserting that his stepson had already been unable to see the child for some time because his ex-wife was preventing it. This situation arose following the breakup of a romantic relationship that lasted barely two years.
Nestor Damián Gámez González was working as a manager at a Coppel store when he decided to appeal to the courts to request permission to see his son, who was three years old at the time and is now almost six. However, before the oral hearing took place, a brawl occurred that made headlines in news programs in Toluca. The fight involved both parties battling for custody of the minor.
José Fernández Olivera, stepfather of the young Cuban prisoner, says that both his son's ex-wife and her sister, Karla Mildred Gómez Garduño, who was acting as a lawyer at the time of the altercation, reportedly attacked Nestor Damián Gámez González and his mother, who was injured during the fight and required medical assistance. CiberCuba has contacted the defense through Facebook, but at the time of publishing this news, no response had been received.
The fight took place on April 8, 2022. Following the viral assault, the ex-sister-in-law of the victim and lawyer for his ex-wife reported him, and Mexican authorities decided to impose a precautionary measure of preventive detention, considering that since Nestor Damián Gámez González is Cuban, he could leave the country, even though he had already been residing in Mexico for eight years, had a stable job, and was rooted there.
Nestor Damián Gámez's mother reported his assault, but her complaint did not advance, as she tried to take legal action against "influential people." She remains in Mexico, waiting for the trial to take place so that her son can have the right to a legitimate defense. While that moment arrives, he is under police protection to prevent another assault.
In statements to CiberCuba, Fernández Olivera explained that the father of Nestor Damián Gámez González is an elderly person who lives in Cuba and has been greatly affected by his son's imprisonment. He is convinced that the Mexican authorities are delaying the trial date to keep him in prison.
"The fundamental thing is that he has been imprisoned for 15 months, a victim of the corruption of the Judicial Power. My wife has been assaulted again by these people and now she has protection. She has been left helpless in Mexico and I, from the United States, send money to cope with all the extortion we are being subjected to. They never got married. They had a two-year relationship," Fernández Olivera stated.
"We don't understand why they are applying a measure like preventive detention, which is only for extreme cases, when in the video (of the altercation) it is seen that they are the ones who are attacking my wife and my son," he concluded.
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