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The sentence against the former Cuban minister Alejandro Gil Fernández, confirmed this Friday by the People's Supreme Court (TSP) after rejecting the appeals, includes additional sanctions that involve the confiscation of assets, although the TSP's official statement did not publicly specify which properties would be affected.
In this context, the sister of the former official, lawyer and presenter María Victoria Gil, told the journalist Mario J. Pentón that the execution of the seizure—which had been put on hold during the appeal—would now be activated and would affect homes where family members reside, including a small child.
According to what María Victoria Gil stated and what was discussed in that same exchange, the assets mentioned as subject to seizure are two houses.
The first, the Miramar house where Alejandro Gil lived. It is described as a two-story house located in the Miramar neighborhood, in the Playa municipality, specifically at 24, between Primera and Tercera.
The narrative states that family members would live there: Alejandro Gil's spouse, Gina María González García; their daughter, Laura María Gil González, along with her husband and their three-year-old daughter.
The second would be the mother-in-law's house of Alejandro Gil. In María Victoria's testimony, that residence is also mentioned, belonging to a woman nearly 90 years old, and it is emphasized that this person “has nothing to do with anything.”
A life sentence for espionage
The TSP upheld this Friday the life sentence for espionage against Gil and maintained a additional 20-year sentence for crimes related to corruption (including embezzlement, bribery, tax evasion, and money laundering), as well as ancillary penalties.
However, the official statement cited does not list specific properties or assets to be confiscated.
According to the testimony of the ex-official's sister, the execution of the seizure "had not been carried out" because the case was "interrupted by the appeal", and after the rejection of the appeals "the execution of the confiscation of the assets will now take place."
The country's highest judicial body has closed the ordinary route for overturning the ruling.
In an official statement, the Supreme Court explained that Gil "deceived the country's leadership and the people he represented, thereby causing harm to the economy."
Alejandro Gil was dismissed from his positions in February 2024, and a month later the Government announced his arrest and the initiation of a judicial investigation after identifying what were then described as "serious errors."
In November of that year, the Attorney General's Office formally brought charges for 11 offenses, including the charge of espionage, which added a much more serious political and criminal dimension to the case than initially suggested.
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