First Secretary of the PCC in Holguín deletes post in which he called the youth of El4tico "traitorous invaders."

The first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) in Holguín, Joel Queipo Ruiz, deleted a Facebook post on Sunday in which he attacked the young people involved in the independent audiovisual project El4tico, who were recently detained by State Security.

The post, of which CiberCuba has a screenshot, is no longer available on the profile of the communist leader.

In the message, Queipo attacked Ernesto Ricardo Medina and Kamil Zayas, visible faces of the dissident movement in Holguín, describing them in an openly hostile tone: “faces that appear innocent but have the soul of traitorous invaders.”

El4tico is one of the most followed independent projects in Cuba. From a small room converted into a studio, its creators combine analysis, satire, and sociopolitical critique to address sensitive issues of Cuban reality, gaining notoriety among the youth and citizens discontent with the official discourse.

However, for the First Secretary of the PCC, the project does not reflect the interests of the Cuban people, but rather a supposed foreign agenda.

“They are not just simple content creators,” Queipo wrote in the deleted post, asserting that the project “serves imperial interests” and accusing the youth of inciting disobedience against the constitutional order.

In his text, the communist leader also claimed that young people present themselves as defenders of human rights, but in reality—according to his version—they support military intervention in Cuba.

Additionally, he reiterated the old argument of the Havana regime about the existence of a "manual" funded with "millions of dollars" to "overthrow the Revolution," and labeled the youth as "mercenary sellouts."

"The Cuban people will never allow mercenary employees to take away our freedom and sovereignty," the official stated in the post.

Queipo concluded his message by invoking Fidel and Raúl Castro, making clear the repressive tone of the official discourse: “there will be no space for those who portray themselves as innocent while having their souls sold to the invaders.”

The removal of the post occurs at a particularly tense moment, marked by the detention of the members of El4tico and the growing public rejection of the smear campaigns promoted by the Communist Party structures against critical voices within the Island.

For many Cubans, the fact that the official deleted the message reflects the regime's discomfort when its attacks are publicly exposed and provoke outrage both domestically and internationally.