The Cuban regime acknowledged this Thursday that it made a mistake in identifying one of the alleged individuals involved in the maritime incident that occurred off the coast of Villa Clara with a vessel registered in Florida.
In statements published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex), Deputy Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío acknowledged that an initial report mistakenly identified Roberto Azcorra Consuegra due to an "error in judgment" and clarified that he is not part of the group.
The new official list of ten individuals involved disseminated by the Minrex includes Cristian Ernesto Acosta Guevara, Conrado Galindo Serrior, José Manuel Rodríguez Castelló, Leordán Cruz Gómez, Amijail Sánchez González, Roberto Álvarez Ávila, Pavel Alling Peña, Michael Ortega Casanova, Ledián Padrón Guevara, and Héctor Duani Cruz Correa, the last four reported as deceased.
The list differs from the one released the previous day by the Ministry of the Interior, which had identified Amijail Sánchez González, Leordan Enrique Cruz Gómez, Conrado Galindo Sariol, José Manuel Rodríguez Castelló, Cristian Ernesto Acosta Guevara, and Roberto Azcorra Consuegra as detained, and had only confirmed the death of Michel Ortega Casanova, while indicating that three other individuals remained publicly unidentified.
In the comparison between both statements, variations are also noted in the spelling of certain names, such as Conrado Galindo Sariol, which now appears as Conrado Galindo Serrior; Leordan Enrique Cruz Gómez, which is listed as Leordán Cruz Gómez; and Michel Ortega Casanova, which in the new note is identified as Michael Ortega Casanova.
Moreover, the current list includes names that had not been mentioned previously, such as Roberto Álvarez Ávila, Pavel Alling Peña, Ledián Padrón Guevara, and Héctor Duani Cruz Correa.
Minrex emphasized that the information remains preliminary and that the investigative process is ongoing to clarify the facts, while reiterating the willingness of the Cuban government to exchange information with U.S. authorities regarding the incident.
Filed under: