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Cuban diplomat Emilio Pevida Sánchez and his father, Intelligence Lieutenant Colonel and current Ambassador of Cuba to Mongolia, Emilio Pevida Pupo, have been linked to a remittance business operated from Cuba with the support of a partner in the United States.
The information was revealed by Martí Noticias, which obtained promotional messages for the service offering “active remittances from the USA and Europe to Cuba” through a phone number registered under the name of Pevida Pupo.
According to the media, the number used to promote the service is registered in the databases of the Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA) in the name of the ambassador, a 62-year-old official currently representing the Cuban government in Mongolia.
To verify the operation of the scheme, journalists directly contacted Emilio Pevida Sánchez, who provided a phone number in the United States to which the transfers were to be sent.
The receiving account is registered in the name of Reinier Gómez Hernández, a Cuban resident in the state of Indiana who, according to the investigation, allegedly entered the United States through the border in 2024 seeking asylum and is currently processing his residency under the Cuban Adjustment Act.
The instructions sent by the diplomat included not writing any details in the transfers and later sending a photograph to confirm the money was sent.
It also advised avoiding any references to Cuba or remittances in communications.
The message also requested not to call or write to the number used for contact and warned that the service organizers would not be held responsible in case of violating these rules.
Banking regulations in the United States often block or delay transfers that contain direct references to Cuba due to sanctions related to the U.S. trade embargo.
Emilio Pevida Pupo, the owner of the telephone number from which the service was promoted, has developed much of his diplomatic career in countries of the former Soviet sphere and studied at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
His son, Emilio Pevida Sánchez, worked as a diplomat at the Cuban embassy in Damascus until the fall of Bashar al Assad's regime, one of the Cuban government's allies in the Middle East, after which he moved to Beirut.
According to researcher Luis Domínguez from the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba, Pevida Sánchez is also an officer in the Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior trained for missions related to State Security.
After being contacted by Martí Noticias to comment on these operations, Pevida Sánchez restricted access to his social media and did not respond to requests for statements.
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