An immigration judge in Nebraska has allegedly ordered the deportation of Digsan García Rodríguez, a former lieutenant of the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) of Cuba and former sector chief in the Santa Fe neighborhood, Playa municipality, Havana, following documented complaints from victims who accuse him of abuse of power and repression on the Island.
The order was issued on June 9 and reported by Cuban exile media on June 10 and 11.
The immigration court denied all legal protection.
His destination is not Cuba, but Guatemala, under an agreement that allows that Central American country to receive migrants expelled from the United States when their countries of origin refuse to accept them.
Who is Digsan García Rodríguez?
García Rodríguez was part of the police structure of the Cuban regime in Santa Fe, a coastal area west of Havana, for years.
As the head of the sector of the PNR, I had direct control over complaints, local files, community surveillance, and coordination with state security agencies.
His name appears in the public database of the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba under the category "VIOLENT".
Alexander Otaola and the Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and Press (ICLEP) publicly identified him in 2023, when he had just arrived in U.S. territory.
The accusations: False documents and two years in prison
The most well-documented accusation comes from Kamila García, who testified before the authorities that the former officer sexually harassed her and, when rejected, fabricated a case against her.
According to her account, “García Rodríguez sexually harassed her and, failing to achieve his goal, lied in the report claiming that she had stolen clothes from her neighbors’ lines.”
With that false documentation, Kamila García was prosecuted under the concept of "predelictive dangerousness," a mechanism of the Cuban judicial system that allowed for the imprisonment of individuals before they committed a crime, based on an alleged propensity to commit offenses.
The result was his imprisonment for two years.
Kamila García also stated that "many other women were victims of his sexual harassment," which broadens the scope of the accusations beyond her personal case.
The complaint that reached Congress
After arriving in the United States, García Rodríguez reportedly maintained a low profile, but exile organizations began to track down former Cuban officials accused of repression who had entered the country while concealing their background.
His name was included in a list submitted by Cuban-American Congressman Carlos A. Giménez to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
In March 2025, Giménez presented the report "Cuban Repressors in the United States of America" listing 100 Cuban citizens identified for human rights violations.
The FHRC has identified approximately 1,100 Cuban repressors in total, of which 117 may have entered the United States in the past year through fraudulent claims.
A precedent in the fight against impunity
This case is not the first of its kind.
The former Cuban judge Juana Orquídea Acanda Rodríguez was deported in April 2025 after concealing her membership in the Communist Party of Cuba, and the former intelligence officer Tomás Emilio Hernández Cruz was arrested in March 2025 in West Park, Florida for immigration fraud.
Alexander Otaola explicitly thanked Congressman Giménez and Senator Marco Rubio for voicing the complaints that led to the order of expulsion.
"This case demonstrates that reports are effective, that documenting repression has consequences, and that repressors cannot hide among their victims in exile," Otaola stated while announcing the news, concluding with a slogan that encapsulates the sentiment of the exile:
"Neither forgetfulness nor impunity. The repressors are not welcome in the land of freedom."
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