Martiño Ramos Soto, the former Spanish professor who hid in Cuba under a false identity before being arrested and extradited, is serving his 13 and a half year sentence in Monterroso prison, in Lugo, where he remains separated from the general inmate population to prevent possible assaults.
The convict is located in module 6 of the penitentiary center, known as the therapeutic module, as reported this Monday by El Debate, citing sources familiar with his situation.
"They put him there to keep him from mixing in and to prevent harm," explained one of the sources to the mentioned media outlet regarding the measures taken concerning Ramos Soto.
After being extradited in April, Ramos Soto was initially detained in Soto del Real, Madrid, awaiting a decision from Prison Institutions on the facility where he would serve his sentence permanently.
According to El Debate, his entry into Monterroso went smoothly, and prison sources cited by that outlet claim that he has adapted to his new situation. Ramos Soto is serving a confirmed sentence of 13 and a half years in prison for sexual assaults on a minor student.
The ruling of the Provincial Court of Ourense describes particularly grave events. The court found it proven that the defendant subjected the victim to repeated sexual and physical assaults from the age of 12 to 16, taking advantage of the trust relationship and the victim's vulnerable family situation.
The resolution also addresses sadistic practices and episodes of physical violence, including one in which he struck the minor and later abandoned her in a wooded area. According to the details of the sentence cited by El Debate, the convicted individual also transmitted an infectious disease to her.
His current situation contrasts with the months he spent imprisoned in Cuba. Ramos Soto was arrested in Havana on November 21, 2025, after being on the run from Spanish justice and living in El Vedado under the false name of "Martín Soto", posing as a photographer.
For approximately 150 days, he remained in a Cuban prison, the conditions of which were described by Spanish police sources as extremely harsh. According to the published information, there was a shortage of food, humidity, and dirt, which led him to ultimately request that his transfer to Spain be expedited.
Finally, he was extradited in April and transferred under police custody to Madrid. His admission at Monterroso and the measures taken to keep him separate from other inmates now reveal what happened after that initial provisional stay in a Madrid prison.
Ramos Soto had fled Spain after his conviction became final and passed through Portugal, Brazil, and Peru before arriving in Cuba, a country he would have chosen due to the lack of an active extradition treaty with Spain. His strategy did not succeed and the negotiations between both countries ended with his surrender to Spanish authorities.
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