A Cuban exile who served over 28 years in prison and was originally sentenced to death after attempting an armed incursion, was freed on Thursday.
A Cuban exile who endured over 28 years in prison and was originally sentenced to death after attempting an armed incursion into the country from Miami, was freed this week.
He was considered among the political prisoners who had served the longest in the Western Hemisphere. “If I was ever afraid, it was for my family, for the things that we know are happening in Cuba,” he said.Facebook/Lizi Real“I am so happy. I haven’t talked to him in several years; I cried a lot,” she said.In 2020, he was presented with the “Pedro Luis Boitel Freedom Award”, an annual honor bestowed by the Cuban Democratic Directorate, a Miami-based human rights group, in recognition “of the exceptional work and leadership of the resistance within Cuba that promotes a change towards democracy.
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