Dos oficiales cubanos irrumpieron en la casa de Brayan Lazaro Rodriguez Rodriguez, lo esposaron, y lo empujaron al piso. Lo golpearon en la cara con sus bastones, y quebraron uno de sus dientes. Lo ficharon de “criminal”, y lo encerraron en una prisión cercana.
Después de rehusarse a unirse a la asamblea de jóvenes comunistas, Pedro - un maestro de matemáticas de nivel preparatoria - fue puesto en lista negra de todos los trabajos de maestro y marcado como un “contrarrevolucionario”.
Después de que Raúl se negó a unirse al ejército cubano y alzarse en armas contra civiles, la policía lo arrastró del campo de fútbol y lo llevó a la cárcel, donde lo amenazaron y lo atacaron brutalmente. Con tan solo 19 años, él sintió que no tenía otra opción más que dejar atrás la dictadura opresiva de su país de origen. Llegó a los EEUU con la esperanza de ser tratado de manera más justa.
En marzo de 2018, la policía cubana se llevó a Adrián Toledo Flores a una celda de prisión, lo golpeó violentamente, y lo tiraron contra un fregadero.
Mientras comenzaba a sangrar, uno de los oficiales dijo, “No mereces estar en este país”.
Nearly 100 Cuban men being detained in Louisiana immigration prisons have faced suicide, self-harm, medical neglect, and isolation. These are some of their stories.
While Yasmany Jorge Borges Alfonso was detained in a Cuban prison, four police officers beat him until he was unconscious. They took turns hitting him in the head with their batons, each blow harder than the last. As Alfonso lay on the rock-hard prison floor, his forehead dripped with blood. The gashes from his assault were so deep, he needed four stiches. He also lost a tooth from the beating.
After Raul refused to join the Cuban military and to take up arms against civilians, police hauled him away from the soccer field and took him to jail, where they threatened him and brutally attacked him. At just 19, he felt he had no choice but to leave behind the oppressive dictatorship of his home country. He came to the U.S. hopeful that he would be treated more fairly.
In March 2018, Cuban police took Adrian Toledo Flores to a prison cell, violently beat him, and threw him against a sink.
As he started to bleed, one of the officers said, “You don’t deserve to be in this country.”
After refusing to join the young Communists assembly, Pedro – a high school math teacher – was blacklisted from all teaching jobs and was branded as a “counterrevolutionary.”
