With this operation, the Cuban regime indicated that 740 people have been returned to the island so far in 2026, through 25 repatriation operations carried out from various countries in the region.
The individuals involved are José Ángel Borrero Zorrilla, 17; José Jorge Menéndez Vázquez, also 17; Luis Alberto Leyva, around 20; and Yordi Daniel Gómez Aguilar, 21.
The organization has been able to confirm at least 14 individuals detained in connection with these events. Additionally, an undetermined number of arrests have been reported in the municipality of Guisa, in the province of Granma, following the fire at a state facility known as El Mirador restaurant.
The Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH) documented at least 231 cases of repression in Cuba in February, including arbitrary detentions, threats, harassment, and abuses against political prisoners.
Cuban opposition activist Roilán Álvarez Rensoler is in serious condition after 36 days on hunger strike demanding his release from detention in Holguín, according to relatives and UNPACU leader José Daniel Ferrer.
Cuba’s regime is selling solar panel systems costing up to 5 million pesos through a state company, even as most Cubans earn about 2,100 pesos a month and the island faces chronic blackouts.
Poor nutrition, lack of medication, inadequate hygiene, indifference: the dire conditions of Cuban prisons fail to meet even minimal standards for addressing the needs of these inmates.
We are talking about 4% of the Cuban population, a figure that the UN categorizes as failing state," explained Emilio Morales, president of The Havana Consulting Group.
La reciente muerte de Hansel Ernesto Hernández a manos de un policía ha puesto en evidencia, una vez más, las limitaciones, carencias y defectos del sistema de prensa cubano. En la mayoría de los países un acto así moviliza inmediatamente a los medios de comunicación
