According to reports, the Biden administration has allowed Aleris Casañola Quintana, a senior official in Cuba’s communist Castro regime, to enter U.S. territory, and is currently seeking asylum due to “fear of socialism.” published Written by Marti Noticias, Thursday.
Martí Noticias, a US-based media outlet focused on Cuba, said 56-year-old Casagnola Quintana. provided From 2012 to 2018, he was President of the People’s Power City Council of Isla de la Juventud. The city council is the highest local government of the communist regime in each region of Cuba.
Casañola Quintana and her son, Fidel Alejandro Espinosa Casañola, applied for asylum through the Biden administration’s CBP One application, the platform used by immigrants to enter U.S. territory, on April 20, 2024. Arrived in Kentucky. The newspaper Martí Noticas reported that Casagnola Quintana claimed “fear of socialism” as the reason for his asylum request.
The Castro regime official and his son reportedly arrived in Mexico and waited for an unspecified amount of time for an asylum appointment with CBP One before entering the United States through the southern border.
Cuban media at the time report It denounced Casañola Quintana’s stay in Mexico and intention to enter the United States since at least November, as well as his extensive public record as a member of the communist Castro regime.
Casañola Quintana is said to have been an active member of the Cuban Communist Party and the government’s Cuban Women’s Federation, leader of the Young Communist League, and previous positions in some of Cuba’s state-owned enterprises.
Marti Noticias said it spoke by phone with one of Casagnola Quintana’s family members who confirmed that she entered the United States through the CPB One application and that she “does not want to talk to the press about her communist past.” Reported.
Marti Noticias reported that Casañola Quintana and her son deleted their Facebook profiles after being contacted by the press, but a profile named Aleris Casañola Quintana still appears to exist on the Internet. Ta. twitterwill actively share pro-Castro regime propaganda until May 2023.
The US-based news organization contacted Cuban nationals to ask their thoughts on the arrival of senior Castro regime officials in the US.
María Antonia Guerra, a Cuban citizen from Juventud Island, said Casagnola Quintana spoke about the late dictator Fidel Castro, his brother and successor Raul Castro, and the regime’s figurehead president, Miguel Díaz. He said all islanders were outraged because he had “spoken wonders.” Canel.
“She went around town appealing to people to believe in the revolution and in socialism,” Guerra said. Everyone on the island is outraged. How can such a person be allowed into the United States? ”
Cuban activist Ramon Salazar told Marti Noticias that it was “unfortunate” that someone “with these qualifications” was allowed to enter the United States.
“We want to bring this matter to the attention of U.S. immigration authorities and inform them that this woman ordered and participated in acts of denial against the opposition during the People Power presidency and is also a member of the Cuban Communist Party. ,” Salazar said.
“We will analyze her case and call for her return to Cuban territory,” he continued. “She has benefited from the dictatorship, and now she wants to do that with the United States.”
The news that an alleged Castro regime official has been allowed to enter the United States by President Joe Biden’s administration comes as Cuban human rights group Prisoners Defenders releases its latest report. report There are at least 1,100 confirmed political prisoners in Cuba, including 30 children, 15 of whom have been convicted on charges of “incitement.”
Prisoner Defenders, a Spain-based non-governmental organization, said in a report that in addition to the 1,100 political prisoners, there were also 10,000 civilians serving “previous” prison terms averaging two years and 10 months. He said there were more than 1,000 people.
Human rights groups said the convictions and sentences handed down without due process were given to individuals who were said to have a propensity to commit future crimes “because they observed behavior clearly inconsistent with socialist moral norms.” did. It is enshrined in Cuba’s pre-2023 penal code.
Prisoner lawyers say that although the Castro regime has amended the penal code and replaced it with a new one that “removes” the clause that established the “pre-crime” clause, it still “allows everything to remain exactly” in the new penal code. He said this practice continues throughout the article. same. “
Human rights groups say the Castro regime wants to “silence at all costs” the families of Cuban political prisoners in the international media and is dedicating all efforts of the repression apparatus to independent journalists still working in the country. I accused him of being there.
Human rights organizations cited several cases in which journalists and citizens have faced repression for their journalistic work and peaceful protests against the ruling communist regime, including 22-year-old Mayelin Rodríguez Prado. This includes cases of declared Earlier this month, Castro’s government sentenced him to 15 years in prison for “continuing propaganda against the enemy” and “incitement.”
Rodríguez Prado was detained by Castro regime officials in August 2022 and is currently serving a prison sentence after being accused of filming and publishing footage of peaceful protests in Nuvitas City on social media. ing.
At the time, hundreds of Cubans in Nuvitas took to the streets to demand an end to more than 60 years of communist rule in Cuba and the near-endless blackouts and other infractions that the Castro regime continues to impose on Cubans. They were peacefully demanding an end to humane living conditions. To.
picture published Video from Rodriguez Prado at the time showed Cuban police officers beating Cuban national Jose Armando Torrente and three 11-year-old girls, including Torrente’s daughter.One of the girls is believed to be Torrente’s daughter and is described in another video. published How she tried to fight the police herself at the time to protect her father.
“I was clinging to my father, she was clinging to him, and the police had to beat us to arrest him,” the girl said. “They hit me, so I hit them.”
Christian K. Caruso is a Venezuelan writer who chronicles life under socialism. You can follow him on Twitter here.
