Former Cuban political prisoner Nelson Molinet Espino, 59, was found dead in Florida, where he had resided for years, after several days missing, as he announced this Friday in Facebook his personal friend Normando Hernández, general director of the Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and the Press.
“Cuba is in mourning. Unfortunately, I inform you that the prisoner of conscience Nelson Molinet Espino, who had been missing since Monday the 7th, was found dead inside a car in Hallandale (Broward County, Florida),” Hernández wrote with two photographs of the dissident. “Our deepest condolences to his family. May God take him in his glory,” he added.
The opponent Ángel Moya also expressed his regret for the departure of Molinet Espino in the same red social. “The patriot, member of the group of 75, has died.” “Dismayed by the tragic news – he added – the brothers of the cause… who reside in Cuba express our heartfelt condolences to the relatives of the former Cuban political prisoner and exile in the United States.”
“The patriot, member of the group of 75, has died”
Molinet Espino, an independent union activist sentenced to 20 years in prison during the Black Spring of 2003, went into exile in 2010 after seven years in prison. He was one of the 52 dissidents who accepted, under pressure from the Cuban regime, to go into exile in Spain.
The releases of the dissidents in 2010 were the result of the dialogue initiated by the Archbishop of Havana, Cardinal Jaime Ortega, and the mediation of the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation at the time, Miguel Ángel Moratinos.
Nelson Molinet Espino, who on the island was the president of the Conference of Democratic Workers of Cuba (CTDC), was sanctioned in a summary trial full of irregularities. He has been living in Miami for more than 10 years.
The dissident’s daughter, Karen Molinet, in statements to América TeVé this week, said that her father, due to the years he was imprisoned and after leaving Cuba, “began to suffer from post-traumatic disorders,” as well as “loss of memory and no You can communicate well.” The last time he was seen before being reported missing was last Monday near Hialeah.
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