Willy Chirino / Katia Sonia
Katia Sonia, Translator: Paul Knopinski
Luis Alberto Hernández Marrero, delegate of the Party for an Independent
and Democratic Cuba in the province of Pinar del Rio was violently
arrested, together with his son, Luis Adrian Hernández Martínez, at
around 1 a.m. on 4 November in Calle San Juan y Martínez between
Virtudes y Sol and fined for causing a "Public Disorder".
Luis Alberto Hernández Marrero told this reporter that he and his son
were singing the popular song "Ya viene llegando" by Cuban singer Willy
Chirino, when suddenly "my house was invaded by two Interior Ministry
officials, wearing plain clothes – one of them a woman – accompanied by
two uniformed officers from a police patrol car, who, on the orders of
the officials, violently grabbed hold of my 19-year-old son and bundled
him into the police car. We shouted that they were "lackeys" and
"abusers" and cried "Down with the dictatorship". We were taken down to
the police station, where we were fined 30 pesos each, allegedly for
creating a "public disorder".
The source confirmed that they were released at 3.30 a.m.
Translated by Paul Knopinski
November 6 2011
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