Independent rapper and political prisoner Andrés Matos Alcántara, known artistically as MC K-Libre, is experiencing a deterioration in his health condition at prison 1580 in Havana, where he remains incarcerated.
According to information received by Cubalex this week, he artist has fever, a infection in a leg, swelling, redness y strong pains in the area of the groin, symptoms consistent with possible lymphangitis.
During a family visit on Monday, November 9, his relatives requested that he be seen by a doctor. However, a prison guard told them that medical consultations are only held on Wednesdays at 2:00 pm. The distance to the prison makes it difficult for the family to travel back to the penitentiary on Wednesday, November 11, to arrange for medical attention.
Faced with this situation, Matos's wife managed to contact a nurse through a guard, who told her he should go to the infirmary to be examined. The political prisoner presents a fungus in he foot from does further of three weeks y began with fever he Sunday 8 November, which increases concern about the evolution of the infection.
In addition to the medical situation, there is the isolation imposed by prison authorities. According to information received by Cubalex, the guards they have indicated a several inmates that No speak with Matos because, supposedly, “is a recluse of high complexity”. This practice constitutes a form of harassment and psychological torture used in Cuban prisons to stigmatize and isolate political prisoners, restrict their relationships with other inmates, and worsen their conditions of confinement.
Matos Alcántara was detained on June 25, 2026, after voluntarily going to a National Revolutionary Police (PNR) station in Havana, following an official summons for a supposed “interview.” Once he appeared before the authorities, he was detained and taken away in a patrol car. For approximately one day, his family and friends were unaware of his whereabouts and were unable to independently confirm his location, in what amounted to an episode of incommunicado detention and enforced disappearance.
He was later transferred to Valle Grande prison and, in September, to prison 1580, where he currently remains. The public disorder charge is related to his alleged participation in protests and pot-banging demonstrations in the Barbosa neighborhood of Havana's Playa municipality. His family has questioned the charges and denounced irregularities in the handling of the case. To date, Matos has no trial date or prosecutorial request.
The situation is especially alarming because he artist suffers diabetes guy 1 y disease pulmonary obstructive chronicle (COPD), conditions that require specialized medical follow-up, permanent monitoring and regular access to medications.
Cubalex demands the immediate release of Andrés Matos Alcántara and that prison authorities guarantee, without further delay, specialized medical care, adequate treatment, and regular access to the medications he needs. The Cuban State is responsible for protecting the life, personal integrity, and health of every person in its custody and cannot use denial of healthcare, isolation, or harassment as mechanisms of punishment against political prisoners.
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