Roleivis Le\u00f3n, the first person deprived of his liberty to die this year while in the custody of the Cuban state, has generated deep concern. Le\u00f3n was being held in Canaleta prison in Matanzas for a crime related to illegally leaving the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to reports circulating on social media, Le\u00f3n had declared a hunger strike, the reasons for which have not been made public, which provoked a violent response from Lieutenant Colonel Juan Alberto Garc\u00eda, known as "Ara\u00f1a", a high-ranking officer at the penitentiary. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In early January, the inmate was transferred to the Mario Mu\u00f1oz Monroy Hospital in the municipality of Col\u00f3n due to his physical condition following the brutal beating. He was kept in isolation at the medical center, where he ultimately died. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although authorities determined that the cause of death was a "fulminant meningo," according to the Legal Medicine report, the family has not yet received detailed information about the circumstances that led to the tragic outcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The State has an obligation to clarify the circumstances of the death while the inmate was in state custody. It is the State's responsibility to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the events that led to Le\u00f3n's death. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is alarming to note that, according to Cubalex records, a total of 30 deaths in state custody were documented in 2022 and 2023, of which 23 occurred inside prisons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These figures reveal a disturbing pattern of violence and mistreatment of inmates by prison guards. This structural problem must be addressed, and the authorities must take concrete steps to guarantee safety and respect for human rights within the Cuban prison system. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Roleivis Le\u00f3n, la primera persona privada de libertad en perder la vida este a\u00f1o mientras se encontraba bajo la custodia del Estado cubano, gener\u00f3 una profunda preocupaci\u00f3n. Le\u00f3n estaba recluido en la prisi\u00f3n de Canaleta, en Matanzas, por un delito relacionado con una salida ilegal del pa\u00eds. Seg\u00fan denuncias difundidas en redes sociales, Le\u00f3n se […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[551856560],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alertas"],"acf":{"translation_reviewed":false},"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cubalex.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Portada-muerte-en-custodia.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","yoast_head":"\n