More prisoners of 11J receive extrapenal license

During the weekend four political prisoners were released that participated in the anti -government protests of July 11, 2021 in various regions of the island, according to the Independent Justice 11J organization.

Martí News verified on Monday the release of a fifth fourth, Reidel Canasí Reyes, 51, who was serving a seven -year sentence for attacks of attack and public disorders.

Reyes was fulfilling his sanction in the combined jail of the South, in the province of Matanzas, and his mother, Mercedes Reyes, confirmed that he left prison on Sunday, March 2, under extrapenal license.

“His sister and daughter went to look for him. I am very happy, really happy, although all the details are not yet known after so many years of confinement, ”said Reyes.

Although the recent releases have not been officially linked by the Havana regime with the process initiated in January, when the release of 553 people sanctioned for various crimes was announced, in agreement with the Vatican, several political prisoners and dozens of common prisoners have left prison under extrapenal license since February 27.

Among the inmates released during the weekend, according to Justice 11J, are Eduardo Reinaldo Machado Acosta, sentenced to nine years manifest in Caney, Santiago de Cuba, on July 11, 2021. Omar Bravo Cruzata, released on Saturday, March 1, in Havana, sanctioned 10 years in prison for sedition after participation in protests. Yasdani Benítez Quesada, also released on Saturday, from Güira de Mamena, province of Mayabeque, and sentenced to 10 years for public disorders and sabotage. Iván Arocha Quiala, sentenced to 10 years in jail for the crimes of attack, public disorders, contempt, resistance, instigation to commit crimes, defamation of institutions, organizations and of the heroes and martyrs, and propagation of epidemics, and Rolando Sardiñas Fernández, originally from Columbus, Matanzas, who faced a tax request of 25 years and was sentenced to 12 years.

The release of the latter was held on Saturday, March 1, 2025, his sister, Aylín Sardiñas, reported from Columbus. «On Saturday, March 1, we collected my brother in the South team, at 8 in the morning, under an extrapenal license,» said the young woman.

In his statement, Aylín Sardiñas expressed his desire that all families of political prisoners on the island share the joy of his.

“I have faith that, in the end, everyone will be released and that, little by little, this agony will end for all families. What we are experiencing now should be what all the people who have their loved ones in unfair prisons live soon. ”

This Monday, another political prisoner was released under extrapenal license, the Cuban-German citizen Luis Frometa Compte, 62, arrested for his participation in the protests of July 11, 2021 in La Güinera, Havana. Initially sentenced to 25 years in prison, his grief was reduced to 15 after appeal.

“Today my husband Luis Frómeta Compte was released under an extrapenal license until the sanction is extinguished. He was not completely released, but he is already at home, thank God and all the people who have fought for him, ”said Martí News from Havana, his wife, Brizaida Abad.