HAVANA.- He political prisoner and Cuban rapper Maykel (Osorbo) Castillo Pérez was attacked on April 18 by several inmates who bit him and caused an injury to his left ear, an act that was attributed to the prison authorities and the dictatorship.
The winner of two Latin Grammy Awards stated in letters to which he had access CubaNet that the aggressors acted on orders from the regime.
“A prisoner hit me and I defended myself. Seeing that he couldn’t handle me, he bit me that almost tore off my ear, but I don’t blame the prisoner, since he is simply a tool in the hands of the regime,” the rapper said in the letter.
Osorbo refers to the attack by the inmate nicknamed “Bemba”, in the Kilo 5 ½ prison, in Pinar del Río, where he is being held.
After the violent altercation, the guards handcuffed the rapper and the lieutenant colonel known as Yusmani told Bemba: “Damn, buddy, you just bit his ear. “I would have taken it out, if you weigh 100 kilograms,” says Osorbo in the writing.
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By this means, the rapper and activist recognizes that in the audio sent by himself after the incident in prison he explains the opposite because the next day, April 19, he would have a visit from his relatives and he wanted them to see in what state his condition was. ear.
“The most serious thing was that I, a political prisoner, was handcuffed at all times with my hands behind my back and the aggressors were at all times without handcuffs and in total freedom of movement (…). “I, as is correct, made an audio, because the explanation was not coherent, but this is reality.”
In addition to Lieutenant Colonel Yusmani, Osorbo holds State Security Major Raúl Alejandro responsible; to Captain Pedro, head of the Kilo 5 ½ unit, and to Captain Lázaro Castillo, second head of the unit and “who is in charge of giving orders to the prisoners.”
“These people are guilty of instigating the prisoners by offering them benefits to proceed against me,” Osorbo acknowledged in his letter.
For her part, the rapper’s wife, Vivianny Peña Fuentes, told this medium that during the visit on April 19 she was able to confirm the severity of her partner’s injuries.
“He didn’t even receive treatment, they didn’t suture him, he had blood all the time; He put on some of the Band-Aids I brought him and the blood was clotted. When I saw him again on the day of the conjugal pavilion, the 24th, you could still see the hole, they ripped off his ear for nothing,” she lamented.
Source: REDACCIÓN/CubaNet
