The protester of 11JFrancisco José Candiot García, was sentenced to a more rigorous prison regime in the Mar Verde prison, in Santiago de Cubaaccording to a complaint from relatives to independent media.
Candiot García was serving his six-year sentence in the La Caoba correctional facility, located six kilometers from his home in the city of Palma Soriano, where he went out to protest peacefully in July 2021.
“They sent him to Mar Verde. Previously, another of the prisoners of 11J, Andrés Quinta, had already been revoked. They sent him to Contramaestre, and the Chief of La Caoba said that day: ‘I am going to separate you, you cannot be united,’” his wife, Kenia Vaillant, denounced this Monday in Radio Marti.
In addition to being much further away from his family, the political prisoner also lost other benefits such as permits every three months for brief stays at home, along with his wife and two-year-old daughter.
The protester’s father, Francisco José Candiot Trujillo, also denounced that now visiting his son in prison will be very difficult for the family, due to the distance from the prison and the high cost of transportation.
In May 2022, 16 protesters from Palma Soriano, including Candiot García, were sentenced to between 6 and 12 years of imprisonment by the Provincial Court of Santiago de Cuba, which upheld its sentences in the appeals process.
Palma Soriano, with 122,000 inhabitants, It was one of the 60 territories that rose up on 11J against political power in peaceful protests calling for changes on the island, as well as economic and social improvements.
In that municipality of Santiago de Cuba, the citizens They yelled at Ramiro Valdés Menéndez “murderer”sent to try to calm down the popular movement that took to the streets of the city.
