A Cuban who survived the sinking of the tugboat 13 de Marzoa massacre in which his 10-year-old son lost his life, died on Thursday in Miami.
María Victoria García Suárez58, died at the University of Miami Hospital, where she was admitted to intensive care due to complications from heart surgery performed in December.
He announced the news on his profile Facebook her father, Jorge A. García, who had warned of his daughter’s deteriorating health.
Mally, as her relatives called her, became a symbol of the fight against the regime, by dedicating her life to denouncing the horrendous crime perpetrated by the government on July 13, 1994. That night, 72 unarmed people tried to leave the country. on the tugboat, but it was sunk by three state vessels that deliberately attacked it.
Due, 37 people drowned, including 10 minors. The Garcías lost 14 relativesamong them, Juan Mario Gutiérrez García, María’s child, and his brother Joel García, 20 years old.
Jorge was not in the group that night, he preferred to stay at home with his wife to give way to the young people. After the tragic incident, his daughter suffered interrogations and harassment by State Security, despite the fact that she was very mentally affected.
Finally, the family managed to emigrate to the United States as political refugees in 1999.
Already in Miami, María Victoria did not give up her desire to obtain justice for the victims of the tugboat and for those responsible to be brought to justice.
His 80-year-old father wrote in 2001 The sinking of the Tugboat 13 de Marzoa book that tells what really happened that morning, which includes testimonies from survivors and relatives.
