Autopsy, family say Cuban dissident wasn't beaten

6:26 p.m. Thursday, May 12, 2011
Autopsy, family say Cuban dissident wasn't beaten

By PETER ORSI
The Associated Press

HAVANA — A medical examiner and relatives of a late Cuban dissident have concluded that he died of natural causes and showed no signs of being beaten, as some government opponents have claimed, Cuba's official news media said Thursday.

Juan Wilfredo Soto's sister and other relatives who accompanied him to the hospital said he did not mention any police abuse, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported.

"It's a big lie that he was beaten," Rosa Soto Garcia was quoted as saying. "He did not have a single mark on him."

Other Cuban dissidents have accused police of hitting Soto when they detained him May 5 in the central city of Santa Clara. They say the beating aggravated his serious health issues, including heart problems and diabetes, and brought about his death Sunday from pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas.

More:
http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/autopsy-family-say-cuban-943795.html

http://imagenes.lapatilla.s3.amazonaws.com.nyud.net:8090/site/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Juan-_Wilfredo_Soto.jpg

Juan Wilfredo Soto

love me some castros.

just cause the anti-castro types are a bunch of screws doesn't mean I have to like the Castro bros.

Whodathunk it? :eyes:

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The same ones who get their money routed through Canadian banks and disbursed to them by the head of the U.S. Interests Section housed in the Swiss Embassy building wouldn't lie, one would think!

That Marta Beatrice Roque often gets money from a Cuban "exile" terorist, Santiago Alvarez, who lives in Miami, god bless her.

http://www.cubaverdad.net.nyud.net:8090/images/dissidents/beatriz_roque_01.jpg

http://www.cubadebate.cu.nyud.net:8090/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/marta-beatriz-cabello.jpg

Photo of Marta Beatrice Roque,
speaking from Havana,with her
U.S. mentor, "diplomat" James
Cason in the doorway.

"'The more the government tries to clear up the situation, the more doubts we have,' said Elizardo Sanchez, leader of the dissident Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation. 'We maintain our theory of a cause and effect between the beating and the death of Soto.'"

"He said he feared that Soto's family and witnesses were being intimidated and called for a transparent investigation. He added that he spoke with Soto's daughter on the weekend, though they did not talk about the alleged attack." --from the OP

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ANON: Ring, ring...ring, ring...

ROSA SOTO: Yes, hello?

ANON: Is this Juan Wilfredo Soto's sister Rosa?

ROSA SOTO: Who are you, please?

ANON: (electronic static...beeping sounds...): ...would like to talk to you...

ANON 2: Hello, Rosa?

ROSA SOTO: Who am I speaking to, please?

ANON 2: (pause) A friend.

ROSA SOTO: A friend, huh? Who is this?

ANON 2: Someone who wanted to say I talked to you.

ROSA SOTO: Uh-huh. What about?

ANON 2: Oh, nothing. Just saying hi. Bye-bye, Rosa. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. (heavy breathing)

ROSA SOTO: Who is this? Come on.

ANON: (click)

ANON 2: (click)

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:sarcasm: