Cuba Releases Political Prisoner Ernesto Borges After 27 Years in Political Jail · Global Voices

Cuba released Ernesto Borges, former captain of the Ministry of the Interior, on Thursday in Havana after serving 27 years in prison for “spying intent” in favor of the United States, the former official said.

Cuban political prisoner Ernesto Borges Pérez was released this Thursday after 27 years in prison . In a telephone conversation with ABC, the one known as «the Castro prisoner» and one of the Cuban political prisoners who had been in prison for the most years, declared that he was «very happy», together with his family. «I am going to take a few days to be with my father, my brother and the rest of the family. This is a very special moment after…

Cuban prisoner Ernesto Borges Pérez was released on Thursday after spending almost 27 years in prison with a conviction for the crime of “spying intent”, as he himself told EFE. EFE “I feel very excited, euphoric and also strange after being imprisoned for so many years, three months to the age of 27. I feel happy,” Borges Pérez said from his family’s home in Havana a few hours after leaving Combinado del Este prison.

Cuban prisoner Ernesto Borges Pérez was released Thursday after spending almost 27 years in prison with a conviction for the crime of "spying intent," as he himself confirmed to EFE. The entry Cuban prisoner Ernesto Borges, released after nearly 27 years in prison was first published in the Digital Process.

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