Statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly rejects a new act of complicity by the United States with terrorist violence against Cuba.
The US judicial authorities have decided to release Alexander Alazo, the individual who on April 30, 2020, in the street, fired 32 machine gun rounds at the Cuban embassy in that country, where there were 7 people.
This event, on a central avenue in Washington, the US capital, against a diplomatic headquarters and with the declared objective of causing harm, would qualify in any country as a terrorist act. This is not the case in the United States and even less so when it is a violent action against Cuba. The government of that country has always refused to qualify this act as what it is, and at no time had the intention of prosecuting the perpetrator as a terrorist, despite the fact that the nature of his acts is explicitly defined in US legislation against this scourge.
The US government's history as an executor or as a tolerant accomplice of terrorism and violent acts against Cuba is well known. The protection and support of notorious terrorists is part of that country's code of conduct.
A US government psychiatry expert, in agreement with the defense attorneys, ruled that Alazo was not "criminally responsible" at the time of carrying out the attack, so he was found not guilty, even though his actions show that he is a danger to society, as another ruling before the court had already stated.
The authorities of the justice system of that country preferred to ignore the evidence about Alazo's links and contacts with groups and individuals based in the south of the state of Florida with a history and aggressive record against Cuba, including the promotion of violence and terrorism.
Cuba is a country that is a victim of organized terrorism, financed and executed from US territory, with the heartbreaking experience of 3,478 Cubans killed and 2,099 injured with disabilities. The country has a firm and categorical position against this scourge, including state terrorism, and has the duty to demand serious, responsible and honest conduct from the US government when an act of this nature is committed against the Cuban embassy and the Cuban personnel assigned there.
Havana, October 4, 2024.
(Cubaminrex)