CAMAGÜEY, April 24 (Normando Hernández, CPIC) - Urbelín
Franco Lemón tries to make a living carrying passengers in a horse-drawn
carriage in Camagüey, central Cuba. Recently he was fined 250 pesos —the
average monthly wage in Cuba— for not being able to produce the proper
documents on demand, and he suspects he was set up.
Police sergeant Pedro Estrada stopped Franco near Finlay park in Camagüey
and confiscated his documentation accrediting him as the owner of the horse and
carriage. Estrada then instructed Franco to report to a nearby police station to
retrieve them. As he made his way to the police station, an inspector
stopped him and fined him when he couldn't produce the papers.
"I believe I was a victim of an underhanded trick by the political
police meant to
intimidate dissidents," said Franco, who is a member of the Cuban
Christian Democratic Party.
Officers of the Department of State Security often seek the cooperation of
regular police, inspectors, and other government functionaries to harass
dissidents.
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