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Pregnant prisoner looses unborn child due to physical abuses at woman's
prison in Guantánamo
(GUANTÁNAMO/CUBA/May 27/Puenteinfocubamiami.org) - Prisoner Lázara
Leonor de la Paz Serrano is recovering at prison ward 2-P of the Provincial
Surgical Hospital "Agustino Neto", after a miscarriage due to the
physical abuses she received at the hands of prison authorities in the
Provincial Prison for Women, while being taken to a punishment cell.
Apparently, a ruthless beating provoked the abortion. Her husband, Luis
Vargas Lescay, asks all human rights organizations to denounce before the
international public opinion this violent act.
From Guantánamo, Ferdinando Castro de Lardiller,
National Delegate of the Democratic Party 30th of November "Frank País",
and COOCE Coordinator. Given to the Information Bridge Cuba Miami on May 27th,
2002.
Penal population affected by the contaminated water they drink at Guantánamo
(GUANTÁNAMO/CUBA/ May 27th/Puenteinfocubamiami.org) – Political
prisoner Alexander Lobaina Jiménez has blemishes on his body as a
consequence of the parasites acquired from the contaminated drinking water, at
the provincial prison "Combinado de Guantánamo".
According to Lobaina Jiménez, the rest of the penal population
suffers the same condition without any action being taken by the authorities to
correct this problem. Repeated requests have been made by the prisoners due to
the putrid smell of the water, which is contaminated with the residue water from
the sugar mill.
Medical attention is regularly denied to political prisoners.
From Guantánamo, Ferdinando Castro de Lardiller,
National Delegate of the Democratic Party 30th of November "Frank País"
and COOCE Coordinator. Given to the Information Bridge Cuba Miami, given on May
27th, 2002.
Prisoner dies from tuberculosis in a penal ward in Guantánamo
(GUANTÁNAMO/CUBA/ May27th/Puenteinfocubamiami.org) - On Wednesday,
May 15th, a 30 year old prisoner named Juan Carlos Morales Cantillo, died from
tuberculosis in the prison ward 2-P of the Provincial Surgical Hospital "Agustino
Neto" in Guantánamo.
Morales Cantillo was transferred to the hospital on the 3rd of May of this
year, suffering from TB and cancer. At the time of the admission, the cancer
had not been diagnosed.
The exact high number of prisoners infected with tuberculosis in "Combinado
de Guantánamo" is unknown. This condition exists because authorities
at the penitentiary are not taking measures to remedy the situation, they place
healthy prisoners with those who are infected, using this chronic disease as
means of massive contamination, which is aided by the poor sanitary conditions
that exist in the prison, in addition to the scarcity of food (many times
spoiled when available), and the lack of proteins and vitamins.
From Guantánamo, Ferdinando Castro de Lardiller,
National Delegate of the Democratic Party 30th of November "Frank País"
and COOCE Coordinator. Given to The Information Bridge Cuba Miami on May 27th,
2002. | 
