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FROM
CUBA
Independent farmer fears someone killed
his 12 pigs
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, October 17 (Rosa
María Montoya, APLO - www.cubanet.org)
- Antonio Alonso, president of the National
Alliance of Independent farmers of Cuba,
says he fears someone killed all of his
fattened pigs to discourage his dissidient
activities.
Alonso said that when he went out in the
morning to feed his 12 hogs he found all
were dead with no symptoms of disease.
"The sudden death of 12 hogs, which
weighed over 60 pounds each, makes me suspect
that there's something behind this,"
he said.
Alonso was detained by Cuba's political
police on October 1 and questioned about
the deaths. He said the officer in charge,
whom he identified as a Colonel Alemán,
told him, "Not just the pigs are going
to die."
The carcasses were buried to prevent the
spread of any disease, although Alonso said
there was no nearby laboratory which could
have run tests.
Another official identified as Diorqui
said the government wasn't going to permit
any more cooperative ventures.
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