CUBA NEWS
March 23, 2003

FROM CUBA
Roundup of motorcyclists who allegedly carried paying passengers in Cuba

HAVANA, March 19 (Reinaldo Cosano Alén / www.cubanet.org) - National police in the Palma Soriano in Santiago de Cuba province this week rounded up13 motorcyclists and gave them warnings for allegedly transporting paying passengers.

Police blocked the exits from Plaza Martí at 9 p.m. on March 15, detained the cyclists and took them to police headquarters where they were ordered to sign letters of warning.

One of the cyclists said afterwards that they all refused to sign, preferring to pay fines of 30 pesos each.

Human rights activist Pedro Enrique Taylor said: "It was a showy detention. The police cordoned off the park and detained the motorcyclists as if they were dangerous criminals. They were held all night and until noon of the following day."

Taylor said people were upset at the detentions because the motorcyclists provide a public service to residents.


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