Cuban citizen threatened and fined for trying to file a complaint against a state agent

Mr. Lazaro Luis Guilarte, stepson of José Luis Almeida Lombat, demonstrated in the doorway of his house because the direction of commerce determined that whoever did not participate in the parade on May 1st, would be sanctioned and discounted one working day. Officer Brian Torres Urgelles, with his brother and another police officer were testing Mr. Guilarte, until they beat him. Later, these three people entered his home, and his brother, Luis Miguel Almeida, came out in his defense. When he and his son Luis Miguel Almeida went to the Ministry of the Interior delegation to file a complaint against those who had violated his home, he was told that if he maintained the complaint against an officer, the police would prosecute him for resistance and assault on an officer. In addition, Mr. Almeida Lombat and other family members were fined $30 Cuban pesos (£1) for public scandal.