US EditionCuba sentences former economy minister to life in prison for corruption, espionage
Alejandro Gil was sentenced for espionage and multiple corruption offenses, including bribery and tax evasion, in Cuba's highest-profile case against an ex-official in decades.
- On Monday, Cuba's top court in Havana sentenced Alejandro Gil Fernández, former Economy Minister, to life in prison for espionage in the island's highest-profile case in recent years.
- The Supreme Popular Tribunal said Alejandro Gil Fernández abused his office for personal gain, receiving money from foreign firms and bribing other public officials, and noted he was removed after President Miguel Díaz-Canel cited `serious mistakes`.
- The court also handed a concurrent 20-year prison term to Alejandro Gil Fernández after convicting him of bribery, falsification of documents and tax evasion in a closed-door trial following his February 2024 sacking.
- Gil's role in 2021 monetary changes means the conviction risks undermining confidence in those reforms as Cuba faces an economic crisis and an inflationary spiral.
- Despite his 2019 appointment as Deputy Prime Minister, Alejandro Gil Fernández was accused of stealing, damaging, and sharing classified information with the enemy, though the Supreme Popular Tribunal gave no further details.
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Alejandro Gil Fernández is convicted of espionage and corruption. However, critics of the regime believe that the economist must hold out as a scapegoat for the catastrophic economic situation.
Former Economy Minister Alejandro Gil was found guilty of espionage and corruption.
Cuba sentences former economy minister to life in prison for corruption, espionage
Cuba's Supreme Popular Tribunal on Monday sentenced former economy minister Alejandro Gil to life in prison following a closed-door trial that found him guilty of espionage in one of the country's highest-profile corruption cases in decades.
Havana., Cuba’s Supreme People’s Court yesterday sentenced former Minister of Economy and Planning Alejandro Gil to “perpetual deprivation of liberty,” after being convicted of espionage and corruption in a first criminal case.
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Cuba’s Supreme Popular Tribunal has sentenced former economy minister Alejandro Gil to life in prison after a closed-door trial found him guilty of espionage marking one of the most significant political and corruption cases in Cuba in decades. Gil, once a trusted advisor to President Miguel Díaz-Canel, was also convicted in a separate corruption trial […] The post Top Cuban Official Falls in Espionage Scandal, Sentenced to Life in Prison appear…
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