Leading Cuban activist, wife make surprise trip to Spain

MADRID — Yunior García, a starring activistic against Cuba’s government, has unexpectedly near the state and flown to Spain with his wife, a Spanish authorities spokesperson said Wednesday.

García and his woman Dayana Prieto arrived successful Madrid astatine 13:00 GMT connected tourer visas, a Spanish authorities spokesperson told The Associated Press. The authoritative was not authorized to beryllium identified by sanction successful media reports, successful enactment with authorities rules.

Garcia was 1 of the organizers of a protestation connected Monday successful Cuba that was suppressed by authorities supporters. Organizers complained that their homes were surrounded truthful they couldn’t spell out, portion others said they were warned by Cuban constabulary that they would beryllium arrested if they took to the streets.

García had besides wanted to marque a solo protestation locomotion connected Sunday, but helium was prevented from leaving his flat gathering by authorities supporters.

García, a playwright, heads the radical Archipelago, an online treatment forum with 35,000 members. Archipelago had said connected societal media platforms connected Tuesday that some García and Prieto were missing.

Javier Larrondo, president of Prisoners Defenders, a Spanish NGO promoting state successful Cuba, said that his radical had nary cognition that the mates was leaving Cuba.

“We had nary thought what was happening,” Larrondo told the AP. “We thought helium was being looked for arsenic a missing idiosyncratic successful Cuba.(...) We don’t cognize if it is simply a forced expatriation oregon not. The authorities has forced hundreds to permission successful the past.”