Rosabel Roca Sampedro has a hearing in the Houston Immigration Court on April 9
Former Cuban prosecutor Rosabel Roca Sampedro / Facebook
14ymedio, Madrid, 30 September 2024 — Despite the alert launched by various organizations and the express request to the Department of Homeland Security by three congressmen that her her request for asylum be rejected, former Cuban prosecutor Rosabel Roca Sampedro entered the United States on July 15. According to Martí Noticias, which had reported on the case last June, Roca Sampedro entered with a CBP One appointment at the border with Mexico in Brownsville, Texas.
The US media also confirmed that the former official — responsible for the sentences of up to four-and-a-half-years in prison for four protesters in Camagüey who participated in the Island-wide demonstrations on 11 July 2021, known as ’11J’ — has a preliminary hearing in the Houston Immigration Court on April 9 at 1 p.m.
Roca Sampedro, who left Cuba with her young daughter, has been living in Houston, where her older daughter also lives, at least in recent months, Martí Noticias confirmed, pointing out that the work permit she holds will allow her to benefit from the United States’ Cuban Adjustment Act, after a year and one day of being in US territory, and she will be able to obtain a residence permit.
One of the organizations that raised the alarm about the case last June was the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba (FHRC), which has the former prosecutor on its list of repressors. Another was Prisoners Defenders, which confirmed that Roca Sampedro prosecuted Case Number 26 of 2022, with Preparatory Phase File 32 of 2021, for “attack and contempt” against four participants in the protests of 11 July 2021.
Roca Sampedro has resided in Houston, where her eldest daughter also lives, at least in recent months
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