In a statement on Friday, the Foreign Ministry rejected the release of Alexander Alazo, an individual who fired 32 machine gun rounds from the street on April 30, 2020, at the Cuban Embassy in the US, where seven people were present.

“This incident, on a busy avenue in Washington, the US capital, against a diplomatic headquarters and with the declared objective of causing harm, would qualify in any country as a terrorist act,” the statement stressed.

This is not the case in the United States and even less so when it is a violent act against Cuba, the statement added.

The MINREX stressed that the US Government refused at all times to qualify this act “as what it is, and at no time did it have the intention of prosecuting the perpetrator as a terrorist, although the nature of his acts is explicitly defined in the US legislation against this scourge.”

The text also referred to the US long history as an executor or as a tolerant accomplice to terrorism and violent acts against Cuba. “The protection and support of notorious terrorists is part of the code of conduct of that country,” it added.

The Foreign Ministry pointed out that a psychiatric expert from the US Government, in agreement with the defense attorneys, ruled that Alazo was not “criminally responsible” at the time of perpetrating the attack, and therefore he was found not guilty, even though his actions show that he is a danger to society, as another court ruling had already stated.

It explained that US justice authorities preferred to ignore the evidence about Alazo’s links and contacts with groups and individuals based in south Florida with a history and aggressive record against Cuba, including the promotion of violence and terrorism.

Cuba is a country that is a victim of organized terrorism, financed and executed from the territory of the United States, with the heartbreaking experience of 3,478 Cubans killed and 2,099 injured with disabilities, the MINREX underlined.

The statement stressed that Cuba has a firm and categorical position against this scourge, including state terrorism, and has the duty to demand that the US Government behave seriously, responsibly and honestly when an act of this nature is committed against the Cuban Embassy and the Cuban personnel appointed there.

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