A Miami activist accused by Cuban authorities of masterminding a terrorist attack vowed Sunday she will not stop fighting while men detained after a deadly shootout with Cuba’s coast guard remain imprisoned.
“God willing, and very soon we can embrace our brothers in a free Cuba,” said Maritza Lugo Fernández at a press conference in front of the Bay of Pigs Monument in Little Havana on Sunday. “We have much hope now more than ever. This is the moment.”
Fernández is the leader of the 30th of November Revolutionary Movement, which held a “Proof of Life of Our Brothers” event in response to the deadly confrontation between an alleged counter-revolutionary group that departed from the Florida Keys and the Cuban coast guard on Feb. 25.
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