[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 107 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H5781]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 A WARNING TO JAILERS OF CUBAN PRISONERS: THEY CAN RUN BUT THEY CANNOT 
                                  HIDE

  (Mr. DIAZ-BALART asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DIAZ-BALART. Madam Speaker, the Cuban tyrant is engaged in a 
Stalinist crackdown which is pretty typical of him, but it is 
nevertheless extraordinarily brutal. I have at this point six pages in 
my hands of names of opposition leaders and independent press people 
who have been arrested in the last 4 months alone, renowned leaders 
such as Vladimiro Roca, Marta Beatriz Roque, Felix Bonne Carcasses, and 
Rene Gomez Manzano have been arrested; youth leaders such as Nestor 
Rodriguez Lobaina, Heriberto Leyva Rodriguez, and Rafael Fonseca Ochsa.
  As I say, I have six pages and they are growing the list by the day.
  I just want to send a word to the jailers of these prisoners. To each 
of them who go so far as to lay a hand on any political prisoner in 
Cuba, take note: It does not matter how long it takes, it does not 
matter how many times they say that they are following orders, it does 
not matter where they go, the Cuban people will make certain that they 
will be found, and they will be taken to justice.

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