ALBA rejects release of terrorist who attacked Cuban embassy in the United States

Published at: 11/05/2024 01:46 PM

The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) rejected this Saturday the decision of a United States judge to acquit the accused of four counts of shooting an assault rifle at the Embassy of Cuba in Washington on April 30, 2020.

In a statement, the organization expressed concern “at this situation, which inevitably becomes a precedent for endorsing other similar acts against any diplomatic headquarters in the U.S. capital with impunity and in flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.”

ALBA “firmly supports the people and Government of Cuba in the defense of their sovereignty and in their just claim to this violent act, while reiterating its condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,” the block said.

He pointed out that the “attack by Alexander Alazo Baró, who confessed his true intentions, which included not only material damage, but even the murder of human beings, was a clear terrorist action, which has been underestimated by the complicity of the American authorities, alleging mental problems and, with it, the acquittal of such a serious act.”

The Cuban Government expressed its “deep concern” on Thursday after hearing the judge's decision, and recalled that Alazo, “a person of Cuban origin and who has lived in the United States since 2010, fired the 32 bullets from an AK-47 semiautomatic rifle magazine” at the diplomatic headquarters.

He noted that the attack “caused extensive material damage to the outside and interior of the building and endangered the lives of several people inside the building.” The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex) said that “it was a terrorist act.”

Mazo News Team