Jesús Escandell Explained

Jesús Escandell Romero is a Cuban politician, president of the Cuban trade union "Central de Trabajadores de Cuba" (CTC) from 1985 to 1991.[1]

In 1996 he was arrested, and spent nine months jailed without charge, at the Cuban political prison Villa Marista. Most observers believe that he was accused of espionage.,[2] in particular for his alleged role in leaking classified documents to foreign embassies, related to the 1996 purge against the Centre for American Studies (CEA).

Notes and References

  1. 2633219 . Marifeli Pérez-Stable on syndicalism in Cuba. Latin American Perspectives. 2. 4. 60–77. Perez-Stable. Marifeli. 1975.
  2. Web site: Jesús Escandell jailed for espiongae . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070704180044/http://perso.dromadaire.com/siboney/cuba-1997.html . 2007-07-04 .