Rubio: State Department to Sanction 4 Cuban Officials for Roles in Jailing Political Dissident

The four judicial officials are being sanctioned because of a ‘gross violation of human rights.’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testifies before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 20, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

The Trump administration is sanctioning four Cuban judicial officials over their alleged roles in the detention of a political dissident in 2020, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on May 21.

Rubio identified the four people as prosecutor Yanaisa Matos Legrá and Judges Gladys Maria Padrón Canals, Maria Elena Fornari Conde, and Juan Sosa Orama.