The curiosity is no longer about what the corruption of the disgraced man consisted of, but rather who did he work for.
14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, November 1, 2025 — The publication of an official statement from the Attorney General’s Office regarding the case of former minister Alejandro Gil has not cleared up the mysteries woven by secrecy over the course of 20 months, but has instead increased them exponentially.
If it seemed difficult to believe that Miguel Díaz-Canel would not be damaged after the dismissal and subsequent arrest of his right-hand man, now that the Attorney General’s Office has revealed that he is charged with the crime of espionage, we will have to expect at least some self-criticism or perhaps a hint of resignation.
The insinuations of corruption and lack of sensitivity that Díaz-Canel made in that ambiguous official statement of March 2024, where he did not detail what the “errors” committed by Gil had been, showed that the initial investigation against the former minister – the one that was not controlled by the Prosecutor’s Office – had been carried out behind his back, and that can only indicate a lack of trust and the suspicion that Díaz-Canel could warn Gil that he was being or was going to be investigated.
Díaz-Canel was also or is being investigated “for deceit”
If the investigators who interrogated him never asked him if the president was aware of his misdeeds, they would be the worst investigators in the world, as Díaz-Canel was also or is being investigated for deceit.
But espionage is another matter, and the penal code includes death as a possible punishment.
The official statement from the Prosecutor’s Office published this Friday does not specify what prison sentences are being requested for the defendants, nor does it mention the name or number of the latter, nor does it clarify the date on which the courts will have to decide on the appropriateness of the accusations.
Perhaps a closed-door trial will be held, culminating in an official statement, or perhaps a televised spectacle is already being staged, similar to the trial against General Arnaldo Ochoa and the La Guardia brothers, where the president could appear as a witness.
This developing story is still missing its most sensational headlines. The curiosity is no longer about the nature of the disgraced man’s corruption, but rather about who he was working for.
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