Autopsy, family say Cuban dissident wasn't beaten

[Judi Lynn]

6:26 p.m. Thursday, May 12, 2011
Autopsy, family say Cuban dissident wasn't beaten

By PETER ORSI
The Associated Press

HAVANA — A medical examiner and relatives of a late Cuban dissident have concluded that he died of natural causes and showed no signs of being beaten, as some government opponents have claimed, Cuba's official news media said Thursday.

Juan Wilfredo Soto's sister and other relatives who accompanied him to the hospital said he did not mention any police abuse, the Communist Party newspaper Granma reported.

"It's a big lie that he was beaten," Rosa Soto Garcia was quoted as saying. "He did not have a single mark on him."

Other Cuban dissidents have accused police of hitting Soto when they detained him May 5 in the central city of Santa Clara. They say the beating aggravated his serious health issues, including heart problems and diabetes, and brought about his death Sunday from pancreatitis, an inflammation of the pancreas.

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Juan Wilfredo Soto

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