Gorki Aguila in the Dock of the Accused

Gorki Aguila in the Dock of the Accused / Angel Santiesteban
Posted on February 14, 2014

A drop of rain won't make the swimming pool overflow; nor will a
difference be apparent to those who see the little circles that widen
when it falls, but this drop, although it appears to disappear, to
dissolve among the rest, continues fighting to survive.

Unjustly, the first reason that has caused the musician Gorki to be
accused of "illegal drug abuse," according to what some independent
journalists have told me, is that he belongs to a gang of rockers, which
is sufficient to validate the accusation, without considering that he
has epilepsy, backed by a clinical history from a doctor in Mexico–from
where he recently returned from a concert tour–who prescribed him the
psychotropic Tradea, which is similar to carbamasepina, as it is known
in Cuba.

It is naive not to believe that it's about a long-awaited revenge by the
political police, who have been waiting for the chance to imprison him
for the lyrics of his songs where he "offends" the Castro brothers and
the totalitarian regime.

The painful thing is that some of the "naive" cast doubt on the idea
that State Security is on the hung for the leader of a punk rock bank
who previously has suffered two legal processes, one of which sent him
to prison due to a trap set by the dictatorships henchmen, and the other
one of which failed to imprison him because of the international
solidarity that ended his arrest, and these same doubters question
Gorki's innocence. Too much innocence for a single soul!

I know very well the case against the artist, because in my case a
similar infamy was constructed. I remember that shortly before entering
prison, I participated in a free art exhibition at Gorki's house, where
I told him to be careful or he would be coming to keep me company in jail.

Hopefully I was wrong, and the evidence presented by the attorney Amelia
Rodríguez Cala will be enough to invalidate the process, which didn't
happen in my case, although they weren't able to present a single piece
of evidence that showed I participated in the alleged acts.

Gorki Aguila, I'm with you with my solidarity and my prayers.

Ángel Santiesteban Prats

Lawton Prison Settlement, February 2014

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6 February 2014

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