Cuba's Castro sued for 60 million dollars in US court

Cuba's Castro sued for 60 million dollars in US court
Thu Nov 17, 2:02 PM ET

Two Cubans are suing President Fidel Castro in Florida for 60 million dollars, claiming they were tortured at a psychiatric hospital on the communist-run island, their lawyers said.
Both plaintiffs claim they were tortured at the La Mazorra psychiatric hospital in Havana more than 30 years ago.
Nilo Jerez, who filed a lawsuit at a Miami court, claimed he was subjected to electroshocks on his testicles, which left him sterile.
Belkis Ferro, 51, who filed suit in Tampa, said he was also subjected to electroshocks, and was given injections that made him lose consciousness.
Both said the torture sessions were supervised by Eriberto Mederos, a nurse at the hospital.
Mederos had migrated to the United States in 1980, and was later found guilty of torture and of hiding his links with Cuba's Communist Party, but he died in 2002, shortly after his trial.
Courts in Florida have over the years ordered Castro to pay millions of dollars to various plaintiffs, but the Cuban government does not recognized the courts' jurisdiction.

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