Julio Santos Hernandez, a 31 year-old Cuban prisoner, died yesterday as a result of a brutal beating he received at the hands of military guards at the Provincial Prison of Pinar del Rio (Kilo 5 1/2).
The beating caused fractures in his cervical vertebrae and trachea.
This tragic news was confirmed to Radio Marti by former Cuban political prisoner, Raúl Luis Risco Pérez.