Virgilio Marante Guelmes, age unknown
Sentence: 3 years
Date of arrest: 6 December 2002
Home town: Havana city
Prison: Melena 2 Prison, Havana province
Virgilio Marante Guelmes is a delegate of the unofficial political group Movimiento 24 de Febrero, 24 February Movement, in Güines, south Havana. He was arrested on 6 December 2002 along with Oscar Elías Biscet and Raúl Arenciba Fajardo. He was sent to Valle Grande Prison in Havana. On 7 March 2003, he was released pending trial. According to reports, security officers detained him temporarily on 19 May 2003 for interrogation. During the interrogation he was told to abandon his activities with the Movimiento 24 de Febrero and restrictions were imposed on him regarding visiting prisoners’ family members. On 18 May 2004, Virgilio Marante Guelmes was brought to trial and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment on charges of "disobedience, public disorder and resistance" and transferred to Melena 2 prison where he is now held.