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Ángel Carromero

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Ángel Francisco Carromero Barrios served as a leader of a Madrid branch of the New Generations of the People's Party of Spain. He is currently serving a four-year prison sentence in Spain for the involuntary manslaughter of Cuban dissidents Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero.

Detention in relation to the death of Oswaldo Payá

27-year-old Ángel Francisco Carromero was detained by Cuban authorities immediately following the July 22, 2012 vehicular deaths of political dissidents Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero. Ángel Carromero, who was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident, received non-life threatening injuries; Jens Aron Modig, a Swedish politician who was also a passenger in the car, was similarly injured in a non-life threatening way.[1]

Carromero had accumulated a total of 42 traffic fines since 2009 (three of them for speeding) and the Directorate General of Traffic had notified him on May 18, 2012 that it was initiating the process of withdrawing his driver's license.[2][3][4][5][6][7] Carromero had lost all his driver's license points, meaning he was at imminent risk of losing his license, however, it was later reported by government sources that the decision to withdraw his driver's license had not yet been officially published.[8] His friends, according to various news media, described him as being "the very figure of Prudence when behind the wheel of a car."[9]

The Cuban government accused Ángel Carromero of illegally financing Cuban government-opposition groups.[10] Manslaughter charges were levied against Carromero for the two vehicular deaths, with Cuban authorities asserting that in a case such as his, in which negligent actions resulted in "grave consequences," Cuban law required a maximum sentence of 15 years imprisonment.[3]

In 2009 Carromero opened in Madrid the gym Vanitas Fitness,[11] which is administered by Lostic Investment, a corporation which he himself established and controls.

Carromero's trial in Cuba began and ended on October 5, 2012.[12] The Cuban Attorney General's office sought to impose a penalty of seven years in prison for Carromero, however, he was ultimately given a sentence of four years, which, because of the 1998 bilateral Convention on the Execution of Sentences between Cuba and Spain, could be served in the convict's country. Ángel Carromero arrived in Spain on December 29, 2012 and is currently serving his four year prison sentence at the Centro Penitenciario de Segovia.[13]

University Studies

Ángel Carromero studied at the Comillas Pontifical University, double-majoring in Law and Business Administration, however, he did not complete his course of study, choosing instead to dedicate himself full-time to politics.

Professional Roles and Positions

  • Sole administrator of the company Lostic Investment, a position which was transferred to his mother, Isabel Barrios Díez, on March 15, 2010[14]
  • Vice Secretary-General of the New Generations of the People's Party in Madrid (NNGG)[14]
  • President of NNGG District of Salamanca[14]
  • Advisor to councilwoman for the district of Moratalaz, Begoña Larraínzar.[15][14]

References

  1. ^ Detenido el español que conducía el vehículo en el que murió Payá
  2. ^ Carromero perdió todos los puntos de su carné de conducir en mayo (Template:WebCite)
  3. ^ a b Ángel Carromero conducía sin puntos en el carné el coche en el que murió Oswaldo Payá
  4. ^ BOCM num 118 del viernes 18 de mayo de 2012 (Template:WebCite)
  5. ^ BOCM núm 91 del 17 de abril de 2010, donde se pueden consultar las multas acumuladas por Ángel Carromero (Template:WebCite)
  6. ^ [1] (Template:WebCite)
  7. ^ [2] (Template:WebCite)
  8. ^ El español detenido en Cuba aún disponía de carnet en vigor, aunque no tuviera puntos
  9. ^ Carromero, un defensor de la libertad en el País Vasco y Cuba
  10. ^ Cuba acusa al político del PP retenido de financiar ilegalmente a la oposición
  11. ^ Carromero perdió todos los puntos de su carné de conducir en mayo (Template:WebCite)
  12. ^ El juicio contra Carromero se celebrará el 5 de octubre
  13. ^ Ángel Carromero, condenado a cuatro años de cárcel por el accidente de Payá
  14. ^ a b c d Carromero, un 'cachorro' del PP defensor de la libertad en Cuba y en Siria
  15. ^ Carromero, un defensor de la libertad en el País Vasco y Cuba
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