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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, both of whom were passengers in a car that collided with a tree. Ángel Carromero, a Spanish political operative who was driving the rented 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. The road the car was on has been described by news sources as being "in the process of repair, covered in abundant gravel, and, therefore, very skiddy;" following an investigation, officials declared that Carromero was speeding and failed to heed traffic signs warning of construction ahead. The accident occurred on kilometer 724 of the Las Tunas-Bayamo road, near the city of Bayamo.[1][2]

Carromero had accumulated a total of 42 traffic fines since 2009 (three of them for speeding) and the Spanish Directorate General of Traffic had notified him on May 18, 2012 that it was initiating the process of withdrawing his driver's license.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Carromero had lost all his driver's license points, meaning he was in 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.[9] His friends, according to various news media, described him as being "the very figure of Prudence when behind the wheel of a car."[10]

The Cuban government accused Ángel Carromero of illegally financing Cuban government-opposition groups.[11] 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," Article 177 of the Criminal Code required a maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment. For their part, the family of Oswaldo Payá did not file charges against Carromero; furthermore, they have stated, on various occasions, their suspicions vis-a-vis the Cuban government and its purportedly oppressive machinations against them and other dissidents, and, especially, against the late Oswaldo Payá, machinations which, the family claims, may have in some way contributed to the latter's death.[4]

In 2009 Carromero opened in Madrid the gym Vanitas Fitness,[3] which is administered by Lostic Investment, a corporation which he himself established and controls.

The business company Lostic Investment S.L. was registered in the Official Gazette of the Commercial Registry (BORME) in 2009 and has had accounts pending with the Spanish Treasury, accounts which were recorded in the Official Bulletin of the State (BOE). On April 29, 2011 the company was notified of its obligations and of collection proceedings, including two for executive settlement (liquidación ejecutiva) and one for account embargo (embargo de cuentas).[12] On June 24, 2011 it was published in the BOE that owing to the impossibility of locating a company administrator pursuant to two notifications, the Public Treasury would be initiating two collection proceedings: one for split payments (pago fraccionado) and one for compensation fees (recargo de compensaciones).[13][14]

In December of 2009, Carromero was accused of improprieties in the execution of his duties and was suspended from his party posts by the New Generation's National Committee of Rights and Guarantees (Comité Nacional de Derechos y Garantías de Nuevas Generaciones), a decision which was subsequently repealed. Notwithstanding the controversy, in the months previous to his arrival in Cuba, Carromero had made known his interest in campaigning for the position of president of the Madrid NNGG, which at the time was held by his friend, Pablo Casado.[15]

Carromero's trial in Cuba began and ended on October 5, 2012.[16] 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, owing to a bilateral convention on the execution of sentences existing between Cuba and Spain, could be served in the latter 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.[17]

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[18]
  • Vice Secretary-General of the New Generations of the People's Party in Madrid (NNGG)[18]
  • President of NNGG District of Salamanca[18]
  • Advisor to councilwoman for the district of Moratalaz, Begoña Larraínzar Zaballa.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ Detenido el español que conducía el vehículo en el que murió Payá
  2. ^ Las claves del 'caso Carromero'
  3. ^ a b Carromero perdió todos los puntos de su carné de conducir en mayo (Template:WebCite)
  4. ^ a b Ángel Carromero conducía sin puntos en el carné el coche en el que murió Oswaldo Payá
  5. ^ BOCM num 118 del viernes 18 de mayo de 2012 (Template:WebCite)
  6. ^ BOCM núm 91 del 17 de abril de 2010, donde se pueden consultar las multas acumuladas por Ángel Carromero (Template:WebCite)
  7. ^ [1] (Template:WebCite)
  8. ^ [2] (Template:WebCite)
  9. ^ El español detenido en Cuba aún disponía de carnet en vigor, aunque no tuviera puntos
  10. ^ Carromero, un defensor de la libertad en el País Vasco y Cuba
  11. ^ Cuba acusa al político del PP retenido de financiar ilegalmente a la oposición
  12. ^ BOE 29 de abril de 2011
  13. ^ BOE 24 de junio de 2011
  14. ^ Los despistes de Ángel Carromero con hacienda
  15. ^ [3]
  16. ^ El juicio contra Carromero se celebrará el 5 de octubre
  17. ^ Ángel Carromero, condenado a cuatro años de cárcel por el accidente de Payá
  18. ^ a b c d Carromero, un 'cachorro' del PP defensor de la libertad en Cuba y en Siria
  19. ^ Carromero, un defensor de la libertad en el País Vasco y Cuba
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