Corbacho Daudinot v. Puig Valdes et al

Filing 1

COMPLAINT UNDER THE TORTURE VICTIM PROTECTION ACT against All Defendants. Filing fees $ 400.00 receipt number 113C-5898756, filed by MIGUEL ANGEL CORBACHO DAUDINOT. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet, #2 Summon(s), #3 Exhibit A, #4 Exhibit B, #5 Exhibit C, #6 Exhibit D, #7 Exhibit E, #8 Exhibit F, #9 Exhibit G, #10 Exhibit H, #11 Exhibit I, #12 Exhibit J, #13 Exhibit K, #14 Exhibit L, #15 Exhibit M, #16 Exhibit N, #17 Exhibit O, #18 Exhibit P, #19 Exhibit Q, #20 Exhibit R, #21 Exhibit S, #22 Exhibit T, #23 Exhibit U)(Gonzalez, Avelino)

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Exhibit U
AFFIDAVIT

STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority personally appeared GREGORIO
MIGUEL CALLEIRO, who after first being duly sworn-deposes:

1.

I am over 18 years of age and legally competent to testify as to the facts

herein of which I have personal knowledge.
2.

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I am familiar with all pertinent facts of this request and specifically with the

contents of this affidavit.
3.

I was the Director of the Nacional Institute of Sports, Physical Education and

Recreation, Instituto Nacional De Deportes, Educacion Fisica, y Recreacion, ("INDER") in
Cuba from 1987 - 1992.
4.

Before becoming the Director for INDER, I was a national official for

INDER from 1984 - 1987.
5.

Prior to becoming a national official for INDER, I worked as the National

Director of Teaching, Director Nacional de Docencia, for INDER from 1980 to 1984. As
Director of Teaching I was responsible for all of the national physical education programs in
Cuba.
6.

From 1968 - 1980, before my promotion to the national level, I worked as a

regional, then provisional Director and Dean of.the INDER, working directly with faculty of
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the various Physical Education programs under my supervision.
7.

During my 24 year career with the INDER I became intimately familiar with

the Department of State Security's involvement at all levels of the sporting programs and the
Department's involvement with the athletes.
8.

The security officials monitored the movement of all athletes through

snitches or informants scattered throughout the INDER system, from the teachers, to the
coaches, to the INDER administrators, and to the athletes in every team in Cuba.
9.

There was a special unit of security officials that were

connecting directly with the athletes to seek out reliable informants.

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10.

Each informant or snitch was provided with a direct telephone number for a

specific official, who was that informant's sole connection to the State Security. Officially,
- only that officer would know the identity of the snitches on each team.
11.

The informant was expected call his contact at the State Security to report

that official of the movements, conversations, or actions ofthe people around him, including
any actions or conversations that could be considered suspicious by the State.
12.

Becoming an informant for State Security is not compulsory, but voluntary,

and, for an athlete, there are several advantages to becoming an informant for the 'State
Security, since that is that body that decides what players are allowed to travel with-the
National teams.
13.

Based on -information provided to it by other informants, State Security

classifies every athlete as either trustworthy, "of confidence", or untrustworthy, "not of
confidence". Any athlete labeled untrustworthy or "not of confidence" is prohibited from
traveling with the national team.
14.

An athlete, who becomes a reliable informant, that is, one who provides

actionable information for the state, may alter his standing with state security from
untrustworthy to trustworthy, which would make that athlete capable of traveling with a
national team ..

FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NAUGHT.

SWORN TO and subscribed before me on this 8th day of August, 2012 at the state and
county above mentioned.

~~State of Florida
My Commission Expires:
(Personally known to me)

,,~~V~~AVEliNO J. GONZALEZ
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MY COMMISSION # D0805425
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