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Communist Cuban Torturer Found Guilty Compelling Evidence in Court Shows Brutality of Castro Regime Janet Reno, and anyone else who supported the return of Elian to Castrošs Cuba, should have been forced to sit in court on August 1 and listen to the testimony of Belkis Ferro. When Belkis was just 15 years old, she was subjected to electric shock treatments simply because she opposed the brutality of Castrošs regime. She was labeled a "rebellious teenager" and shipped off to a psychiatric hospital to be tortured. Belkis Ferros testimony came during a six-day trial in Federal Court of Cuban torturer Eriberto Mederos, the man responsible for the unspeakable crimes against Belkis and countless other Cuban citizens who expressed disapproval of Fidel Castro. After a parade of victims told their stories, the jury returned a guilty verdict against Mederos, who was on trial for lying to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service about his past in order to obtain citizenship. "While the prosecution of Mederos affords some measure of justice for his victims, the man directly responsible, Fidel Castro, remains free to continue his reign of terror," said JW President Tom Fitton. "Trade sanctions are not enough. Castro must be forced to accept punishment for the shameless and brutal atrocities he has committed against his people." Through two separate legal actions, Judicial Watch aims to do just that. JW currently represents several of the victims in a case against Castro before the Belgian Royal Courts for "crimes against humanity." Under the new Belgian "war crimes" law established in 1999, if convicted, Castro could spend the rest of his life in prison. Judicial Watch is also involved in another lawsuit against Castro on behalf of Jose Basulto, founder of Brothers to the Rescue. Castro ordered the Cuban Air Force to fire on three Brothers to the Rescue planes on a humanitarian mission in the Florida Straits. Four individuals were murdered in the attack.
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