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August 26th, 2008
Posted: 12:09 PM ET
HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) — Cuban police have arrested dissident musician Gorki Aguila on a charge of “dangerousness,” fellow band members said Tuesday. Hebert Dominguez, the bass player in Aguila’s punk rock band Porno para Ricardo, said police detained Aguila at his home at 10 a.m. Monday. Aguila, the lead singer, was arrested as he was about to record the final songs of the band’s next record, according to a statement on the band’s Web site. “This new episode of harassment and persecution is occurring just as Porno para Ricardo is in the middle of recording its new record, which eliminates any possibility that this repressive escalation could be described as a ‘coincidence,’ the statement said. “In Cuba, the voice of the brave is silenced by the regime, which doesn’t hesitate to use intimidation and force.” –From CNN’s Morgan Neill |
 
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