Holguín

More than a month after their February 6, 2026, arrest in Holguín—initially reported as a crackdown on youth dissent—Ernesto Ricardo Medina (known as Tico) and Kamil Zayas Pérez, creators of the critical El4tico social media account, remain detained. Medina's three-year-old daughter Emma has not seen her father, leaving the family in emotional and financial distress. Cubalex and Amnesty International have condemned the detentions as free speech violations.