Mom of teacher formerly jailed in Cuba asks for her return to U.S.

The ailing mother of Cuban American former teacher Alina López Miyares, released from prison in Cuba but not allowed to return to the U.S., asks for her return.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A former Miami teacher who was jailed in Cuba on espionage charges for five years has not been allowed to return to the United States even though she was released in July.

Cuba’s government gave her conditional freedom, meaning Alina López Miyares, who is Cuban American, cannot leave the island for now, according to her U.S. attorney, Jason Poblete.

Her mother, also named Alina Miyares, who turns 95 in November, is receiving hospice care at her Miami Beach apartment after spending years advocating for her daughter’s release.

Until the pandemic began, she would make monthly trips to Cuba to visit her daughter in prison, carrying food and medicine. She was at the helm of her daughter’s case, speaking often with her attorney, as well as with the media.  

Gene López, kisses the forehead of his mother, Alina Miyares, in her Miami Beach apartment Friday.Carmen Sesin / NBC NewsNow, in a hospital bed at her apartment, López Miyares’ mother is frail but said a few words about her daughter to NBC News.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mom-alina-lopez-miyares-cuba-jail-return-rcna46127

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