CNN’s Sanchez: Cubans in Miami Not Celebrating Death of a Person But ‘Death of a Monster’

‘My grandfather was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for essentially speaking his mind’

SANCHEZ: "My grandfather fought to bring Democratic Elections to Cuba many years ago in the Cuban revolution. Once that ended and Fidel took power and my grandfather being a staunch anti communist began organizing against him, Castro didn’t like that. My grandfather was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for essentially speaking his mind. He considered himself lucky because he wasn’t put like many of his friends were in front of firing squads. More than 1,000 Cubans were put in front of firing squads and executed without even going to trial. As you see, people celebrating here on the street, many people that I spoke to said they weren’t celebrating the death of a person, they were celebrating the death of a monster. This was something that my family, personally, had been waiting for for generations."

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