It is five years of impunity, Cardoso emphasized in declarations to Prensa Latina when referring to the events of that day, when a citizen of Cuban origin identified as Alexander Alazo, opened fire against the legation, located in the central 16th Street. “We counted 32 shots with an assault rifle, it was 2:05 a.m.,” recalled Cardoso, a witness to the event.

Unfortunately, “the perpetrator of this vile attack has not been prosecuted in all this time”, the official stressed.

The projectiles were aimed at “the main façade of our embassy and some of them hit the interior of the headquarters; they also hit two lamps, all the wood and the door, with significant damage”, he explained.

There is also evidence in the statue of National Hero José Martí, he said, showing one of the holes caused by a bullet in the bronze sculpture that presides over the entrance of the building, which now has a historical site in its lobby, where images of what happened are preserved.

Shortly before, gathered on the second floor of the diplomatic headquarters, the Mission’s collective carried out an act of patriotic reaffirmation in which they reiterated their rejection of the terrorism that, for decades, the Caribbean nation has suffered.

An immediate denunciation by the Cuban authorities expressed that the U.S. Government failed to comply with its obligation to prevent this attack about which there were enough signs.

There is a serious history of violent and hostile actions, including terrorist acts against foreign service officers appointed in the United States, both in Washington and at the Permanent Representation to the United Nations in New York.

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