U.S. Arrests Cuban Family of Three for Alleged 'Front Group' Activities

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The U.S. Trump administration announced on Wednesday (July 1, local time) that it has revoked the residency status of and arrested one Cuban national and his family members for allegedly engaging in subversive activities within the U.S. on behalf of the Cuban Communist regime.

U.S. State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott stated that Carlos Antonio Yoga Dominguez, who has been active for over a decade in a U.S.-based front group for the Cuban regime, along with his wife and son, are currently in the custody of U.S. federal authorities and are slated for deportation.

Dominguez has been employed for more than 10 years by the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), which was designated as a target of U.S. sanctions last month, and has been operating in the United States.

ICAP, which claims to be connected to over 2,000 solidarity organizations across 150 countries, was established in 1960 and has played a role in garnering international support for the Cuban government through exchanges with various organizations.

Although it presents itself as a non-governmental organization, the U.S. State Department views it as a front group involved in the Cuban Communist regime's foreign intelligence and influence operations, aiming to export revolution by using far-left factions within the U.S. as a medium.

The Trump administration is intensifying economic and political pressure on Cuba, advocating for the so-called Monroe Doctrine 2.0—a Trump-era version of the 19th-century Monroe Doctrine—which seeks to exclude the influence of China and Russia from the Western Hemisphere, oust leftist regimes, and maximize U.S. influence and interests.

(Photo: Yonhap News)

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