A violent group attacked a Cuban restaurant in Madrid’s San Fernando de Lavapiés Market last Saturday night. According to one of the local administrators, Lázaro Miguelez, this is the last episode of threats and verbal attacks. for “political reasons” they’ve gotten since they opened the building over a year ago. “This is connected with my leadership of a movement in Madrid against the Cuban dictatorship and Castroism,” Miguelez said.
According to a complaint to the National Police, about ten people attacked his restaurant, called Apululu, in the central market square. and two waiters were injured by bruises and cuts and had to be transferred to the Hospital de la Concepción. “They sat in one of the buildings next to ours. They were making fun of us, and at one point they surrounded us shouting ‘fascists out’,” says Miguelez, of one of the waiters “trying to shake hands” to calm the situation and putting it in his face.
“provocateurs”
Saying that the attackers were recognized in the Market, the spokesperson of the organization said, “They broke our chairs and glasses.” It has links to various locales, From food stalls to secondhand bookshop and traditional food restaurants of various nationalities. “We’ve spotted some, other times they’ve been provocative” It was appreciated in the restaurant, which was trying to return to normal yesterday.
“Everything that happened was outrageous,” the waiter of one of the few bars open this Monday afternoon described. “As a market, this is not good for us” “I saw nothing, I don’t know anything,” said another employee of the market, where many traders prefer to remain silent.
“The sectarian left is supported by communist movements,” adds the local representative, who assures them that they went to the Center’s National Police Station to report the facts, “the sixth complaint we have submitted.” National Police sources told EL PERIÓDICO DE ESPAÑA of the Prensa Ibérica group that they are investigating the facts. but no one has been arrested yet.
Miguelez reasoned that even though we are known anti-Castro activists, “we never brought politics to the market. It’s our business.”
Villacís’ visit
On Sunday, the day after the attack, Madrid’s deputy mayor, Begoña Villacís, went to the market to support those attacked. “Apululu Bar is a Cuban corner where freedom breathes in the heart of Lavapiés. There are those who cannot stand it, neither its struggle nor the desire for freedom. Today I wanted to accompany you too. @lachy77 and his friends yesterday after they were attacked by far-left libertarians”.
Villacís ended the “Homeland and life” message on his Twitter account with a single sentence. this happened The protest slogan used in demonstrations in Cuba in July 2021 is taken from a song created by rapper Yotuel Romero, inspired by the Cuban regime’s slogan “patrio o muerte”. “The bar’s customer has come a few times,” they explained at the restaurant yesterday, where the phrase was used in a halogen. “Them [en referencia a los atacantes] They tried to remove it several times.