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US arrests sister of Cuban military conglomerate chief

Rubio said her presence could have serious adverse foreign policy consequences as ICE held her pending removal proceedings.

  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations agents arrested Adys Lastres Morera in Miami, Florida, on Thursday after Secretary of State Marco Rubio revoked her lawful permanent resident status on Wednesday.
  • Authorities determined her continued presence undermined U.S. foreign policy objectives toward Cuba, citing her role as sister of Ania Guillermina Lastres Morera, Executive President of the military-controlled conglomerate GAESA.
  • Rubio alleged GAESA possesses $18 billion in assets and controls 70% of the Cuban economy, claiming it "steals millions in aid for the Cuban people at the behest of the regime."
  • Pending removal proceedings under Section 237 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Lastres Morera remains in custody, one day after former Cuban leader Raúl Castro was federally indicted.
  • The Trump administration previously invoked Section 237 to target activist Mahmoud Khalil, while the U.S. recently offered Cuba $100 million in relief supplies for authorized distribution.
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The US has arrested in Florida the sister of the head of GAESA, the military conglomerate that controls the economy of the communist dictatorship of Cuba. Washington thus strikes the financial core of the Cuban dictatorship with the arrest of Adys Lastres Morera, sister of one of the most powerful women of the Castroist economic network of the Caribbean island. Adys Lastres Morera entered legally into the United States during the Biden administr…

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Revista Merca2.0 broke the news on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
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