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Chris Smith: Then there's the example of Yasiel Espino Aceval, who went on a hunger strike last year in protest of the abuses and…

On the recordMarch 21, 2016
Then there's the example of Yasiel Espino Aceval, who went on a hunger strike last year in protest of the abuses and torture meted out to political prisoners by the Castro brothers' goons.
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Chris Smith
Republican · New Jersey

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Smith cites Espino Aceval's hunger strike against political prisoner abuses.

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