A Cuban dissident who apparently died in a car crash last year was actually assassinated by Cuban secret services, according to the Spanish politician driving the car.
Oswaldo Paya, the leader of the Christian Liberation Movement, which campaigned for civil liberties and the release of political prisoners, died when the car he was travelling left a country road and crashed into a tree on July 22 last year.
The driver of the hired car, Angel Carromero, a leader of the youth wing of Spain's ruling Popular Party, survived the crash in southeast Cuba.
Pfelia Acevedo, Mr Paya's widow, and children at a news conference An official inquiry found that Mr Carromero was driving too fast at the time of the accident and he was convicted of vehicular homicide. He returned to Spain to serve a four-year sentence.
However, he has now claimed that Mr Paya's death was not the result of an accident but that the official account was "a perfect alibi to hide the death of the only dissident who could lead the transition in Cuba."
In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, Mr Carromero said: "I am convinced that he survived the accident. The nurses and a priest told me that all four of us were admitted to the hospital.
"Cuban secret services assassinated Oswaldo Paya."
Mr Carromero (centre) at the hearing into the crash He claimed that Cuban prosecutors had "fabricated" evidence.
Mr Paya, who was 60, died along with another Cuban dissident, Harold Cepero but Mr Carromero and a Swedish activist, Jens Aron Modig, who were also travelling in the car, survived.
The family of Mr Paya has always suspected foul play and accused the Cuban authorities of involvement in his death. The family has been seeking an international investigation and his son, also called Oswaldo, has claimed that the car was driven off the road, according to accounts of the others travelling in the vehicle.
Mr Paya's funeral at which activists were arrested Before his death he had claimed that authorities had placed wire taps in his Havana home.
In an interview with the Washington Post in March, Mr Carromero said that the car was struck from behind by another vehicle just before the crash.
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