Cuban government agents, including state security and Cuban Communist Party offi-cials, destroyed the home of Pastor Esmir Torreblanca in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba on July 2.
The unannounced demolition began at 6 am while the pastor, who is a leader in the church, his wife and their young children, aged two and seven, were sleeping inside. They are now homeless.
Pastor Marcos A. Perdomo Silva, who leads the Establishing the Kingdom of God Church, told the blog Religión en Revolución: ‘They arrived and violently broke down the front door which was locked. The police entered with batons alongside a group of men carrying machetes. They began to destroy and occupy the properties of the pastor and the church.’
