Jorge Luis González Tanquero was born in 1970 and died on November 27, 2016.
He was a Cuban dissident.
Jorge Luis González Tanquero was declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.
After his family defected to the United States, then-President of the United States George W. Bush noted “They recently arrived from Cuba, but without Melissa’s father.
Gonzalez Tanquero dared to defend the human rights of his countrymen.
For that, González Tanquero was arrested for crimes against the state.
Jorge Luis González Tanquero languished in poor health inside a Cuban prison”.
Jorge Luis González Tanquero passed away 46 years old.