Cuba charges Spaniard in dissident Paya’s death

By Peter Orsi

Published July 31, 2012 4:00am ET

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Cuba charges Spaniard in dissident Paya’s death — Spanish citizen Angel Francisco Carromero speaks during a press conference via pre-taped video footage that was shown during a press conference organized by Cuba's International Press Center, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, July 30, 2012. Carromero and Swedish citizen Jens Aron Modig, who were traveling with Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya when he died in a car crash, are denying speculation that a second vehicle was involved. Carromero says he braked abruptly after entering an unpaved construction zone and lost control. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes) | Franklin Reyes

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has charged a Spanish citizen with the equivalent of vehicular manslaughter in a car accident that killed prominent dissident Oswaldo Paya and another government opponent, official media said Tuesday.

Angel Carromero, who was driving the car carrying Paya when it crashed in eastern Cuba July 22, “has been accused of the charge of homicide while driving a vehicle on public roads,” Communist Party newspaper Granma said.

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