Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a 38-year-old Cuban artist and co-founder of the San Isidro Movement, was detained in July 2021, convicted on charges including desecration of national symbols, and sentenced to five years in prison. He received approval for U.S. humanitarian parole in 2024 after serving time at Guanajay prison. Cuban authorities had previously offered him release in exchange for leaving the country, an option he rejected.