Parole board denies Cuban dangerous offender’s bid for release

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OTTAWA — Canada’s parole board has denied early release for a dangerous offender who terrorized two women shortly after emigrating from Cuba to Canada.

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Guillermo Valle-Quintero, currently serving an indeterminate sentence for inflicting years of terrifying abuse upon two women, was denied release at a Parole Board of Canada hearing last month. The board listed his “significant number of violent offences committed persistently against a former intimate partner” as the main factor for his denial.

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“You also have a prior history of serious intimate partner violence, and your overall criminal history is lengthy, varied, and violent,” read the parole board’s decision, obtained by the Toronto Sun.

“Furthermore, you have a problematic and concerning supervision history, elevated actuarial risk scores, significant issues with self-control, ongoing institutional behaviour issues relating to self-management deficits, have made no discernible gains through program participation, and not engaged in the process of positive personal change, and have not presented a viable release plan.”

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Valle-Quintero, 61, was born and raised in Cuba — where the decision notes he racked up a significant criminal record that included breaking-and-entering, theft and pimping out women.

In 1997, he married a Canadian tourist he met at a resort, and she sponsored his entry to Canada.

Valle-Quintero began cheating on his wife roughly a month after arriving in Canada, described as “volatile relationship” and target of his abuse — leading to charges of attempted murder and forcible confinement after he attempted to strangle his paramour to death in 1998.

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Court records indicate Valle-Quintero — one day after being released from jail for domestic assault — ambushed the victim in her car and tied her up, taped up her mouth and nose, covered her head in a plastic bag and shoved her in the trunk of her car.

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She managed to escape, and Valle-Quintero was sentenced to 11 years.

Valle-Quintero’s second victim, a 47-year-old bar manager, kept records of his abuse “so that he wouldn’t get away with killing her,” court records say.

Valle-Quintero was declared a dangerous offender in 2015, and is currently serving an indeterminate sentence.

The parole decision indicated Valle-Quintero wished to return to Cuba, either through deportation or an international transfer.

Valle-Quintero would need to be granted full parole before deportation proceedings can take place, the decision said.

— With files from Sam Pazzano, Toronto Sun files

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