He was arrested during the Black Spring in 2003 and received a 28-year sentence for his work with the Varela project, a civic initiative calling for democratic reforms in Cuba.
Upon leaving the courtroom, a member of the mob struck Luis Enrique Ferrer García with a hammer, and his mother and sister were violently thrown to the ground.
According to Human Rights First, attacks are believed to be encouraged by prison authorities to harass and intimidate him.
[2] Garcia is the official representative of the Cuban Patriotic Union UNPACU outside of Cuba, the same organization that Wilmar Villar Mendoza belonged to.
His brother, Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia is the founder and official representative of UNPACU inside the island.