Default Judgement Against Government Of Cuba For US$2.595 Billion Issued By U.S. District Court In Colorado.

Civil Action No. 21-cv-02497-NYW-NRN: ALFREDO VILLOLDO, and GUSTAVO E. VILLOLDO, individually, and as Administrator, Executor, and Personal Representative of the Estate of Gustavo Villoldo Argilagos, Plaintiffs, v. THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA, Defendant. 

JUDGMENT in favor of Gustavo E. Villoldo, Gustavo (I) E. Villoldo and against The Republic of Cuba pursuant to 48 Memorandum Opinion and Order, by Clerk on 9/1/2023. (ebuch) (Entered: 09/01/2023) LINK 

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER granting 42 Plaintiffs' Supplemental Motion for Default Judgment, by Judge Nina Y. Wang on 9/1/2023. (ebuch) (Entered: 09/01/2023) LINK 

Excerpt From Judgement 

This action having been commenced by Plaintiffs Alfredo Villoldo, individually, and Gustavo E. Villoldo, individually, and as Administrator, Executor, and Personal Representative of the Estate of Gustavo Villoldo Argilagos, on September 14, 2021 by the filing of the Complaint and Summons, and copies of the Complaint, Summons, and Notice of Suit, with translations of said documents into Spanish, having been served via diplomatic channels on Defendant the Republic of Cuba (“Defendant”) on April 28, 2022 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1608(a)(4), and proof of service, in the form of a certified copy of the diplomatic note, having been filed with the Clerk of the Court on May 25, 2022, Defendant not having answered the Complaint, the time for answering the Complaint having expired, the Court granting in part and denying in part Plaintiffs’ Motion for Default Judgment on March 7, 2023, and Plaintiff Alfredo Villoldo having filed a notice of voluntary dismissal without prejudice on April 18, 2023, it is: 

ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that: 1. With respect to Plaintiffs Gustavo E. Villoldo, individually and as Administrator, Executor, and Personal Representative of the Estate of Gustavo Villoldo Argilagos, this Court has subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1330 to grant full faith and credit to the Corrected Second Amended Final Judgment rendered in Plaintiffs’ favor against Defendant by the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida on May 25, 2021 nunc pro tunc to August 19, 2011.  2. The finding of the Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court that the terrorism exception to foreign sovereign immunity in 28 U.S.C. § 1605A applied with respect to Gustavo E. Villoldo and the Estate of Gustavo Villoldo Argilagos was supported by competent evidence; and 3. Plaintiffs Gustavo E. Villoldo, individually and as Administrator, Executor, and Personal Representative of the Estate of Gustavo Villoldo Argilagos, have judgment against Defendant in the amount of $2,595,000,000 for purposes of enforcement. 

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