Ted Cruz’s Father Was Tortured at 17 In CUBA

Ted Cruz recounts the story of his father, Rafael Cruz, who he says was imprisoned and tortured in Cuba at just 17 years old after opposing the Batista regime. Fearing that he would eventually be killed, his family urged him to leave the country, and he fled Cuba for the United States in 1957. Cruz presents his father’s journey from political persecution to starting over in America as a defining chapter in his family’s story.