The US will not stop until it finds out “who” is behind the “Havana syndrome”

The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, assured that it is an “urgent priority” of his Government to find out “who and what” are “responsible” for the “Havana syndrome”, as the strange attacks against US diplomats are known. in various countries of the world.

This was indicated by the head of US diplomacy when announcing a new director of the special working group of the State Department, Jonathan Moore, who will coordinate the investigation of these incidents, whose last reported cases have occurred in the United States embassy in Colombia. .

“These anomalous health incidents have left our colleagues deeply damaged. We will not give up until we find out who and what is responsible, “said Blinken in an appearance at the State Department, in which he used the official way of referring to these events.

Blinken urged officials and family members to report these “attacks” to facilitate the investigation, noting that he had already met with several of them.

The “Havana syndrome”, whose origin is unknown, causes symptoms similar to those of brain injuries, dizziness, headaches and lack of ability to concentrate.

“We will do everything absolutely possible to end these incidents as soon as possible,” he added.

Although he did not provide details, Blinken said the State Department is working with “new technologies” to “more quickly and accurately assess a variety of potential causes of these incidents.”

In early October, US President Joe Biden signed legislation dubbed the “Havana Law”, which establishes that the United States Government has an obligation to help those who have suffered these mysterious “attacks”.

The victims have been asking for more help from the US government for years, first from Donald Trump (2017-2021) and then from Biden himself.

More than 200 US diplomats and relatives assigned to different countries have suffered symptoms of the so-called “Havana syndrome”.

The origin and the person responsible for these mysterious “attacks” is still unknown, although some experts point out that radio frequency energy could have been used.

In addition to Cuba, where the first cases were detected in 2016 and 2017, there have been similar incidents in China, Austria, Germany and even in Washington.

In 2017 Trump accused the Government of Cuba of being responsible for what the US authorities then described as “acoustic” or “sonic” attacks, which served as a pretext for the then president to break the diplomatic thaw with the island.

An internal report released earlier this year revealed that Trump indicted Havana without evidence, and that mismanagement and lack of coordination dominated his response to these alleged “attacks.”

Biden, for the time being, has avoided publicly singling out any country and his government continues to investigate the origin of these incidents.