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| Ailin Silva Nates |
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| Rodrigue seen cuffed in 2010 (La Presse) |
I have a soft spot for people who sponsor poor folks to move to Canada through marriage or other means, as many worthy people around the world are unfairly denied their dream of moving abroad.
Now Rene Rodrigue of St. Denis de Brompton appears to share that view, as he sponsored one young Cuban woman and practically minutes after she arrived, was already commencing the two-year process to ditch her and get another Cubana here.
Rodrigue, by the way, is a man with a history as we shall explain later down in the article.
His plan, however, went awry when Canadian courts refused to recognize his divorce, registered by a Cuban court.
Rodrigue had a habit of going to Cuba about once a month. He'd hang out in Holguin and get friendly with people in the area.
Rodrigue, who was in his 60s, married a 19-year Ailin Silva Nates on September 24, 2005. He applied to bring her to Canada and she arrived legally 23 months later.
But within three months he asked for a divorce, citing her alleged infidelity.
The two returned to Cuba in November and got a divorce, as he explained that it was a technicality and nothing would change.
However when they returned they drifted apart and she moved to Montreal and then Quebec City.
Rodrigue continued visiting Cuba and tied the knot with another Cuban woman with the same plan of bringing her to Canada.
However that plan doesn't look viable for the time being, as about a week ago Superior Court Judge Pierre Boily decided to uphold the marriage in spite of the Cuban document annuling it. So the two are still married.
As for Renrigue, he had other problems to deal with since then, as police announced on Dec. 23, 2010 that they had uncovered a $245,000 in 100 dollar bills buried in the ground of his home, in what was suspected to be the proceeds of drug production.