A Miami man who is the grandson of Jesús Montané Oropesa -- a leader of the Cuban revolution and confidante of Fidel Castro -- was charged this week with supplying cocaine from Miami to a New York-based smuggling ring.

Police said Yotuhel Montané, 36, provided cocaine on several occasions over the past few years to a gang led by Eric ``Fat Eddy'' Rodriguez in Brooklyn.

Montané's grandfather fought alongside Castro against the Fulgencio Batista regime and was later Cuba's minister of tourism and communications. From 1988 until his death in 1999, Montané Oropesa was Castro's personal assistant.

If convicted, Montané, who was arrested in Miami on July 16, could face a life sentence.

-- WILFREDO CANCIO ISLA

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