When on Tuesday the murder of Cuban Jéssica Castillo in Pinar del Ríoit was reported that the perpetrator of the crime was his partner, who was on parole for a similar incident.
Hours later, more details of that event are known. The victim, called Emelinda Hernández Santiago, was just 16 years old.
Twelve years later, His murderer has just killed Jéssica, mother of three minor children.
The Yo SíTeCreo gender violence observatories in Cuba (YSTCC) and Alas Tensas (OGAT) reported that the murderer alone He served about seven years of a 20-year prison sentence imposed.
“Residents of San Luis, in Pinar del Río, do not forget the events of August 31, 2011, when the violent death of Emelinda, only 16 years old, occurred at the hands of her then partner, whom she had previously reported. for an attempted femicide,” the messages on Facebook say.
The platforms recalled that in 2011 photos of the crime scene were circulated on USB flash drives, due to the bad behavior of the authorities and unscrupulous people.
Yo SíTeCreo in Cuba and Alas Tensas sent their condolences to Emelinda’s family, “who They again feel the irreparable loss, injustice and impunity, 12 years later“.
For his part, crime reporter Niover Licea identified the criminal as Roilan Orjaleswho in 2011 would have slit the teenager’s throat in the rental room where they both lived.
Organizations defending women’s rights wonder how it is possible that a subject as dangerous as him has returned to the streets.
“The laws in Cuba still do not have an adequate approach to problems such as gender violence and other types of violence, which require comprehensive and preventive approaches. Measures such as mandatory therapies and psychological opinions (prior to granting conditional release) are not considered in the judicial or penitentiary systems, in fact, the country lacks resources and established protocols to care for aggressors,” they denounced.
