A man slashed the face of his partner, a young teacheron Tuesday afternoon in Santiago de Cuba.
The victim’s name is Tatiana Alcolea, is 24 years old and is the mother of two young children from a previous relationship.
A follower of the independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada He told her that apparently the attacker was waiting for the young woman to return from work. “She cut his face so you could see his teeth,” she said.
The event occurred in the vicinity of Barca de Oro, in the José Martí district.
According to a witness, Tatiana was coming from the ATM with a friend and a girl, when the attacker called her.
“She stops to see what he wants, he asks her something and she answers, but that It was in a matter of seconds. At the moment he grabs her by the arm and they start to struggle with her and he cuts her face.“, he described, in a testimony published on Facebook.
The victim resides on Avenida 40, between 19 and 42, in the Nuevo Vista Alegre neighborhood. She was quickly rescued and transferred to the Saturnino Lora Provincial Hospital, where she was treated by a maxillofacial specialist.
The attacker was identified as Carlos Manuel Correa Leyva and is dedicated to selling food in a cart. It was confirmed that she has done the same to other couples.
According to what an Internet user told Mayeta Labrada, a few years ago, on December 30, he stabbed a woman named Yaima who lives in the San Pedrito neighborhood. The The wounds were so deep that the bones of his arm could be seen. and other parts of the body. It all happened in front of the victim’s two small children.
The attacker was on the run for several days until he was found stuffed in the washing machine at his home.
“He was imprisoned for that and Yaima withdrew the accusation. He only served a few years and when he got out of prison he started selling, but well, I just saw that what he did is a lot,” a neighbor stressed.
Until now It is not known if Correa Leyva was arrested or remains a fugitive..
“He resides in a ground floor house in Plan Novoa. His home is on the corner, on the same block where the famous Carnavalitos del Novoa take place,” the journalist revealed on Facebook.
