The Ministry of Interior reported Thursday that the alleged perpetrator of a murder occurred on May 4 in a popular campism in Sancti Spíritus, is detained, Another fact of feminicide in Cuba.
According to the authorities, the incident occurred in the “La Hormiga” camp, in the municipality Development, where A 29 -year -old woman was killed by her ex -partner.
In statements to the newspaper EscambrayThe authorities pointed out that on the afternoon of Sunday, May 4, they knew about a murder in that recreation center.
“It was deceased a 29 -year -old girl, product of the action of who her partner was for a short space of time,” said Maibel León Rodríguez, second head of the criminal investigation body in Sancti Spíritus.
León Rodríguez added that the alleged murderer “gave him three stabs in the thorax region, causing death immediately ”the newspaper said.
According to the officer, the detainee is 36 years old and has several criminal records.
León Rodríguez said that the alleged murderer left the place of the crime and left the white weapon with which he had stabbed the woman.
Minint’s officer said In less than two hours they captured manarrested in the Criminal Instruction Unit of the province under an investigative process.
-“The accused recognizes the facts and subsequently at the established term required by the Criminal Procedure Law, the Prosecutor’s Office will be asked to impose the precautionary measure of provisional prison, ”said León Rodríguez.
Feminicide in Cuba
According to independent platforms and in the absence of updated government data, This is the sexist crime number 15 in Cuba so far this year.
The Cuban government confirmed last year that, during 2023, the courts identified 110 cases of women over 15 years killed by their partners or ex -partners, according to the judgments held.
At the moment, The country does not have official and updated statistics on femicidesa task that since 2019 have assumed independent feminist groups such as I believe you and tense wings, he said EFE.
These organizations have reported 15 femicides in Cuba so far from 2025. In previous years, the figures were higher: 55 in 2024, 85 in 2023 and 36 both in 2022 and 2021.
The work of these platforms, together with their dissemination in non -state media, has been key to make visible the problem of gender violence in Cuba, the agency said.
For its part, the president Miguel Díaz-Canel has expressed a policy of “zero tolerance” towards sexist violence.
In April, the Attorney General, the Ministry of Interior, the Supreme Court and other entities announced the creation of a digital administrative registry for Collect information about feminicide in Cubaalthough this will not be public access.
