Yamila Batista, 36, is the last woman murdered in Cuba at the hands of her partner. The event occurred this Sunday in the Mantilla neighborhood, in the Havana municipality of Arroyo Naranjo, as confirmed by the feminist platform Yo Sí Te Creo through their social networks. The victim had two children, a 19-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy.
According to what her relatives reported on the networks, Batista had recently moved into a house and that the attacker, the father of her son, did not stop harassing her.
“I met you three and a half years ago, from the first day you came to my house with that smile I knew we would get along very well,” he said on his Facebook wall. Surima Vidal, who explained that he saw the victim for the last time yesterday, when she went to her house to fix her hair. “We laughed because they turned off the power like twice and you already had your hair dyed and there was still a bit of work to do. Then the moment came when you showed me that beautiful smile that characterizes you and told me ‘divine, my friend, thank you very much for always being there when I write to you without having to turn.’ the young
Along with their own black and white photo, they tag other women asking them to do the same on behalf of Yamila Batista, to whose memory they address: “Rest in peace, friend. We will fight for your justice.”
Both she and dozens of other users responded to the feminicide, launching a campaign on networks. Along with their own black and white photo, they tag other women asking them to do the same on behalf of Yamila Batista, to whose memory they address: “Rest in peace, friend. We will fight for your justice.”
Batista’s femicide is number 32 in Cuba so far in 2022. The previous one reported was that of Yanet Martinez Guzman47 years old, who on October 27 was murdered with a machete by her ex-partner in the municipality of Minas, in Camagüey.
October was a bloody month for Cuban women, with four femicides. The first of them came out on October 11, although it happened on October 3, when the Cuban actor Jesús Rodríguez Vázquez murdered his ex-wife, Nodis Morales, and then hanged himself.
Later, Santiago de Cuba was the scene of two murders in just one week. The first, on October 16, Yadira Sueiro Pérez, 22, was attacked by her ex-partner with a machete in the town of Corralón, located in the Songo La Maya municipality of Santiago. Three days later, Eudelvis Leyva Rivera, 19 years old and mother of a nine-month-old girl, was found lifeless with several wounds on her body, a victim of rape and her throat cut.
A week later, the Alas Tensas and Yo Sí Te Creo observatories confirmed the violent death of Lisandra Fernandez34 years old, who died at the hands of her husband in the city of Las Tunas.
________________________
Collaborate with our work:
The team of 14ymedio He is committed to doing serious journalism that reflects the reality of deep Cuba. Thank you for accompanying us on this long road. We invite you to continue supporting us, but this time becoming a member of our newspaper. Together we can continue transforming journalism in Cuba.
