The independent feminist platform Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba (YSTC) confirmed this Thursday the murder of two women, with which the number of femicides so far this year rises to 52. The new cases have activated the alarms of the observatories Therefore, with a growth of 52.9%, they already threaten to double those of 2022.
The organization verified the murder of Rosmery Ponce Peña, 23 years old, perpetrated on July 10 in the municipality of Güines, Mayabeque. The second case corresponds to Adela Verdecia, 30, who was murdered in Jovellanos, Matanzas, on June 26. Both women were victims of their ex-partners, whose identity is still unknown or if they have been detained by the authorities.
On his social networks, the independent journalist Alberto Arego had alerted this Wednesday about the death of Ponce, mother of a two-year-old boy. According to sources consulted by Arego, the woman was in her house in the company of some of her friends when her ex-partner, a 50-year-old man, shot her from the window.
“Only one straight to the head. Nobody saw the person, but it is believed that it was his ex-partner and father of the child because he constantly threatened her and beat her,” said one of the sources who also declared his support for the approval of the death penalty against “male abusers and murderers”.
“Only one straight to the head. No one saw the person, but it is believed that it was her ex-partner and father of the child because he constantly threatened her and beat her”
The victim’s aunt, Yesmely Peña, warned on social networks about the alleged murderer. According to her account, Rosmery Ponce denounced her attacker on several occasions with the Police, but “they never did anything to him and look what he stopped at: he killed my niece.”
“We draw attention to the previous complaints made by Rosmery and neglected by the Güines Police, in addition to the use of a homemade firearm in this irreparable crime,” YSTC wrote in a publication that was also published. shared by Taut Wings.
According to the register of femicides carried out by observatories and independent media, at least 13 women were murdered in June, making it the most violent month of the year. In most cases, the culprit is the partner or a former life partner, from whom the victims had separated due to abuse and had complaints to the authorities.
Feminist platforms have also recorded two femicide attempts this year, in addition to four cases in which access to police investigations has been requested without result. YSTC assured that it is closely following the death of Anna Hernández, known as Teudy, a Cuban trans woman refugee in Athens, whose murder has fueled the struggle of the LGTBI community.
While the number of femicides skyrockets, the Cuban government ensures that the crimes do not go unpunished, and even the pro-government Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) presented its own Observatory of Cuba on Gender Equality last June. This new unit would be in charge of keeping the statistics of “women who have been victims of intentional homicide as a consequence of gender violence in the last 12 months”, but to date no action has been made public.
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