SANTIAGO DE CUBA. – In the early hours of this Saturday, José Ángel Regüeiferos Fontanal was murdered, near the Esquina de Tejas, on the Calzada del Cerro, Havana. The 59-year-old man was trying to prevent intruders from robbing his home, when he was attacked and stabbed to death by the assailants. His body was discovered on Sunday morning, as confirmed by sources close to CubaNet.
“They broke into his house to rob him, he saw the men and blew them up. In response, these people stabbed him and killed him. Then they took almost everything from the house and left it covered with a sheet under the table,” said Ibis Zamora, a relative of the victim.
Regüeiferos Fontanal is a native of the municipality Songo La Mayain Santiago de Cuba. Although he had lived in the capital for years, where he worked as a babalawo.
So far, it is unknown the actual amount of the stolen goods and whether the murderers were arrested or remain at large. The victim’s relatives traveled to the capital to take care of the funeral and collaborate with the police investigation.
In the midst of the worst crisis in six decades, reports of robberies and violent crimes have skyrocketed on social networks and independent media. A little over two weeks ago, news broke about the murder of three Cubans who were asphyxiated in their home, also in the Cuban capital. The motive for the incident was also robbery, according to what was found Martí News with the sister of one of the victims.
Last August it was also learned that two minors and two women had been murdered in Ceballos, Ciego de Ávilain an alleged robbery attempt.
As confirmed by a neighbor of the victims CubaNetthe incident occurred between 6:00 and 7:00 in the morning on Saturday, August 24, after the father of one of the families went out to work.
“Apparently they went in to steal money that the man had from some sales,” said the neighbor, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals. His young son and his wife were present and were murdered.
The other victim and his teenage son responded to the call of the former and were also killed.
The same day, the official Cuban press reported the crime. “The deceased includes Richard Dariel Núñez, under four years of age. The rest of the victims of the crime are named Lester Rivadeneira Rodríguez, a 17-year-old boy; Yamila Reyes Tamayo, 29; and Raysa Rodríguez Pérez de Corcho, 50”, is read in a brief note from the local official newspaper Invader.
