SLP, Mexico.- The Cuban authorities punished three men involved in the crime with up to 30 years in prison. murder of a young man in Santiago de Cuba in December 2023.
As revealed this Sunday in a report from the local official media Sierra Maestrain the criminal offenses against State Security room of the Popular Provincial Court, the trial of case 123 of 2024 was held, against three men accused of attempted murder, homicide, public disorder and illegal carrying and possession of weapons.
The accused, whose identity has not been revealed, would have been involved in a made It occurred on December 4, 2023 at a birthday party held at km 12 and a half, in El Castillito, town of El Cobre, where a young man lost his life.
The text from the Santiago government press points out that the accused men had hidden among their clothing a machete and a machete with which they caused the attack. death the young man, they tried to murder another and injured four people.
“Those sanctioned turned the festive activity into an unsafe and violent environment for the young people and family members who went there,” the text said, praising the “effectiveness and promptness” with which the police acted in the performance of their duty.
The attackers were condemned to 20, 25 and 30 years of deprivation of liberty, with the accessory deprivation of rights and the prohibition of leaving the national territory.
The journalistic report also specifies that the crime of murder is regulated in article 344, paragraph c) of the Penal Code and provides for a sanctioning framework between 20 to 30 years of deprivation of liberty. The illegal carrying and possession of weapons or explosives is punishable by a term of six months to two years of deprivation of liberty.
Violence in Cuba
The same text refers to another case that was brought to trial, “public and exemplary,” for an act of attempted robbery with violence.
The accused would have committed the crime on an unspecified day, at 5:00 am, at the intersection of Corona and Enramadas streets, in Santiago de Cuba.
The accused man, according to the note, noticed the presence of a person, approached him with a knife and threatened to stab him if he did not give him the glasses he had.
Accused twice of the same type of crime, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, a period during which he will be deprived of his rights and prohibited from leaving the country.
Highlighted Sierra Maestra that these events “attack citizen tranquility and social order,” without mentioning the context of insecurity in which Cubans live, where not all cases are resolved or obtain severe sentences.
In an escalation of violent events in Cuba, a recent report published by the Cuban Observatory of Citizen Audit (OCAC) warned about the “alarming” increase in crime rates in the first half of 2024.
The document, with a detailed analysis of the public insecurity situation on the Island, highlighted that 432 crimes were recorded throughout the country during this period, which represented an average of 2.37 crimes per day and 33.56% more than in the same period of the previous year.
Between January and June 2024, there was an increase in almost all categories. 91 murders, 260 robberies, 39 assaults and 29 assaults were reported. These numbers represent a 111% increase in murders, 290% in assaults and 208% in robberies compared to the first half of 2023.
Havana and Santiago de Cuba were the provinces with the highest incidence of crimes, especially murders and robberies. Specifically, Havana recorded 96 robberies, while Santiago de Cuba and Holguín stood out for their high rates of violence, with 21 murders each.
