Miami, United States. – Officials of the Ministry of Education (MINED) and the Attorney General’s Office They responded on Monday The alleged rumors about kidnapping of children in Cuban schools, which described as “absolutely false” and with “political” intentions. They also warned that the dissemination of such information through social networks could lead to criminal penalties of up to five years in prison.
Mary Carmen Rojas, Director of Specialized Educational Activities of the MINED, affirmed on national television that his ministry “has an information system, reports of incidents and situations that may occur in the more than 11,000 educational institutions in the country, 24 hours a day at the time they happen.” As for the alleged kidnapping of a girl in Mantilla, he said that the school visited the family and verified that “it was a false news.”
For his part, Yaimara Angulo, Vice Prosecutor Chief of the Province of Havana, declared that “there is no evidence in the country of a child who is absent from his home for any of these situations” and added that “there is no complaint that there is A family made that your child has suffered incidents of this type at the exit of their school. ”
The official pronouncement has generated concerns among the population, in a context where distrust in government information is a constant. While the authorities say there are no complaints, some citizens question transparency in the dissemination of information about incidents involving minors.
In addition, the Prosecutor’s Office warned about the legal consequences of disseminating rumors in social networks, claiming that such actions can constitute crimes of public disorders and affect the “integral development of people.” Angulo emphasized that the law provides for up to five years in prison for those who propagate false information that generates social alarm.
Despite the insistence that rumors are “unfounded”, the treatment of the issue by the authorities has generated more questions than answers, especially in a society where censorship and lack of access to independent sources make it difficult to verify the facts .
Already on January 30, the Directorate of Education of Cárdenasin the province of Matanzas, he reported on the circulation of Rumors supposedly “unfounded”Related to alleged kidnapping of children in primary and secondary schools in the town.
According to Telebandera TelecentroLocal authorities confirmed that no complaint had been received about incidents of this type in the municipality.
According to the official site Cubadebate“These rumors have generated an atmosphere of fear among parents, and some educators have contributed to the dissemination of this misinformation by alerting families about a non -existent danger.”
