Havana/The murder of two women elevates five femicides reported in Cuba so far this year, according to independent platforms tense wings and I do believe you. In both cases, the victims were over 60 years old, which attracts attention to “the situation of older adult women in Cuba and their permanent role of caregivers, even when they should already receive care.”
The murder of Julia Safón Álvarez, 61, at the hands of her partner is one of the two crimes that the platforms have denounced This Thursday. Feminicide occurred on January 7 in the City of Artemis and the aggressor, identified as Daniel Suárez, committed suicide shortly after killing the woman.
“They had been together for almost 40 years, she was from Jiguaní in Granma but they had settled in Artemis already a while ago,” he details 14ymedio A neighbor who listened to Safon’s aid screams asking for help. “He had closed the door and what we did was call his two daughters to come, but when they arrived he had already killed her and he had taken his life.”
“They had been together for almost 40 years, she was from Jiguaní in Granma but they had settled in Artemis already a while ago”
The neighbors also point out that the aggressor had a criminal record and had been in prison for killing a man and hurting another. The feminist groups sent their condolences to the daughters of the couple, other relatives and relatives.
The other murder is that of a woman named Bertha, a resident of the desire in the municipality of San Miguel del Padrón, in Havana, occurred on February 11. In this case, the perpetrator was the grandson of the old woman, called Ariel, who was arrested shortly after committing the crime.
Nearby neighbors say that the murderer “was under the effects of chemical. The morning of that Tuesday “it was heard that he was having a discussion with his grandmother, it seems that asking for money to continue buying drugs, and that was when he killed her with a machete,” details a resident of the same block.
“I know him since he was a little boy, she grew up and he was always a violent person, had a criminal record and was always mixed with drug issues,” adds the neighbor. “He lost a foot in a motorcycle accident and Bertha helped him a lot, he was a very dedicated grandmother.”
Independent groups have insisted on the importance of the Cuban government declare a “state of emergency for gender violence” and demands the promulgation of an integral law against sexist violence on the island.
“I know him since he was a little boy, she crio and he was always a violent person, had a criminal record and was always mixed with drug issues.”
In the Cuban Criminal Code, feminicide is not typified as a specific crime and the terms “feminicide” or “macho crime” in state media are not used either.
The Government only confirmed last August that the courts prosecuted a total of 110 cases of gender murders in 2023, an increase exceeding 500%, since in 2022 there were only 18 judicial processes.
The year 2024 closed with a significant reduction of deaths from sexist violence. Independent observatories counted 55 cases, 32 less than in 2023, an inventory that presents some differences with respect to the list prepared by 14ymedio For that same period, and that Includes 54 cases (33 less than a year earlier).
