Havana/The independent platforms I do believe you in Cuba and tense wings confirmed on Saturday a new feminicide on the island, that of Yailín Carrasco, 29, killed by their partner in the city of Cienfuegos on July 22. With this case, the number of macho murders in Cuba amounts to 19 so far this year, according to the registration of 14ymedio.
According to the observatories, the crime occurred “at least in front of one of the three girls that survive.”
Likewise, the platforms revealed the Women’s identity which was recently killed in Holguin and which, due to the secretism of the official press – which reported the news – no details were known. This is Yailín Requejo, 41, who was killed on July 13 on the public road of the head of that province. The alleged aggressor was arrested on Tuesday, as confirmed by state media, which described the victim as a “young wife” and added that his youngest daughter was also seriously injured.
“The citizen who finalized his young wife in the public, in the Cruce del Coco neighborhood of the province of Holguín, was captured thanks to a joint operation between the forces of the Ministry of Interior of that territory, with the support of Camagüey members and the cooperation of the population,” he explained then Cubadebate.
Days ago, the sexist murder of Leysi Liettis Cascaret Casero, 22, and medical science student was reported
Days ago, the sexist murder of Leysi Liettis Cascaret Casero, 22, and medical science student, whose femicide was recently confirmed by the Observatory of Tenses tense was reported. The young woman was assaulted by her partner in the town of El Manguito, municipality of La Maya, in Santiago de Cuba.
According to figures recently disseminated by the state observatory of Cuba on gender equality, in 2023 and 2024 a total of 76 femicides were judged in the country, in which the victims were older than 15 years.
In Cuba there is still no comprehensive law against gender violence and information about femicides is scarce in official media. However, recently the Attorney General’s Office, the Ministry of Interior, the Popular Supreme Court and other institutions announced the creation of a joint registry to collect data on these crimes. However, they also clarified that this registry will not be publicly accessible.
