Independent platforms I believe you and Tense wings They confirmed two new macho murders in Cuba, raising the total registered in 2025 to 20 and reflecting a reality that does not refer, despite the hardening of the sentences and the growing visibility of the problem by the authorities.
According to a report published this Sunday the agency Spanish EFEthe most recent victims, Yailín Carrasco (29 years old), murdered by their partner in Cienfuegos, and Yailín Requejo (41 years), dead on the public road of Holguín in broad daylight, increase the statistics of crime against Cuban women.
Carrasco was allegedly attacked in front of one of his three small daughters, while Requejo’s youngest daughter was seriously injured in the attack.
Both cases were documented and verified by feminist organizations.
The Cuban government confirmed on July 8 that the courts identified a total of 76 women killed by their partners, former partners or other people in judgments made last year, and in judgments held in 2023 registered 110 victims of macho crimes.
In the Criminal Code of the island, femicide is not typified as a crime, he noticed the office of EFE.
Tense wings and I believe youwhich carry a registration of femicides verified on the island, confirmed 54 in 2024.
The author of a macho murder occurred in Holguín arrested in Camagüey
Alarming statistics and official prepares
The figures speak for themselves and show a rising and hardly controllable phenomenon. The 76 deaths of last year make up one of the highest rates in the region – 1,79 per 100,000 women – only surpassed by Honduras and the Dominican Republic.
In 2023, the official number was even greater: 110 women killed by pairs or former partners, although independent organizations encrypt 85-88 the verified femicides that year.
Data dispersion and the absence of a public and transparent registry hinder both prevention and punishment.
Recently, the Attorney General’s Office, the Ministry of Interior, the Supreme Court and other institutions announced the joint elaboration of a computerized administrative registry to collect data on femicides
The information system is not public and its access is limited only to relatives of the victims.
Zero tolerance, the government reaffirms
President Miguel Díaz-Canel has declared “zero tolerance” against sexist violence and although there are no frequent information about femicides in the state media, in recent months reports and articles on this problem have appeared, Efe said.
On the other hand, independent groups point out that the sub -registration of cases remains a serious obstacle, enhanced by the fear of denouncing, the insufficient police and judicial response, and the stigma faced by those who raise their voice.
Testimonies collected reflect how victims who go with evidence to the police stations are returned to their homes with their aggressors, many times without taking the complaint or receiving such insufficient responses as a fine to the victimizer.
Cuban government confirms a total of 76 murders for gender violence in 2024
Scourge map
Geographically, the scourge of femicides covers the entire country, although the provinces of Havana, Santiago de Cuba and Matanzas concentrate the largest number of crimes tried in 2024, with twelve, nine and eight cases respectively.
The rural area is the most affected: 58 % of fatal cases occurred in rural areas, where women have fewer resources to seek protection.
The profile of the victims is also revealing: 72 % had between 25 and 59 years and 84 % of the perpetrators were couples or ex -partners, data consisting of the patterns of violence known in the region.
The social impact of this phenomenon is amplified with the increase in orphans: 70 minors were left without maternal protection only for 2024, adding intergenerational sequelae difficult to dimension.
Along with official and unofficial data, groups Tense wings and I believe you They continue to demand that a “state of emergency for gender violence” be declared on the island, and warn that the figures could be even greater due to possible cases not reported or not confirmed.
