Havana/Kenya, neighbor of the Havana neighborhood of Luyanó and mother of a child under 7, is the last victim of sexist violence recorded in Cuba. According to sources of 14ymedioher partner and father of the girl threw her this Sunday from the roof of the house they shared, on Rodríguez Street.
Although the news has not been confirmed by the Independent Cuban feminist associations, residents of Luyanó told this newspaper the event, which has not been a surprise in their surroundings. “The man is alcoholic and stuck her constantly. They say that the woman had been holding blows until today, that she killed her,” says a resident woman a few blocks from the place.
“The anger started last night, and in the morning she continued giving and threatening her,” continues the neighbor, who says that Kenya ran to hide in the roof, where the alleged murderer persecuted her and threw her. Subsequently, according to the story, he would have tried to take her to the hospital, but nothing could be done for her.
“The anger began last night, and in the morning she continued giving and threatening her,” continues the neighbor, who says that Kenya ran to hide on the roof, where the alleged murderer persecuted her and threw her
“I passed by a while and there were two police officers,” says another resident in the area. “The woman was very poor, nor clothes had. I lived selling and asking,” he says. Another neighbor remembers that Kenya, whose surnames could not specify any of the consulted, passed through her house frequently trying to earn some money or begging. “Terrible. I wouldn’t weigh 100 pounds, and just over a meter and a half high,” he adds.
Reluctant to tell much more, the neighbors claim that the alleged aggressor was a very violent man who fear in the neighborhood, since it is rumored that he had a history of another murder. The police, the witnesses claim, stopped the attacker, but fear that he will be released and return to the neighborhood.
With the murder of Kenya, the registration of femicides prepared by this newspaper amounts to 20. Just this Sunday, the same day of the events, Death was confirmed At the hands of his partner of Yailín Carrasco, 29, in Cienfuegos on July 22. According to the observatories tense wings and I do believe you in Cuba, the crime occurred “at least in front of one of the three girls that survive.”
Both associations made public the death of Another woman murdered in Holguín On July 13 in the street, Yailín Requejo, 41. In this case, the state press talked about the case only to announce the arrest of the aggressor, last Tuesday. However, the woman was not identified, described as “young wife” and it was claimed that Requejo’s youngest daughter was seriously injured.
In 2024, 14ymedio He counted 52 murders for sexist violence from independent records. According to figures from the Cuba Observatory on gender equality, in 2024 a total of 76 murders were judged in the country for gender reasons, in which the victims were over 15 years. The agency does not need what dates the crimes were committed, but most likely they occurred in 2023 and 2024.
