The victims were identified as Francisco Torres Rodríguez, 80, and his son, Yaciel Torres Remedio, 46 years.
Lima, Peru – Multiple murder shook the province of Artemis this weekend when the bodies of Francisco Torres Rodríguez, 80 years old and his son Yaciel Torres Remedio, 46 years old.
A state report Artemisa newspaper He realized the tragedy, detailing that father and son were killed in the place known as Finca El Cusco, intricate site of Las Terrazas, in the mountainous area of the Candelaria municipality.
The bodies were found on September 5. Currently, the fact is being investigated by the Ministry of Interior (Minint) in Artemis.
“The identity of the authors of the violent event is still unknown, in which it is presumed, there are several involved,” says the report.
According to preliminary information, the victims were found outside the house and in different locations of that geographical area.
This crime occurs in a context of growing concern for the public insecurity on the island. The most recent report by the Cuban Citizen Audit Observatory (OCAC) documented an increase of 50.72% in crime for 2024, with 1,317 crimes registered against 668 the previous year.
The report denounces that the Cuban government does not publish official statistics updated on crime, and warns that officially disseminated cases “are only the tip of the iceberg of a very greater and disturbing situation.”
On August 25, another crime that involved several victims shook the Cuban capital. Then, a foreign citizen resident on the island ran over nine people during the early morning in different parts of the municipalities Centro Habana and Havana Vieja.
He left as a preliminary balance a 35 -year -old woman who died and eight injured, as confirmed by the Ministry of Interior (Minint) in an official note.
The Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) finally revealed this Thursday The identity of the alleged perpetrator of the multiple outrage: it is the Italian citizen Mario Pontolillo, 56, permanent resident in Cuba, now charged “for the alleged commission of murder crimes and others, after deliberately running over several people with their public roads in the municipalities Centro Habana and Havana Vieja”.
Independently, through a source close to the Italian embassy in Havana, Cubanet He knew that Pontolillo was stopped because he was the main suspect of the crime, and that the Red Audi used for the massive abuse belonged to him.
