Havana/The Ministry of Interior soon confirmed what was running like the gunpowder in social networks: the captain of the Revolutionary National Police Leonel Mesa Rodríguez was found “in the morning hours” of this Friday “with six white weapon wounds and a shot in the head”, in the popular council the reform of the municipality of Caibarién, in the province of Villa Clara.
According to the Brief published note in Granmathe officer, who was head of sector, “moved completely uniform” between Remedios and Caibarién “on the assigned motorcycle”, which was found next to the body. Among the few data provided by the police officer they were 62 years old and that “with almost 24 years of service was always in the first line of combat against the crime and faithful defender of the internal order.”
They also promise “the overwhelming response of revolutionary laws and the unanimous conviction of our people, which will never allow impunity or stimulus to violence.”
They add that the authorities “investigate the fact for total clarification and deepen initial information.”
“The alleged author of the atrocious and vile murder used three means to execute the same”
The profile Ignacio Ramiro Hernández Crombetone of the first officials to confirm the news previously given by independent journalists, explains in the event, saying that the aggressor was “a criminal, specifically killing and trafficker of major cattle.”
“The alleged author of the atrocious and vile murder – which shocked and shocked the Batey Reforma or Cai Marcelo Salado Lastra community and the entire White Villa – used three means to execute the same: a knife, a machete and the regulatory weapon of Captain Mesa, making innumeral wounds in his body, especially in the neck area,” he narrates.
And he refers to suggesting that the shot came from the policeman itself, a Soviet Makarov gun, with which he shot him in the head and with which he fled. “He hunted it, taking advantage of the fact that he was alone and that even the sun’s rays had not come out,” he laments. “He left it, red in blood, in the middle of the road.”
The security forces, continue, carry out “important actions of search and capture of the offender and alleged murderer.”
In his PostHernández Crombet varies the age and years of service of the officer with respect to the note of the Ministry of Interior –64 years of age and “more than 25 uninterrupted service” – and adds that “its brilliant service sheet to the homeland and its excellent results in the confrontation of the crime and crime” made it a creditor of numerous distinctions by the ministry, including the “praise to virtue.” And specifies: “Captain Mesa was considered by his people as an integral police.”
“That man was an abuser, an unfortunate,” said a message signed by a “teacher” who asked not to reveal his name
However, a testimony received by the Cuban journalist resident in the United States Mario J. Pentónmade public before the Ministry of Interior was pronounced, contradicts those words. “That man was an abuser, an unfortunate,” said a message signed by a “teacher” who asked not to reveal her name and informed: “Today they killed a policeman at the exit of Remedies towards Caibarién. They shot him and took his gun. The body is still lying on the road, waiting for the experts.”
According to Pentón, some neighbors called for a table with the nickname of “Cal Viva”, and remember him for excesses as head of sector.
In any case, the speed with which the authorities have confirmed the fact is not usual. The Death of a policeman in Calabaz (Havana), in June 2020, in an attack in which two other officers were also injured, was reported first by the independent press. This bothered the government, which blamed “anti -uban media” for “manipulating” the incident.
The attacker on that occasion, Yusniel lying Aldam sentenced to life imprisonment. For those who are guilty of the murder of this Friday, the official profiles directly ask for the death penalty.
Attacking a policeman, something unthinkable in other times, is no longer so uncommon in Cuba. Last May, a policewoman was stabbed in the back and seriously injured In Camagüeyin the middle of the street, by an individual who “walked through the place ingesting alcoholic beverages” and who, according to the Ministry of Interior, was immediately arrested.
