Madrid/The Government has accelerated the pace in a case of child abuse that has generated strong rejection on the Island in recent hours. In almost record time, the Ministry of the Interior announced – through official profiles on Facebook – the arrest of the mother of a minor involved in a case of violence against her 10-year-old daughter.
“By authorities of the National Revolutionary Police of the province of Holguín, the arrest and custody order was issued by the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office for interrogation of the citizen Elizabeth González Díaz (originally from Ceballos, Ciego de Ávila) and her husband, both involved in the brutal abuses reported a few hours ago on several social media profiles,” the page published on networks. Mamanantuabo Communicatorrelated to the ruling party.
The information, which has not yet been disclosed through official accounts, adds that the detainee is the stepfather and not the father of the minor, 10 years old, and that he was the one who allegedly recorded “the outrageous and atrocious video.” “A police operation has been carried out against them and they are under arrest,” says the very brief text.
“A police operation has been carried out against them and they are under arrest,” says the very brief text.
Hours before, the Canal Caribe journalist Lazaro Manuel Alonso He had mentioned that he was behind the case. “An outrageous video has been shared on social networks. A mother is seen mistreating her minor daughter with indescribable cruelty. We have contacted authorities from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security and up to this minute it seems to be a situation originating in Banes, Holguín. The First Secretary of the Party in the province, Yoel Queipo Ruiz, also aware of the situation, has indicated to get to the end of the matter and if verified, act accordingly. Inadmissible child abuse. “We will follow the course of events,” he said.
Outrage began to spread like wildfire this Sunday as the video was shared. In the images the woman was seen hitting the girl, who had had a bad grade at school, on the head with a stick. Furthermore, the situation worsens with the filming of the humiliating punishment, as well as the intervention of another of the children, who is forced to participate by pouring water over his sister’s head to clean the blood.
Dozens of users have already called for ruthless justice against the detainees, who face considerable prison sentences, in addition to the loss of custody of the girl and two other siblings who live in the house. According to several testimonies, the girl’s father was heading towards the town yesterday to intervene in the matter and take care of her.
Countless activists shared the images, denouncing the Government’s inaction in cases of this type, but the Police have prepared to turn the situation around in line with what happened a few days ago, when the official press echoed a judicial note that indicated the eight-year prison sentence of two individuals for corruption of minors.
According to several testimonies, the girl’s father was heading towards the town yesterday to intervene in the matter and take care of her.
According to the note, four girls – aged ten, seven, four and one year old – had been victims of abandonment by their mother and abuse committed by their partner. For this reason, a court in Arroyo Naranjo (Havana) imposed prison sentences on them, as well as the suspension of the mother’s parental rights.
The news, which gave details and full names of those convicted, broke the traditional silence around cases of child abandonment and abuse that the regime has maintained over decades. Furthermore, it coincided with the publication of a note in 14ymedio telling that several minors slept under the supermarket in 3rd and 70 dollars, a story that revealed the existence of one of many social problems ignored by the Revolution that came to eradicate them.
