Rolando Castelvi Riñat was stabbed while trying to evict four young people who had illegally entered the school where he worked.
MADRID, Spain.- Professor Rolando Castelvi Riñat, a Physical Education teacher at the José Maceo Grajales Pedagogical School in Guantánamo, was murdered while performing guard duties at the institution, according to the media. La Tijera News and confirmed publications by colleagues and relatives on social networks.
According to initial information, the incident took place on Tuesday night, when Castelvi detected the presence of four young people who had entered the center without authorization. When he tried to get them to leave the area, a confrontation began in which one of them attacked him from behind with a knife, causing a very serious injury. The teacher was rushed to the Provincial Hospital Agostinho Netowhere he died the next day, at night.
The authorities arrested two of the main people involved, after a witness provided information that allowed their identification. Both remain under criminal proceedings, according to information released by La Tijera News and reproduced by Professor Carlos Pérez in a Facebook post.
In his publication, Carlos Pérez described the teacher’s death as an irreparable loss and condemned the violent act, reiterating the demand for justice.
Castelvi’s death has generated shock in the educational community and in the Guantanamo population. On social networks, friends, colleagues and former students expressed their pain and demanded justice.
The teacher’s friend, Yanet Pérez wrote on Facebook: “It is impossible to find the right words to express the deep pain of your departure… May you Rest in Peace, good friend, always smiling, excellent human being Rolando Castelvi.”
In the comments, several people mourned the loss. Laura Rivera expressed her indignation at the increase in violence and asked that the full weight of the law be applied against those responsible. Yusdenia Durán, for her part, stated that “a great teacher has left us” and sent condolences to her family and co-workers.
The crime revives the debate on increasing insecurity and acts of violence in the province, and throughout the Island, in a context marked by citizen complaints about the deterioration of social conditions and the lack of effective measures to contain crime.
