Leidy Bacallao Santana, 17, was murdered by her ex-partner this Friday in Camalote, Camagüey, as confirmed by several family sources. The young woman tried to take refuge in the police station in the face of threats from her man, but he chased her and ended up killing her with a machete in the police unit.
The alleged murderer, identified as Elesvan Hidalgo and about 50 years old, had had a relationship with Bacallao, although the teenager’s parents did not agree with the courtship. On Friday night, at a party in Camalote, the man began to harass and threaten the young woman, who ran for help at the local police station.
However, the man followed her to the police unit and there he attacked her with a machete. Witnesses say that after the attack a policeman fired at the assailant who was wounded in the back and had to undergo surgery.
“She came asking the police for help because that man was going to kill her. They had her inside the police. The guy got in and took her out and then he macheted her. Then they shot her,” publishes the journalist from Camagüey José Luis Tan Estrada after receiving the testimony of a relative of the victim.
Violence has increased considerably in recent months in Camagüey, a previously quiet city
Violence has increased considerably in recent months in Camagüey, a previously quiet city, which has been rocked by assaults, disappearances and attacks.
The independent feminist collective Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba demanded last Wednesday “effective mechanisms for the prevention of gender violence.”
In the absence of official statistics on sexist murders, the platform then posted on Twitter about a new case that was under “police investigation, but the disappearance and characteristics of the attacks” indicated that it was a possible femicide.
It was about the 36-year-old Yailanis Pérez whose family reported her disappearance on January 28 in the province of Matanzas. The young woman’s body was found two days later, according to the activists.
This Wednesday the discovery of the body of Yoilén Acosta Torriente, an 18-year-old girl who was reported missing, was also confirmed.
This Wednesday, the discovery of the body of Yoilén Acosta Torriente, an 18-year-old girl who was reported missing on Sunday, January 29, was also confirmed. According to La Proa del Centro, her body was found in a cane field in the area known as Tumba Saco, in Cruces, Cienfuegos.
Four people have been detained for this crime, according to the media, for their alleged involvement, including two women and two men. However, the authorities have not confirmed or provided details about these two events.
Independent observatories verified 34 gender-based killings in 2022, 36 in 2021, and 32 in 2020.
“We reiterate our demand for effective mechanisms to prevent gender violence so as not to reach its extreme manifestation, which is irreparable,” said Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba.
The new crimes occur at a time when there are several reports of disappeared women in Cuba, including minors. The activists demand a law against Gender Violence and criticize the Cuban government for not classifying femicide as a crime in the new Penal Code, which came into force last December, although it contemplates gender-based violence.
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