Madrid/Nancy Levya García, a teacher who lived in Las Delicias (Puerto Padre, Las Tunas), was killed by her partner in the middle of the street last Saturday, April 12. The feminist observatories of tense wings and I do believe you in Cuba confirmed feminicide on Monday, which rumors already circulated over the weekend.
The victim, known as Nancita, was 35 years old and two children, at least one of them in school age. Her aggressor stabbed her near Calle 13 and after killing her she gave himself to the police.
Leyva García was very popular in the community for his profession and there have been many who on social networks have shown his solidarity and recognized to which his children was “very good”. Nor have they lacked the co -ease of work that praised their professional qualities.
Her aggressor stabbed her near Calle 13 and after killing her she delivered the police
The murder of Leyva García occurred only one day after the Yunisleidy López Milián40 years, whom his partner killed days before at his home in Guayos, in Cabaiguán (Sancti Spíritus). In that case, the alleged murderer hid the body, denounced the disappearance and participated “in the searches organized relatives and neighbors in the week that was in an unknown whereabouts.”
To date there are 10 femicides that are counted in Cuba, according to the registration made by this newspaper. Feminist associations recorded as gender violence the Odalys Bataille murdera 53 -year -old nurse from East Havana. However, it is unknown if there was any link between the victim and the aggressor, an alleged former convict, so this newspaper keeps him registered as common violence.
Tense wings and I do believe you in Cuba, they also updated on Monday the cases of two missing minors who were investigating. The good news is that both resolved favorably. The first is that of Vanesa Ortega Deliz, a 14 -year -old teenager and resident in Guanabacoa, Havana, who was located by the police.
Of the other case, a missing minor since February 2 whose name was not specified, it was learned that he was already at home with his family. “However, two other alerts of disappearance occurred this 2025 remain active and require maximum dissemination and citizen support,” the associations asked.
Two other alerts of disappearance occurred this 2025 remain active and require maximum dissemination and citizen support
One of them is Luisa María Martínez Sansaricq, 65, and last seen on February 14 in the cast Antonio Guiteras (Bahia), Havana. The woman suffers from schizophrenia and needs medication. The other is Doraiky Águila Vázquez, missing since March 15 in Lawton, Havana with a yellow dress with flowers. According to some information, not confirmed, this woman suffered memory loss.
Feminist organizations, which now work with fewer resources after the suspension of some aid from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), ask for greater citizen collaboration to bring to light the femicides, which remain a scourge without new government solutions.
Last week, the Government confirmed that the registration announced in July 2024 to keep updated sexist violence, including not only deaths, but also the complaints and profiles of the victims and aggressors, will not be in the public domain. The Gender Violence Law has been announced since 2023 for not announced from 2026.
